About this role
The Impact You'll Make As our Power Electronics Architect , you’ll play a key role in shaping the next generation of variable speed drive solutions within our HVAC and Water Drives business. By defining and driving the power electronics architecture of our frequency converters, you will develop more energy-efficient, reliable, and sustainable motor control solutions. Your impact? You will define the technical direction of future drive platforms, ensuring optimal performance, cost competitiveness, reliability, and scalability. Your work will directly support our customers' efforts to improve energy efficiency and reduce environmental impact while accelerating the transition toward electrification. You’ll collaborate closely with experts across hardware, software, systems, mechanical engineering, supply chain, and procurement while taking ownership of the power electronics architecture and design principles that help us build innovative products for a more sustainable future. What You’ll Be Doing Define and own the power electronics system architecture for next-generation variable speed drive products Drive technical decisions and trade-offs across performance, cost, manufacturability, and reliability Lead concept development and evaluation of emerging technologies ex. Silicon Carbide (SiC) Collaborate across hardware, software, systems, and mechanical teams to ensure alignment with product and customer requirements Mentor engineers, promote best practices, and contribute to platform development and long-term innovation initiatives What We're Looking For Master's degree in Power Electronics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field Extensive experience designing power electronic systems for frequency converters, drives, inverters, or similar applications Strong knowledge of converter topologies, power semiconductor technologies, and system-level architecture development Experience with simulation and modeling tools such as PLECS, MATLAB/Simulink, or equivalent tools Strong analytical, communication, and collaboration skills, combined with the ability to influence technical direction across multidisciplinary teams A team-oriented mindset and a genuine interest in contributing to a positive, supportive, and trust-based working environment where collaboration, well-being, and strong collegial relationships are valued What You'll Get from Us We promote from within and support your learning with mentoring, training, and access to global opportunities. You’ll have flexibility, autonomy, and support to do your best work while maintaining a healthy work-life balance. Your well-being matters to us. We strive to create an inclusive work environment where people of all backgrounds are respected, and valued for who they are. You’ll receive benefits like 13th salary, annual bonus, paid vacation, pension plans, personal insurance, and more. These vary by country and contract, but they’re worth asking about—we think they’re pretty great. Ready to Make a Difference? If this role excites you, we’d love to hear from you! Apply now to start the conversation and learn more about where your career can go with us. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or other protected category. Brand Danfoss engineers solutions that increase machine productivity, reduce emissions, lower energy consumption, and enable electrification. Our solutions are used in areas such as refrigeration, air conditioning, heating, power conversion, motor control, industrial machinery, marine, and on- and off-highway equipment. We also provide solutions for data centers, renewable energy, energy storage, heat recovery, as well as contribute to district energy solutions for cities. Our innovative engineering dates back to 1933. Danfoss is family-owned and employs over 39,000 people. We create long-term value for our customers in more than 100 countries with a global footprint of around 100 factories.