Manager, Product Development

Job Summary

Lead a product development team in Biel, Switzerland, delivering gate driver solutions from concept to series production, including circuit design/simulation, transformer development, and low/high-voltage testing, while coordinating across internal teams and external partners. Ideal for an electrical engineer with 5+ years’ experience, proven technical leadership, strong SPICE and lab skills, and high ownership.

Responsibilities

Lead of the product development team in Biel/Switzerland focusing on

Development of gate driver solutions from specification to series production following internal processes

Development of transformers used in gate driver solutions

Design and optimization of analog and digital circuits with calculations and simulations

Evaluation of new circuits and components

Performing of various investigations

Performing of low- and high-voltage measurements/characterizations incl. type testing

Elaboration of internal technical documentation and reports

Alignment with internal (e.g. marketing, application engineering, project management, IC design, quality, operations, sales, finance, HR) and external (e.g. suppliers and customers) teams

Education and work experience

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in electrical engineering with focus on power electronics and/or analog/digital electronics
• Minimum 5 years’ industry experience in power electronics or analog electronics
• Experience in leading and developing a technical team focused on product development
• Experience with spice-based simulation software such as Simetrix or LT Spice
• Experience with low-voltage and high-voltage measurement techniques
• Preferably experience with gate drivers
• Preferable experience with digital electronics and code/software development
• Preferably experience with design/layout software of electronic circuits
• Preferably experience with EMC and isolation coordination standards

Soft skills

• Good written and oral command of English language
• Sense of responsibility and ownership
• Team working, communication skills
• Accurate and risk-oriented working style