Project electrical engineer Jobs in Paderborn

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We are seeking a highly skilled Power Electronics Engineer to join our team and lead pursuit engineering activities for our automotive energy solutions. This customer-facing role requires a dynamic individual with experience in complex systems and the ability to manage multiple projects and customers simultaneously. This position will be based in a Clarios location: Hannover/ Limbach or Delbrück (Germany).

Key Responsibilities: What you will do

• Lead pursuit engineering activities for automotive low voltage Lithium Ion batteries, Sodium Ion batteries, and super capacitors.
• Collaborate with automotive customers to understand their requirements and provide tailored electronic solutions.
• Design and develop electronic systems and components for energy storage solutions.
• Work with Core Electronics Team to align electronic design to core platform designs as a starting baseline.
• Manage multiple projects concurrently, ensuring timely delivery and customer satisfaction.
• Provide technical support and guidance to customers from early customer engagement through project award.
• Work with cross-functional engineering team to design energy storage systems to meet customer requirements with a specific focus on design for cost.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including design, manufacturing, and quality assurance, to ensure seamless integration of electronic solutions.
• Conduct electronic analysis, modeling, and simulation to ensure compliance with customer requirements and automotive standards.
• Stay updated with industry trends and advancements in energy storage technologies.

Qualifications, Knowledge and Experience – Who We Look For

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Electronics Engineering (highly desirable) or a related field; a Master’s degree is preferred.
• Proven engineering experience within the automotive industry, ideally with a strong focus on embedded PCBA electronics design and development.
• Hands-on expertise with low-voltage energy storage systems.
• Power electronics experience (DC/DC converters, inverters, power stages).
• Solid understanding of automotive Functional Safety principles, especially ISO 26262.
• Proficiency with electronic circuit design and simulation tools.
• Knowledge of relevant automotive standards, regulations and qualification processes.
• Ability to handle and coordinate multiple development activities simultaneously.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, enabling effective collaboration with customers and internal stakeholders.
• Ability to work both independently and within cross‑functional teams.
• Fluency in English; German language skills are highly desirable.

Benefits: What we offer you

As a technology leader with strong brand (i.e. VARTA® and OPTIMA®), Clarios notably lives on the creativity, capability and satisfaction of its employees. Therefore, we offer people with drive and power many good reasons to join us:

• Exciting professional tasks and challenges in a diverse international environment with strong commitment to integrity, values, social engagement and sustainability.
• Arrange your working hours and breaks flexible via our flexible and trust-based working hours model and combine your professional and private life even better according to our mobile work policy and company kindergarten.
• A competitive remuneration package, including additional payments such as holiday, Christmas as well as company pension program.
• Your well-being is very important to us: Take advantage of our preventive health care offers such as fitness center, physiotherapist, modern office environment, healthy canteen, team and company events or hobby clubs.
• Stay fit whilst at the same time positively contributing to our environment: Lease your company bike.
• Last, but not least we support you in relocating and finding a flat in location surrounding if applicable and depending on individual factors.

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