Research Associate (Power Electronics)

A Research Associate position is available in the Rolls-Royce@NTU Corporate Laboratory, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. 

Job Description:

• Perform simulations with appropriate details

• Create technical documentations for design and concepts

• Design hardware circuitry, pcb boards

• Build microcontroller programs for testing

• Communicate effectively on the work progress and highlight the issues/risks to the manager

• Collaborate with team members to work effectively and solve day to day issues

• Responsible for on-time delivery of the milestones

• Build hardware and perform experiments to troubleshoot

• Support in project purchases, creating posters and presentations

• Responsible for equipment in the lab and their usage

• Responsibly follow the lab rules, use proper PPE, follow safety guidelines and maintain 5S

• Review technical work of the PhD students

• Guide interns and FYP students in mini projects

Job Requirements

• Master degree in in Electrical Engineering (with major in Power Electronics). Candidates with significant industrial and technology commercialization experience will be preferred.

• Experience in commercial solutions development i.e. from concept to final product

• Strong technical knowledge and hardware experience of power electronics converter topologies and power semiconductor devices which are applicable for high voltage and power application

• Strong technical knowledge of gate driver design, controller design, magnetic components and layout of power converter system.

• Experience in schematic design, modelling and time domain simulation software for power converter design

• Preferred experience with MATLAB/ Simulink/ HDL coder for model-based design

• Excellent understanding of packaging and thermal management of power converters

• Experience in solving noise problems in ultra-high switching frequency converters and ability to design of EMI/EMC filters to meet stringent requirement. It should be supported by good understanding of converter layout and component placement in converters

• Experience in the development of commercial high-power and high-voltage power electronics converters for electric drives, power supplies and power conditioners

• Knowledge of potential issues when integrating power electronics converter into distribution system with various energy storages and sources/loads.

• Experience in aerospace Industry is preferred. Candidates with experience in marine, renewables, automotive, mining or similar industries are also encouraged to apply

• Knowledge and exposure of aircraft/gas turbine engines will be advantageous

• Familiarity with different industrial standards for electrical system is an essential and knowledge/exposure of aerospace and marine standards will be advantageous

• Experience in working in multi-domain team (Electrical, Mechanical, Control and Thermal). In general, you should have broad interests across engineering disciplines and a sound understanding of interactions with other engineering disciplines

• Effective oral and written communication skills

• An ability to achieve targets while working on multiple projects simultaneously

We regret that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Hiring Institution: NTU

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