tau
Senior/Staff Power Electronics Engineer, Power Conversion
Redwood City, CA · Staff+
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 61 days ago
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About the role
- We seek an experienced and highly accomplished Senior/Staff Power Electronics Engineer to join our innovative team at Tau Motors.
Responsibilities
- Extensive knowledge and hands-on experience in power electronics topologies, semiconductor devices (Si/SiC/GaN), gate driving circuits, and protection circuit design.
- Comprehensive expertise in device characteristics, gate driving circuit design, thermal design, topologies, modulation schemes, and control strategies for high- and low-voltage power converters.
- Strong pro fi ciency in analog design, digital design, mixed-signal design (ADCs/DACs), and their integration into control system design.
- Solid theoretical and practical understanding of the design and application of magnetics (inductors, transformers) and capacitors (electrolytic, fi lm, ceramic) used in power conversion systems.
- Design and Development
- Proven experience in schematic capture and power converter circuit simulation tools, with the ability to analyze and optimize complex designs.
- P ower Converter Design and Development
- Lead the end-to-end design and development of power electronics converters for automotive and energy storage applications, from speci fi cation to prototyping, validation, and high-volume manufacturing.
Requirements
- Strong understanding of power electronics topologies.
- Experience with high voltage power semiconductor selection (Si/SiC/GaN MOSFETs, Diodes), gate drive, and protection circuit design.
- Strong understanding of switching waveforms, semiconductor losses, and experience with loss modeling.
Skills
- Tau is a venture-backed advanced technology company based in the Bay Area (Redwood City, CA).
- Our systems include innovations across electric machines, inverters, controllers, thermal management, simulation, and charging systems.
- They are relentlessly pursuing the creation of efficient power conversion systems for a more sustainable future.
- At our core, Tau is made of exceptionally talented and mission-aligned people.
- Developing complex electromechanical systems is an interdisciplinary challenge.
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