Power Your Career at Curtis

Rehlko is an equal opportunity employer that prohibits discrimination and will make decisions regarding employment opportunities, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination, without regard to race, creed, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, genetic information, age, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, caste, mental or physical disability, marital or familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, political belief or affiliation, union membership status, military status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by national, state, local, or other applicable laws.

Disability Accommodations

It is the policy of Rehlko to comply with all applicable provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and corresponding national, state, local, or other applicable laws. Rehlko will not discriminate against any qualified associate or applicant with respect to any terms, privileges, or conditions of employment because of a person's physical or mental disability. Rehlko will provide a reasonable accommodation to associates or applicants with disabilities, in accordance with applicable laws. If you have a disability and require an accommodation in the application process or during the course of employment, please contact EnergyJobs@rehlko.com. Rehlko is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer

 

Why You Will Love this Job:

Job Summary:

 

Independently design, prototype, test, troubleshoot and repair power electronic systems and assemblies (typically Motor Drives and ‘static power conversion’ but not exclusively). Define methods, operations and sequences for qualification testing of components, assemblies and products. Engineering support of a product development team. Follow product development cycle (V-model) including requirements capture and verification to requirements. Establish and document engineering procedures.

 

What you will do:

• Analyse and understand customer and regulatory requirements.

• Carry out feasibility studies to determine most suitable topologies to meet requirements.

• Design and debug power electronic circuits, components and PCB assemblies for new product development and sustaining projects.

• Design, prototype and test the custom electromagnetic components.

• Design, test and optimise control loop stability

• Design, setup and run tests to ensure the design meets specifications.

• Develop and apply new techniques, circuits and tests for product design.

• Maintain records and documentation on all designs, tests and analysis.

• Apply current techniques and tools to improve cost, design time, reliability, durability, and manufacturability.

• Work within a design team to complete assigned objectives.

• Troubleshoot circuits from prototypes, development, and customer returns.

• Participate in the preparation of development specifications.

• Assist other departments in the resolution of design related problems that arise during any phase of development or production.

• Mentor other hardware engineers.

• Assist with UKEC growth, input to infrastructure and new processes

• All other duties as assigned.

 

What you will need:

• Bachelors degree or equivalent, plus 7 years experience in power electronics design, Motor Drives or static power conversion.

• Experience of designing power circuitry to operate at low voltage/high current 12V/24V/48V and 200A to 1500A

• Experience of designing power circuitry to operate at High voltage/high current 300V to 1000V and 200A to 800A

• Experience with different power silicon technologies and ability to choose the best solution for the requirements

• Experience of gate drive circuits and technologies.

• Experience of designing low voltage signal level control circuits (micro processors, pwm generation, signal conditioning)

• Experience with design of electromagnetic components (high frequency transformers, filter chokes).

• Experience of product safety requirements (functional safety as well as electrical safety and isolation systems).

• Demonstrated ability to develop designs to meet project costs, performance and schedules.

• Demonstrated knowledge of good engineering practices.

• Demonstrated knowledge of regulatory standards and design to meet them.

• Knowledge of Design for Manufacture and Test.

• Demonstrated knowledge of EMC and ESD principles and practices.

• Demonstrated knowledge of PCB layout and schematic capture tools.

• Demonstrated knowledge of circuit analysis, simulation and design of experiments.

• Excellent interpersonal skills, including mentoring capabilities.

• Effective verbal and written communication skills.

 

 

About Us

Curtis proudly offers a rich history steeped in creativity and commitment to our associates and communities, along with competitive benefits and compensation. Our Purpose—Creating an energy resilient world for a better future—and Values: Curiosity, Trust, Pace, and Excellence, are important cultural components that shape the way we work and relate to one another. Learn more about Curtis at https://www.rehlko.com/who-we-are.In addition to the investment in your development, Curtis offers a benefits package including a competitive salary, health, vision, dental, 401(k) with Rehlko matching, and more!?

Curtis is an equal opportunity employer that prohibits discrimination and will make decisions regarding employment opportunities, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination, without regard to race, creed, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, genetic information, age, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, caste, mental or physical disability, marital or familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, political belief or affiliation, union membership status, military status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by national, state, local, or other applicable laws.

