Senior Engineer- Power Electronics Hardware

What You’ll Do

Eaton announced, on June 11, 2026, the intent to combine its Mobility Group (including both the Vehicle and eMobility segments) with a new company. We expect to complete this process by the end of the first half of 2027. The compensation and benefits that will initially be offered for this position are based on Eaton's plans, programs and practices. If you are offered and accept this position and are actively employed by the Mobility Group when the transaction closes, the new company will provide further details to employees concerning compensation and benefits at that time.

This position is responsible for developing new technologies in the field of Vehicle Electrification for Eaton’s Mobility business group. As a member of this new technology development/ R&D team, you will lead power electronics architecture/design of Inverter (HV DC-AC) and HV/LV DCDC converters. This involves working with research and development teams across multiple regions (U.S., Europe and Asia) and divisions within Mobility Group, Global Innovation Centers, and Eaton Research Labs (ERL). Incumbent will be responsible for demonstrating Proof of concept design starting from establishing requirements through Secondary research/ benchmarking/ customer inputs, conceptualizing unique/ differentiated solutions that outperform competitor products in performance, cost and reliability and carry out verification and validation(V&V).

Optimize design for energy efficiency and various performance strategies using physical modeling or simulation tools and providing technical expertise and guidance to team members and mentoring new engineers.
Champions innovative solutions for High power LV inverter/DC-DC Converter topologies, Switching methods and control, HV/LV gate driver, isolated and isolated design and HV/LV protection; Filters and magnetics design and solid-state device selection.
Leads project level deliverables in High-Speed Communication Circuits, and Digital and Analog Controls, I/O Interface Circuits and Control Hardware.
Develop products to comply performance, functional safety, reliability and cost requirements.
Writes and maintains product specifications and functional specifications of design solutions for product to meet performance, functional safety and reliability.
Develop engineering tools and continuously improves operational efficiency.
Generate a pipeline of high quality ideas/ solutions within a short time frame that outperforms the competition on performance, packaging, reliability and cost.


Qualifications

B.E/B.Tech in Electrical & Electronics Engineering with 10+ years of experience or M.E/M.Tech in Power Electronics with 6 to 8 years of experience / Ph.D in Power Electronics – hardware & control

Skills

Proven track record in engineering research / analysis / product design in HV/LV DC-AC inverter, DC-DC Converter Power electronics

Required experience in new product/ technology development projects and in the field of power electronics
Experience in hardware system design including end to end product development involving analog & digital circuit design with 16/32 /64 bit microcontroller based designs, development, verification & validation, qualification & certification testing, launch support
Exposure / Hands on experience on Digital Communication protocols like CAN, LIN, RS232, SPI, I2C etc
Experience in following tools - MATLAB/Simulink, PSpice/ LT Spice/ Simetrix, PSIM/SABER
Experience in Hybrid/ Vehicle electrification


Preferred / Additional Specialized Knowledge

Experience in pulsed power, capacitor chargers, electromagnetics, microelectronics, and thermal design
Experience in Analyzing and simulating power electronics systems including, analog, logical, and digital electronics. Leverages use of Hardware in the Loop simulation systems
Experience in Validation, Verification and Certification of Auto domain
Knowledge of Reliability for Embedded system Design
Understanding of DFSS tools like FMEA, FMECA, Monte Carlo Analysis etc
Experience in ISO 26262 functional safety processes
Knowledge of quality standards and certifications (IATF 16949, ISO9001, ISO14001)
Good communication and presentation skills - both verbal and written
Innovation Management - Ability to conceive unique ideas
Collaborative working style & Learning agility
Excellent stakeholder management skills - global/ local and various sub-functions (sales, PSM, SCM, Manufacturing, engineering)
Skilled at conflict management, dealing with ambiguity and change management
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