Power Electronics Engineer

Introduction

Saab UK is part of Scandinavia’s largest defence company, bringing together the best of Swedish and British innovation. Saab offers world-leading solutions and services in defence, aviation, space, and civil security to keep people and society safe. Our UK presence has been growing at pace, meaning we can offer a wide range of opportunities for personal fulfilment and career growth. We currently employ over 600 people across eight sites in the UK, and our specialisations include software engineering, underwater robotics, radars, AI, and armed forces training.

What you will be part of

Saab is a leading defence and security company with an enduring purpose, to help nations keep their people and society safe.

Empowered by its 28,000 talented people, Saab constantly pushes the boundaries of technology to create a safer and more sustainable world.

Saab designs, manufactures and maintains advanced systems in aeronautics, weapons, command and control, sensors and underwater systems.

Saab is headquartered in Sweden. It has major operations all over the world and is part of the domestic defence capability of several nations.

The Role:

This role will be a part of our Saab Seaeye business in Fareham.

In this role you will take responsibility for the full-lifecycle design and development of bespoke power conversion and transmission solutions in line with the company’s business needs through innovation, creativity and professionalism. As Lead Engineer you will act as Technical Authority for concurrent power projects: from in-house designs to outsourced specification and management.

Key Responsibilities:

The role seeks an engineer with excellent knowledge of power architectures, transmission, conversion and distribution, whilst having an appreciation for the real-world subtleties involved in creating robust and reliable power systems. You may be working on anything from large-scale power conversion products, efficient cabled transmission designs all the way through to motor drives and low voltage converters. Our voltages range from 24V to 5000V with powers from 500W to 250kW.

You will be responsible for the successful design, implementation and delivery into our products. This may include technically leading small multi-disciplinary teams and therefore the candidate must show an aptitude for directing and coordinating project activities and have strong communication/interpersonal skills. A product-focussed mindset is essential: taking a view across the different engineering disciplines to deliver the most appropriate solution. Our products provide unique challenges in designing non-conventional solutions which can meet size, weight and efficiency demands.

Qualifications and Skills:

Essential:

• Significant Experience in Power Electronics

• Full-lifecycle experience: from concept to tested solution

• Self-starter: taking the lead and having a proactive mindset

• Excellent theoretical knowledge backed up by proven hands-on experience

• Proven knowledge of power transmission: AC and DC, applied to multi-km cabled solutions

• Proven Knowledge of DC converter topologies: Buck/Boost/Flyback/LLC/Full-Bridge

• Proven Knowledge of AC converter techniques: single phase/multiphase, power factor correction

• Experience of power converter product design AC-DC, DC-DC and DC-AC inverters

• Experience working with power switching devices: MOSFET, IGBT, SiCFET, GaNFET and associated drive circuitry

• Experience working with voltages up to 5kV and multi-kW powers

• Experience in designing or specifying custom transformer and magnetic components

• Experience using modelling and simulation packages

• Experience in both digital and analogue design concepts

• Experience of filter design and implementation

• Experience designing/specifying control systems for power conversion

• Knowledge of thermal management techniques

• Knowledge of design-for-compliance

• Experience developing requirements specifications and test procedures

• Experience of System level integration and testing

Desirable:

• High Voltage Experience up to 5kV

• Thermal modelling experience

• Motor design principles and control techniques

• Embedded-C programming

By submitting an application to Saab UK you consent to undertaking workforce screening activities that may include but are not limited to: Baseline Personnel Security checks, National Security Vetting, reference checks, verification of working rights and in all circumstances preferred candidates will be placed through a security interview.