Electrical Engineering Intern/Co-op

Murata Power Solutions is a leading provider of sustainable and efficient power conversion products. We are focused on two transformative technology macro market segments : Server, Storage, Networking (SSN) and E-Mobility, including electric vehicles, robotics and energy storage.

Ranked amongst the world’s top 5 suppliers of breakthrough power electronics, we design and manufacture the industry’s broadest offering of standard products and are a market-leading designer of custom power solutions.

Well-known for the quality of its products and workforce, we can provide you with the opportunity to work with talented people and a management team focused on growth and the ongoing development of leading-edge technologies for many of the world’s major OEM’s.

Position Summary

At the Toronto Design Centre, our Product Development teams provide solutions to our customers through the design and development of AC-DC and DC-DC power supplies. In this role, you will

• Perform design verification and validation testing on AC-DC and DC-DC power supply products throughout the various stages of the design process
• Perform troubleshooting and failure analysis of analog and power conversion circuits by analysis and calculation
• Provide leadership in complex design verification
• Have an opportunity to grow toward a Design Engineering position

Job Duties / Responsibilities

• Perform root cause failure analysis of analog and power conversion circuits, including component stress evaluation. Ideally, the candidate has the skills to validate and document whether a product performance problem or failure is design or component-related.
• Perform non-automated tests and evaluations on operating analog and some digital circuitry using discrete test equipment.
• Set up, debug, and monitor standard and specialized test equipment to verify and analyze the performance of electrical and electronic components and assemblies.
• The incumbent must have a strong knowledge of analog / digital electronic components and their limitations, and be able to analyze circuit behaviour.
• Applicants must know, in detail, the definitions and application impact of specified parameters of BJT’s, MOSFET’s, diodes, opamps, comparators and digital gates.
• Respect all safety rules

Job Duties / Responsibilities Cont.

Education

Experience Required

• Currently enrolled in Undergraduate or Graduate Electrical Engineering program studying power electronics.
• Some related working experience of electronic circuit troubleshooting to the component level and design verification, preferably with power conversion products
• Good understanding of analog electronic circuits with mathematical analysis skills
• Sound knowledge of electronic components, their characteristics, and specifications.
• Some skills in debugging and repairing analog and some digital circuitry to the component level using discrete (not automated) test equipment.
• Good understanding of electronic measurement instruments and techniques.
• Some hands-on skills for electronic circuit bread-boarding and modifications to existing PCB assemblies
• Familiar with general-use microcontrollers, DSP, serial bus communications, C language.
• Soldering skills on medium density SMD boards, and high power boards.
• Nice to have experience performing product qualification testing (i.e. measurements of power supply specified electrical parameters;

compliance to EMI / EMC, and safety industry standards; product reliability verification electrical and thermal stresses on components and circuits, HALT, demonstrated life tests, etc.)

• Familiarity with environmental test chambers, thermal, temperature / humidity, HALT. Etc.)
• Documentation skills and familiarity with standard PV office and CAD software.

Physical Requirements

Work Environment

This position is an on-site role, with one flex day per week of remote work.

Travel

Competencies

Building and Supporting TeamsCommunicating EffectivelyDelivering High Quality WorkEvaluating and Implementing IdeasPrioritizing and Organizing WorkSupporting Organizational Goals

Compensation Data

Murata is an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to providing employment in accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Codes and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act.