Job Description

MPI currently have an exciting opportunity to recruit an Electronics Design Engineer within the Congleton R&D department. The successful person will work as part of a cross functional team and be responsible for enhancing existing product designs or working on new exciting development opportunities.

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for a person who is passionate about engineering design and innovation and wants to apply their knowledge and experience in product development, whilst at the same time having the curiosity to seek out new ways of doing things and be open to learning and growing as a person.

You should hold an electrical and electronics degree or equivalent, and ideally have knowledge of low voltage power or analogue electronics. Also, being able to demonstrate capability to learn, diversity of thinking and an excellent work ethic, including working in cross functional teams are extremely important to be successful in this role.

Key duties include

Design of industrial power electronics circuits for 230V/400V/690V systems

Design of analogue electronic circuits

Analysis and in-depth fault investigations (e.g. for EMC and ESD)

Handle processes and perform changes in different tools (PLM-System, Schematics, ...)

Calculation and simulation for topics like lifetime, timing and thermals

Design verification and product validation tests against relevant international standards

Hands-on design prototyping and debugging

Intensive collaboration and information exchange within the cross functional team

Skills & Competencies

Electrical and electronics degree or equivalent experience

Knowledge and experience of analogue and power electronic circuit design

Knowledge and experience of schematic capture and simulation

Knowledge and experience of designing for EMC/ESD

Appreciation of trade-offs between electrical and mechanical aspects e.g thermal design

Quality focussed and capable of working to achieve project timescales

Be able to work unsupervised but cooperate well in a team

Experience of designing AC motor drives (variable speed drives) would be a significant advantage

Experience with PLM-System \xe2\x80\x9cTeamcenter\xe2\x80\x9d would be advantageous

Experience with schematic tool \xe2\x80\x9cZuken CR8000\xe2\x80\x9d would be advantageous

Specific knowledge of standards (particularly UL and IEC 61800-5-1) would be advantageous

Competent using Microsoft tools like Teams, Outlook, Excel, Word.

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