Job title: Power Electronics Engineer – High Power (Industrial & Automotive Gate Drivers)
Job type: Permanent
Emp type: Full-time
Functional Expertise: Hardware Engineering
Salary type: Annual
Salary: €80,000.00 EUR
Location: Dortmund, NRW
Job published: 12-06-2025
Job ID: 33898
Contact name: Stuart Bennett
Contact email: stuart.bennett@ampererecruitment.co.uk

Job Description

Job Title: Power Electronics Engineer – High Power (Industrial & Automotive Gate Drivers)
Location: Dortmund, Germany


A fantastic opportunity has become available for a Power Electronics Engineer to provide technical customer support and contribute to demand creation activities for high-power gate driver applications in the industrial and automotive sectors.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Develop technical specifications for gate driver designs
  • Design gate driver circuits, including component selection and evaluation
  • Create PCB layouts and generate production data for external manufacturing partners
  • Conduct both low- and high-voltage evaluation and testing of gate driver designs
  • Analyse and review competitor products
  • Prepare comprehensive technical documentation in English
  • Visit customers to provide technical support and contribute to design-in activities (in collaboration with the Sales team)

Additional Responsibilities:

  • Support Sales and Marketing with technical insights
  • Act as a technical liaison between customers, sales, and marketing teams
  • Prepare and present technical papers and editorials at industry conferences
  • Represent the company at trade shows and exhibitions as a technical expert
  • Deliver product and application training to both internal and external stakeholders
  • Participate in customer visits to support business development and design wins

Requirements:

Education & Experience:

  • Degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field with a strong focus on power electronics
  • Minimum of 2 years of relevant experience preferred

Technical Skills:

  • Solid experience in power electronics, particularly with gate drivers, inverter systems, IGBT, and MOSFET technologies
  • Proficiency in circuit design and PCB layout using tools such as Altium Designer
  • Experience in the characterization of gate drivers, power semiconductors, or inverter systems

If this Power Electronics Engineer vacancy is of interest, then please apply with an up-to-date CV and contact information.