 

Why Work at Curtis

Rehlko is an equal opportunity employer that prohibits discrimination and will make decisions regarding employment opportunities, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination, without regard to race, creed, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, genetic information, age, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, caste, mental or physical disability, marital or familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, political belief or affiliation, union membership status, military status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by national, state, local, or other applicable laws.

Disability Accommodations

It is the policy of Rehlko to comply with all applicable provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and corresponding national, state, local, or other applicable laws. Rehlko will not discriminate against any qualified associate or applicant with respect to any terms, privileges, or conditions of employment because of a person's physical or mental disability. Rehlko will provide a reasonable accommodation to associates or applicants with disabilities, in accordance with applicable laws. If you have a disability and require an accommodation in the application process or during the course of employment, please contact EnergyJobs@rehlko.com. Rehlko is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer

 

Why You Will Love this Job:

Opportunity to offer Engineering support of a product development and continuation team. This is an essential cross functional visible position within the Curtis-UKEC Engineering organization to be responsible to test, validate and qualify newly developed power electronic products against their requirements, to achieve a high-quality and robust end product. This role will involve working closely with the entire new product development R&D team (including hardware/software and Mechanical Engineering), as well as project management and product/quality management. You will be responsible for following a New Product Integration Verification and Validation test plan, helping create test criteria/procedures, identifying, specifying and creating any necessary test environment, test and troubleshoot electronic assemblies, components and circuits (primarily for the power conversion sector ). Perform and document a full suite of tests (cross referencing the specification requirements) and independently determining compliance or not. Identifying and managing risks, making sound judgments about quality and the release of product or a change to an existing product.

 

What you will do:

• Commission, Debug electronic circuits, components and PCB assemblies for new product development and sustaining projects.

• Design, setup and run tests to ensure the design meets specifications.

• Maintain records and documentation on all tests and analysis.

• Use industry standard development systems to achieve traceability and cross referencing for V&V.

• Work within a small design team to complete assigned objectives.

• Troubleshoot circuits from prototypes, development, and customer returns.

• Be the key interface for overall system (HW/SW) for validation and alignment on test plan, priorities and execution.

• Work with Engineering to improve checklist of verification and validation tests and to define criteria for entry into Validation phase. Identify and resolve validation blockers.

• Drive closure of issues/findings.

• Establish a disciplined reporting and communication dashboard of project risks & status with respect to quality and readiness for release.

• Improve the scope and coverage of automated tests

• Augment the validation lab and life test capability and process

• Perform change validation before ECN/ECO release

• Assist other departments in the resolution of design related problems.

• Assist with NPI team liaison with end of line test

What you will need:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent (preferably with bias towards power electronics).

• 3 years hands-on experience in a production test and/or QA Validation role at system level (HW/SW)

• Experience of working with systems at high voltage (100V to 1000Vdc) or high current (50A to 1000A).

• An intuitive and practical disposition

• An understanding of Safe practice (H&S)

• Knowledge of analog or digital implementation of embedded controls and switching for power electronic operation.

• Knowledge of switching power converters (preferably Motor drives and controls or SMPS). Knowledge and experience in QMS ISO 9001, TS 16949, or ISO 26262

• Knowledge and experience in applicable product regulatory standards such as (EN1175, EN13849, UL 0583, and EN12895).

• Knowledge of ESD/EMC principles and practices.

• Knowledge of circuit analysis, and design of experiments.

• Effective verbal and written communication skills.

• PC literate with experience in MS Office and databases (good and thorough documentation skills).

 

About Us

Curtis proudly offers a rich history steeped in creativity and commitment to our associates and communities, along with competitive benefits and compensation. Our Purpose—Creating an energy resilient world for a better future—and Values: Curiosity, Trust, Pace, and Excellence, are important cultural components that shape the way we work and relate to one another. Learn more about Curtisat https://www.rehlko.com/who-we-are.In addition to the investment in your development, Curtis offers a benefits package including a competitive salary, health, vision, dental, 401(k) with Rehlko matching, and more!

Curtis is an equal opportunity employer that prohibits discrimination and will make decisions regarding employment opportunities, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination, without regard to race, creed, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, genetic information, age, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, caste, mental or physical disability, marital or familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, political belief or affiliation, union membership status, military status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by national, state, local, or other applicable laws.