Radyne Open Engineering and Technical Staff Positions

Power Electronics Systems Development Team Leader

Description of work: 

  • Will lead a small, top flight team of engineers in the design, development and test of the next generation of advanced power electronics and controls products for induction heating.  
  • Will interface with other Inductotherm Group personnel to define and execute our product and technology roadmap for power supplies ranging from 2 kW to 5MW and with output frequencies from 60Hz to 50MHz. Power semiconductors used in these power systems include SCRs, IGBTs, MOSFETs, BJT’s and fast recovery rectifiers. Technologies utilized will include active PFC, harmonic reduction, SMPS, PWM and resonant mode ZVS and ZCS. Duties will include leading engineers developing power electronic, magnetic and control circuits using microprocessors, microcontrollers and FPGA, requiring component modeling, circuit simulation, FEA / Numerical analysis for design of thermal, magnetic and structural performance, development of prototypes, engineering configuration aids, and operational testing.
Qualifications:
  • BSEE required, MSEE desired, PhD. a plus                              
  • 5 to 10 years design and test of power electronic systems. 
  • Experience managing a small team of engineers in development of power supplies, inverters, converters or motor drives. 
  • Must be able to convey technical vision clearly and simply to customers and management. 
  • Must be able to travel periodically to participate as part of our international power supply development team. 
  • Knowledge of applying microprocessors / microcontrollers and FPGAs to control inverters, converters or motor drives. 
  • Knowledge of power semiconductor characteristics and ratings. 
  • Must have good technical writing and oral communication skills. 
  • Experience with high power and high frequency switching of IGBT and/or MOSFET transistors required.

submit your resume to hr@radyne.com