Senior Power Electronics Performance & Application Engineer (Power Electronics)

Location: Mossville, Illinois, United States; onsite five days per week. Domestic travel up to 25% and minimal international travel are required. Domestic relocation assistance is available. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Summary pay range: $112,710.00–$169,060.00 per year.

Company

hirify.global develops construction and industrial equipment and is building electrified powertrain products and services through its Integrated Drivetrain Energy Solutions division.

What you will do

• Provide technical leadership for the analysis, simulation, application, and electrical integration of medium-voltage power electronics across electrified machine platforms.
• Develop system-level electrical models, evaluate operating conditions, identify design limits, and guide architecture and component decisions.
• Select and size power semiconductors, DC-link capacitors, bus structures, contactors, protection devices, filters, sensors, and related conversion hardware.
• Translate machine requirements into electrical architectures, interfaces, operating envelopes, and design constraints while collaborating with controls, electrical, mechanical, thermal, validation, and integration teams.
• Lead trade studies covering topology, efficiency, thermal capability, reliability, packaging, cost, and system implications.
• Define validation methods, correlate models with laboratory and machine tests, improve simulation fidelity, coach engineers, and support development through NPI and production.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, power electronics, systems engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• Demonstrated experience in electrical system analysis, power electronics, electric drive systems, or electrified machine applications.
• Experience applying modeling and simulation to engineering design and component selection.
• Strong understanding of electrical circuits, power conversion, system interactions, and engineering fundamentals.
• Strong analytical problem-solving and technical communication skills.
• Extensive experience with process evaluation and optimization, accuracy and attention to detail, analytical thinking, and problem solving.
• Working knowledge of effective communication, technical excellence, and project management.
• Experience with computer-aided design and engineering tools and techniques.

Nice to have

• Advanced degree in electrical engineering, power electronics, or a related discipline.
• Experience with medium- or high-voltage power electronics, including inverters, converters, power modules, DC-link systems, bus structures, and protection systems.
• Experience with MATLAB/Simulink, PLECS, PSIM, SPICE, or comparable power electronics simulation environments.
• Knowledge of IGBT and SiC devices, switching behavior, losses, thermal limits, and device protection.
• Experience analyzing efficiency, electrical losses, transients, harmonics, thermal loading, fault conditions, and component life.
• Experience correlating simulation predictions with component, laboratory, or machine-level test results.
• Familiarity with diesel-electric, battery-electric, Dynamic Energy Transfer, or other high-power electrified equipment applications.
• Experience supporting NPI, technical design reviews, DFMEA, DVP&R, requirements development, and validation planning.

Culture & Benefits

• Work with global engineering teams, suppliers, manufacturing, validation teams, and machine programs.
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits, paid time off, parental and adoption benefits, and life and disability insurance.
• 401(k) savings plans, HSA, FSAs, incentive bonus, voluntary benefits, and employee discounts.
• Career development and tuition reimbursement programs.
• Employment is subject to successful completion of a drug screen.