**Job Number**
2697524
**Business**
GE Aviation
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**Posted Position Title**
EPISCenter Sr. Design Engineer - Power Electronics
**Career Level**
Experienced
**Function**
Engineering/Technology
**Function Segment**
Design Engineering
Location(s) Where Opening Is Available United States
**U.S. State, China or Canada Provinces**
Ohio
**City**
Dayton
**Postal Code**
45409
**Relocation Assistance**
Yes
**Role Summary/Purpose**
The EPISCenter Senior Design Engineer - Power Electronics will design electric power conversion systems to support aerospace applications. The work will be performed in a multidisciplinary team environment. In this role, you will lead the design activities from concept to production under minimum supervision, work with other engineers to develop solutions to meet requirements / specifications, and act as a technical lead supporting the Engineering Project Manager.
**Essential Responsibilities**
In addition you will:
* Design, test, and troubleshoot aerospace electric power conversion systems from 10kW to 1MW
* Define architectures for 115 Vac or 270 Vdc systems
* Provide technical guidance for the definition of inverters, dc-dc converters, and other power conversion topologies
* Define performance metrics and solutions to achieve stability, impedance, dynamics, harmonics, power quality, etc.
* Understand the interaction between electric machines, power converters, and their control loops
Model and simulate power conversion systems (Matlab / Simulink, etc.)
* Design Power Filters to meet the customer requirements
* Create designs that minimize parasitic RLC and follow EMI / EMC best practices as they apply to power electronics
* Select and specify power semiconductor devices (rectifiers, bipolar transistors, MOSFETS, thyristors, IGBTs, etc.)
* Define and design gate drive circuits and apply isolation techniques
* Provide guidance for the layout of PCBs; define power planes, critical circuits, and circuit board materials
* Define, analyze, and measure control performance parameters (e.g., stability, response time) as they apply to power electronics
* Define, select, and specify magnetics (inductors and transformers) for power electronics, including materials
**Qualifications/Requirements**
* Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited college or university with a minimum of 3 years of related professional work experience (OR Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited college or university with a minimum of 5 years of related professional work experience)
**Additional Eligibility Qualifications**
GE will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background investigation and drug screen.
**Desired Characteristics**
* Familiarity with inverters, dc-dc converters, and other power conversion topologies
* Understanding of parasitic and EMI / EMC concepts as it applies to power electronics
* Knowledge of power semiconductor devices (rectifiers, bipolar transistors, MOSFETS, thyristors, IGBTs, etc.)
* Knowledge of gate drive circuits and isolation
* Understanding of PCB layout guidelines, ground planes, and materials
* Understanding of control concepts as it applies to power electronics
* Strong background in magnetics for power electronics, including materials
* Experience with analog and digital electronics circuits
* Familiarity with electric machines
* Familiarity with analog filters, transistor circuits, op-amp circuits, interface circuits, signal conditioning, A / Ds, D / As, on-board power supplies, etc.
* Familiarity with digital filters, logic circuits, complex logic, microcontrollers, I / O and communication interface circuits, logic families, digital memory, etc.
* Working knowledge of discrete components (capacitors, resistors, inductors, semiconductors, connectors, etc.)
* Modeling and simulation experience (PSpice, Matlab / Simulink, etc.)
* Design and implementation of digital systems on different DSP and FPGA platforms
* Understanding of military and commercial qualification specifications, including MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-704, MIL-STD-461, DO-160, and DO-254
* Environmental and performance qualification experience
* Background and understanding in aircraft power systems, including generation, conversion, distribution, and aircraft loads
* Experience and working knowledge of low and high frequency magnetics design
* Prior work experience in aerospace power generation / conversion products
* Capability to do hardware-software partitioning and to define software functionality
* Commercial certification experience
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