Power Electronics Hardware Engineer At General Electric In Chennai

Location: Chennai

Company: General Electric

Job Description Summary

Activities contributing to the design and development of products, solutions and systems. Includes activities linked to technical improvement of existing products and components Accountable for the quality of own work. Subject to direct operations supervision/prescribed work instructions/systems checking. Executes within a well-defined operations framework. There is generally a step by step sequence of standard operational tasks which need to be followed to achieve an end result.

Roles and Responsibilities

• LV/MV Drive Engineering – Core Power Electronics (AC / DC systems) and Control cabinet design as per requirement. 
• Engage in Sizing, product hardware design / loss budget calculation / Filter & protection circuits . 
• Understand product / project specifications and realize requirements to design using calculations, modeling and simulations. 
• Design system/equipment to meet reliability, testing standards, manufacturability, material and cost guidelines 
• Prepare & validate Design documents – Configurations, principles of operation, application guidelines, specifications, BOM, SLD & drawings as per requirement.
• Verify functional performance of prototype hardware under all specified operating conditions. 
• Support Manufacturing of equipment at Factory / Vendor facility 
  Document functional test requirements and conduct test according to applicable standards (UL/IEC etc.…) /conduct project FAT’s. 
• Coordinate with Lead Engineer and team Manager on product / project execution on a continuous basis. 
• May require travel to commission engineered projects as required. 

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor or Master Degree in Power Electronics or Electrical Engineering or Equivalent.
• Min. 3 – 8 years of Power electronics design & testing expertise for industrial drives and its related components (Renewables / Oil & Gas / Marine / Metal Process Industrial knowledge preferred).
• Preferred experience/knowledge in Electrical design / Simulation tools like AUTOCAD / E-Plan and MATLAB/Simulink.
• In-depth knowledge of motors /drive control Systems..
• For roles in USA – Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university or college (or a high school diploma / GED with at least 6 years of experience in Job Family Group(s)/Function(s)).

Desired Characteristics

• Strong oral and written communication skills. Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs.