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Needs demonstrated power electronics experience not HIL or software test.\nKey Requirements: Experience leading or performing DFMEA (Design Failure Mode & Effects Analysis) on power electronics products.\nExperience developing MTBF/MTTF reliability calculations and models .\nAbility to review power electronics designs and identify potential failure modes and downstream impacts.\nStrong understanding of power electronic components including: IGBTs\nCapacitors\nResistors\n\nAbility to analyze what happens when components fail (shorts, opens, over‑current, over‑voltage, thermal events, noise susceptibility, etc.).\nComfortable reviewing schematics, component datasheets, and stress/derating conditions to identify reliability risks before product release.\nExamples of the Type of Experience Needed: Determining what happens if a SiC MOSFET or IGBT shorts and understanding the impact on downstream components.\nIdentifying scenarios where excessive current through a resistor could create a thermal or fire risk.\nEvaluating capacitor voltage stress, electrical noise susceptibility, and other reliability concerns.\nUsing DFMEA findings to drive design improvements and validation testing.\nAdditional Experience Desired: Power conversion products such as drives, inverters, DC/DC converters, motor controls, or similar power electronics systems.\nReliability testing, validation, root cause analysis, and field failure investigations.\nExperience with standards‑based reliability methods (MIL-HDBK-217, Telcordia, Physics-of-Failure, etc.).\nTarget Candidate: Someone who has spent years performing DFMEA and MTBF analysis on power electronics hardware and can quickly identify failure mechanisms, component stress issues, and reliability risks within a design.\n\n#J-18808-Ljbffr","company":"Pentangle Tech Services","rawCompany":"pentangle tech services p5 group","city":"Madison","state":"WI","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-07-16T04:08:49.882Z","occupations":[{"code":"17-2071.00","title":"Electrical Engineers","slug":"electrical-engineers"},{"code":"17-2072.00","title":"Electronics Engineers, Except Computer","slug":"electronics-engineers-except-computer"},{"code":"49-2095.00","title":"Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay","slug":"electrical-and-electronics-repairers-powerhouse-substation-and-relay"}],"industries":[{"code":"335314","title":"Relay and Industrial Control Manufacturing","slug":"relay-and-industrial-control-manufacturing"},{"code":"335999","title":"All Other Miscellaneous Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing","slug":"all-other-miscellaneous-electrical-equipment-and-component-manufacturing"},{"code":"334419","title":"Other Electronic Component Manufacturing","slug":"other-electronic-component-manufacturing"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Power Electronics Reliability Engineer","description":"The Client is looking for a Power Electronics Reliability Engineer with hands‑on experience performing DFMEA and MTBF analysis on power electronics products . 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