Senior Power Electronics Engineer – MVDC

📍 Bologna

The Company

Our client is at the forefront of medium voltage power conversion, developing MVDC systems / grid-scale converters for various industries. Due to continued success, they are looking to expand their team with a Senior Power Electronics Engineer – MVDC

The Role

As Senior Power Electronics Engineer, you'll lead the design and development of MVDC power conversion systems from concept through to qualification. You'll own converter design end-to-end, topology selection, simulation, hardware design, and validation, while mentoring junior engineers and working closely with systems, controls, and mechanical teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop MVDC converters (e.g. DC/DC, AC/DC) at medium voltage levels (3kV–35kV class)
• Topology evaluation and selection, modular multilevel, DAB, ISOP/IPOS series-stacked architectures, resonant topologies
• Power stage design: semiconductor selection (SiC MOSFETs, IGBTs, series-connected devices), gate drive design, magnetics specification
• Simulation and modelling (PLECS, LTspice, MATLAB/Simulink)
• Insulation coordination, creepage/clearance design, and partial discharge considerations at MV levels
• Lab prototyping, high-voltage testing, and design verification
• Support compliance with relevant standards (IEC 61800, IEC 62477, IEEE 1709 as applicable)
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to design reviews and technical strategy

About You

• Degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering (MSc/PhD advantageous)
• 5+ years in power electronics design, with demonstrable experience at medium voltage (>3kV DC)
• Strong grasp of MV converter topologies, series device operation, and high-voltage insulation design
• Hands-on lab experience with high-voltage test environments and safety practices
• Experience with SiC and/or high-voltage IGBT platforms
• Comfortable owning designs end-to-end in a fast-moving environment

Nice to Have

• MMC or solid-state transformer experience
• Marine, grid, rail, or industrial DC distribution background
• Experience taking products through certification

Opportunities like this won’t be around for long. If of interest, please apply with an up-to-date CV and contact information.

Senior Power Electronics Engineer – Gate Drives

I am currently working with a technology company in Birmingham that due to its continued success is looking to add a Senior Power Electronics Engineer focused on Gate Drives to its team of world-class engineers.

About the role

As a Senior Power Electronics Engineer, you will develop start-of-the-art power electronics systems and components for different industries including rail, EV, and renewable energies but this role will be focused on Gate Drives for traction applications.

The Senior Power Electronics Engineer will be responsible for the following:

• Circuit design, simulation, and test verification of Gate Drives and Power semiconductors.
• Design and development of Gate Driver boards.
• Hardware circuit analysis, including FMEDAs, FTAs, diagnostic coverage analysis, DFMEA,

DRBFM reliability analysis, etc.

• Hardware design simulation calculations, including tolerance, worst case, derating, EMC, thermal, simulation, etc. define technical specifications and prepare work reports.

The successful candidates will possess a degree in electronics or electrical engineering with a proven background in the below:

• Gate Driver board debugging and double pulse testing.
• power supply design- Push-Pull, Flyback, and LLC power supplies.
• DC-AC Inverters.

What's on offer

• Salary £55k to £65k
• 25 days holiday + bank holiday
• BUPA Healthcare
• Life assurance

If this role sounds of interest, then please apply with an up-to-date CV and contact information.

Ampere Recruitment is a specialist recruitment consultancy focused on connecting world-class Power Electronics and Electronics Engineers with the best and most innovative companies. If you are a Power Electronics Engineer, Power Semiconductor Engineer, or anyone in the electronics industry and would like to find out what is happening in this sector please reach out to Stuart Bennett.