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Job Title - Battery Management System (BMS) Hardware Design Engineer – Power Electronics
Location - Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Job Description
We are seeking an experienced BMS Hardware Design Engineer with strong expertise in power electronics and EV hardware systems to support next-generation Battery Management System (BMS) and electric vehicle component development initiatives. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in hardware circuit design for DC-DC converters, inverters, and high-voltage automotive power electronics systems.
This role involves end-to-end hardware development, schematic design, component selection, circuit simulation, testing, validation, and collaboration with cross-functional engineering teams supporting EV and battery technologies.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and develop hardware circuits for Battery Management Systems (BMS), DC-DC converters, inverters, and EV power electronics components.
- Perform schematic capture, circuit analysis, and PCB-level hardware design for automotive electronic systems.
- Support design, development, and validation of high-voltage and low-voltage power electronics architectures.
- Work on power conversion systems including battery charging, voltage regulation, and energy management circuits.
- Conduct hardware testing, debugging, validation, and root cause analysis for electrical and thermal performance issues.
- Collaborate with firmware, systems, mechanical, and manufacturing teams throughout the product development lifecycle.
- Support component selection, EMI/EMC considerations, reliability analysis, and DFMEA activities.
- Participate in prototype bring-up, bench testing, and hardware verification activities.
- Ensure designs comply with automotive quality, safety, and regulatory standards.
Required Skills
- years of experience in hardware design for automotive or EV power electronics systems.
- Strong experience with DC-DC converters, inverters, and power electronics circuit design.
- Experience working on Battery Management Systems (BMS) or EV electronic components.
- Good understanding of analog and digital circuit design principles.
- Experience with schematic design and PCB development tools such as Altium, Cadence, OrCAD, or similar.
- Strong knowledge of power semiconductors, MOSFETs, IGBTs, gate drivers, and protection circuits.
- Experience with hardware validation, debugging, and lab equipment usage including oscilloscopes, power analyzers, and multimeters.
- Familiarity with automotive communication protocols such as CAN is a plus.
- Strong problem-solving and communication skills.
Preferred Skills
- Experience in automotive EV domain or battery technologies.
- Exposure to functional safety standards such as ISO 26262.
- Knowledge of thermal management and EMI/EMC considerations.
- Experience working with OEMs or Tier-1 automotive suppliers.
- Familiarity with simulation tools such as LTspice, PSpice, MATLAB/Simulink, or Saber.