Senior Power Electronics Firmware Engineer

This role is posted on behalf of Volvo Cars, a company supported by SGInnovate.

Background

Who Are We

Everything we do starts with people. Our purpose is to provide freedom to move, in a personal, sustainable and safe way. We are committed to simplifying our customers’ lives by offering better technology solutions that improve their impact on the world and bringing the most advanced mobility innovations to protect them, their loved ones and the people around them.

Volvo Cars’ continued success is the result of a collaborative, diverse, and inclusive working environment. The people of Volvo Cars are committed to making a difference in our world. Today, we are one of the most well-known and respected car brands, with over 40,000 employees across the globe. We believe in bringing out the best in each other and harnessing the true power of people. At Volvo Cars your career is designed around your talents and aspirations so you can reach your full potential. Join us on a journey of a lifetime as we create safety, autonomous driving and electrification technologies of tomorrow.

Volvo Cars - Driving change together

Volvo Cars’ success is the outcome of a collaborative, diverse, and inclusive working environment. Today, we are one of the most well-known and respected car brands, with around 43,000 employees across the globe. At Volvo Cars, your career is designed around your skills and aspirations, allowing you to reach your fullest potential.

By 2025, we aim to sell 1.2 million cars annually, with 50 per cent being electric cars and sold directly to customers mainly through digital channels. Make sure you’re in the front seat on this exciting journey as we pioneer the driving and electrification technologies of the future.

What We Offer

We're transitioning to a fully electric car maker by 2030 which means revolutionizing the way we work, the way we build cars, and the way our customers interact with our products, all while retaining our values as a company that cares for people and the planet first. This role will be part of our Singapore Tech Hub team, as a new start up organization, you will work with tech leads to mature advanced power electronic technologies, accelerate the industrialization process, and make an impact to the future EV business.

If you see yourself shaping the future of automotive for the better in the vibrant city of Singapore, then we have the perfect mission for you. We need your expertise to deliver amazing new technologies to revolutionize the EV industry.

Job scope

What You'll Do

• Work in a fast-paced environment to develop advanced control strategies and features for EV propulsion applications
• Transient simulation of electric machine and inverter controls to validate the new control strategies and features in various mission profiles
• Firmware development to implement new control strategies and features on automotive inverters to demonstrate the performance up to TRL6
• Interface with hardware designers to identify opportunities for cost reduction and safety improvement
• Horizon-scanning for emerging power electronic control technologies to increase the power density and efficiency while minimizing the cost
• Prepare technical documentation and presentations for progress update and reviews

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering/Computer Science/Mechatronics with 7+ years’ experience working with power converters and the controls
• Candidates with higher qualifications but less experience will also be considered
• Sound knowledge with power electronic control including PWM modulation methods, machine drive and digital controller implementation
• Sound knowledge with microcontrollers and the peripheral circuits including PWM, ADC, encoder, SPI etc
• Good knowledge with modern control theories and control loop performance tuning
• Good knowledge with AC/DC power converter topologies such as two level and multi-level and the related digital control methods
• Good knowledge with transient modelling of electric machine and power converters with considerations of the realistic non-linearities
• Fluent with simulation tools including Matlab/Simulink, SPICE, PLECS and/or PSIM
• Good experience with ADC converters, analogue/digital filtering techniques and digital signal processing
• Problem-solving spirit with self-motivation and open-mindedness
• Good English spoken and written skills

Skills

• 7+ years of work experience with power electronics
• PLECS
• PSIM
• SPICE
• Automotive electronics
• Modern control theories
• Control engineering
• Machine drive
• Power converter control
• Microcontroller programming
• Problem solving
• Professional communications

Interested candidates may apply directly to DTC at: https://central.sginnovate.com/hub/marketplace/openings/021fb260-c39d-4afc-9912-8e12db61bf4a