R&D Design Engineer

Location: France - Bruges

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

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Job Description:

Reporting to the Manager – design Engineering, you will be part of the design engineering team as an R&D Engineer. You will improve the performance of existing products or design new modules.

Working as a team with the other R&D engineers you will be involved in projects mixing power electronics, mechanical design and simulation work.

What’s attractive about this opportunity?

Participating in innovative projects, supporting mixed applications from industrial, medical, automotive and aerospace, designing power electronics functions with their matching packaging while validating performance with electronic and thermal simulations.

 This position will allow you to:

• Study the function to be carried out (electrical diagram, nomenclature, CAD routing, pin assignment, mechanics ...).
• Write specifications of products designed and manufactured.
• Define test plan, compliance matrix, justification file and the risk analysis.
• Write project progress reports with analyzes and test results summary.
• Write application notes or technical papers in support of product specifications.
• Qualify Electrical power components and modules and implement test manipulations in the laboratory.
• Keep aware of new components or technologies, their performance in using innovative designs, or modifying existing products.
• Verify the respect of the patents from competition and ensure the protection of the technical and technological know-how of the company by the filing of patents.
• Ensure the follow-up and the development of the prototypes in the customer's application,
• Ensure evolution and technical changes during the life of the products.
• Ensure the analysis of the products returned by the customers (RMA) for electrical failure.
• Write the 8D analysis report.
• Perform thermal simulations or electrical simulations
• Ensure that product design considers the need for manufacturing (repeatability, cost, testability and inspection, ...)

Requirements/Qualifications:

Master or equivalent

·         Knowledge in analog electronics and power electronics.

·         Familiar with power converter design and test

·         Knowledge of manufacturing methods of hybrid power modules.

·         Knowledge of electronic CAD software, Excel, Word and Outlook.

·         Knowledge of simulation software, Comsol, Ansys, Spice, PLECS.

·         Fluent oral and written English - collaboration with other Microchip divisions

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