System Architect Power Electronics

• Own the end-to-end system architecture of the UPS product - topology selection (NPC, back-to-back, AC/DC, DC/DC stages), power stage definition, hardware/software partitioning, and interface specification.
  
• Translate business and customer requirements into a coherent, certifiable technical specification. When requirements conflict or are ambiguous, you resolve them.
  
• Lead technology trade-off studies and make architecture decisions with full accountability -including choices that will define the product for its entire lifecycle.
  
• Define and evolve the technology roadmap, starting with the UPS programme and growing to cover the company's broader inverter product portfolio.
  

• Act as the highest technical authority on the programme - the Control System Engineer, Hardware Engineer, and Embedded SW Engineer work alongside you, not above you.
  
• Define system-level interfaces, integration milestones, and technical review gates. You set the architecture; the team executes within it.
  
• Drive alignment across disciplines (HW, SW, control, mechanical) and escalate or resolve conflicts at the system level.
  
• Define the validation and test strategy - SIL/HIL coverage, system-level test plans, and commissioning approach - and own it through to field deployment.
  

• Architect the product for compliance with relevant standards from day one - not as an afterthought. Key standards include IEC 62040, CE marking, EN 50091, and power electronics equivalents.
  
• Lead the certification process: define the compliance strategy, manage documentation, and represent the programme with certification bodies.
  
• Assess applicability of marine certification (GL, LR, ABS) as the portfolio evolves - this is a future-phase requirement, not a day-one deliverable.
  

• Lead independent technical meetings with customers - presenting architecture, resolving technical issues, and translating customer requirements into engineering constraints.
  
• Support Sales and Marketing as the technical authority in pre-sales conversations, proposals, and demonstrations.
  
• Represent the company in supplier and component selection discussions where architecture decisions drive procurement.
  

• Drive system-level FMEA (DFMEA, PFMEA), FTA, and functional safety analysis. Own the risk register for technical decisions.
  
• Ensure all architecture decisions are documented, traceable, and defensible to certification bodies and customers.
  
• Contribute actively to intellectual property creation - patents, technical disclosures, and know-how documentation.
  

Requirements

• Minimum 7–8 years of hands-on power electronics product development - with clear evidence of making architecture decisions, not just implementing them.
  
• Proven track record of taking a power electronics product from concept through to manufacturing launch. If you have never delivered a complete product to market, this role is not the right fit.
  
• Solid command of power converter topologies: NPC, ANPC, back-to-back, AC/DC, DC/DC, multi-level converters. You can discuss trade-offs between topologies without preparation.
  
• System-level understanding of power converter control - current loops, voltage control, DC-link management, grid behaviour. You do not need to write the control code, but you must understand what the Control System Engineer is building and why.
  
• Ability and appetite to operate as the sole technical authority on a greenfield programme - making decisions, living with their consequences, and iterating quickly.
  
• English B2/C1 (customer-facing role) and Polish (required for internal collaboration).
  

• Knowledge of power electronics certification processes (IEC 62040, CE, EN 50091, or equivalent product class) - you have been through at least one product certification cycle.
  
• Experience with system-level FMEA/DFMEA, functional safety analysis (IEC 61508 or equivalent), and risk management in a power electronics context.
  
• Familiarity with embedded control platforms used in power converters (TI C2000, STM32, DSP-based controllers) - enough to specify requirements and review implementations.
  
• Knowledge of industrial communication protocols (CAN, EtherCAT, Modbus, SPI, UART) at the level needed to define system interfaces.
  
• Experience defining validation strategies - SIL, HIL, system-level testing - and building test infrastructure from scratch where necessary.
  

• Background in grid-connected converter behaviour and grid code requirements (LVRT/HVRT, fault ride-through, reactive power support).
  
• MATLAB/Simulink for system-level modelling and simulation.
  
• FPGA-based control platform experience.
  
• Marine certification exposure (GL, LR, ABS) - relevant for future portfolio expansion.
  

Benefits

• Full technical ownership of a greenfield product - your architecture decisions will define this UPS for its entire commercial life. This level of authority is rare.
  
• A clear growth path: the UPS programme is the entry point; the roadmap includes a broader inverter portfolio that will need the same architectural leadership.
  
• Work in an international R&D environment on a high-complexity product with real-world industrial and energy applications.
  
• Stable permanent employment (UoP) in a company with an established global market position.
  
• Attractive compensation commensurate with experience.
  
• Hybrid model - 3 days on-site, 2 days remote.