Power Electronics Co-Op

Schneider Electric's Secure Power and Data Center Division is shaping the future of AI and high-performance computing infrastructure. As AI workloads drive unprecedented power demand, the industry is transitioning towards next-generation 800V Data Center power architectures, ultra-high-density power conversion, and intelligent energy management systems.

As a Power Electronics Co-Op, you will join a high-performing R&D team developing advanced power conversion technologies that enable the world's largest AI and cloud computing infrastructures. This role offers a unique opportunity to work on cutting-edge power electronics products, gain hands-on laboratory experience, and collaborate with experienced engineers across electrical, mechanical, firmware, and system engineering disciplines.

Duration: 6 months, January 2027-July 2027

What will you do?

As a member of our cross functional R&D team at the forefront of developing high density power converter for AI datacenter applications, you will:

• Support the design and development of next-generation high-density DC-DC power converters and power shelves for AI data center applications.

• Contribute to the development of advanced 800V power distribution and conversion architectures enabling efficient delivery of megawatt-scale AI workloads.

• Perform modeling, simulation, and analysis using tools such as PLECS, MATLAB/Simulink, LTspice.

• Assist in the design and evaluation of magnetic components, analog circuits, gate drive circuits, and digital control systems.

• Conduct laboratory testing, characterization, and validation of power converters, power semiconductor devices, and system-level hardware.

• Analyze converter performance including efficiency, power density, thermal behavior, and transient response.

• Support debugging, root-cause analysis, and optimization of hardware prototypes.

• Collaborate with electrical, firmware, mechanical, reliability, and manufacturing engineers throughout the product development cycle.

What qualifications will make you successful for this role?

Required qualifications

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Electronics, or a related engineering discipline.

• Completed coursework in power electronics, circuit analysis, control systems, electromagnetics, or related subjects.

• Strong understanding power conversion principles for AC-DC, DC-DC, DC-AC converter topologies.

• Experience with power electronics simulation tools such as PLECS, MATLAB, Simulink, LTspice.

• Located and able to work in Andover, MA

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with high-power or high-voltage power converter design.

• Familiarity with isolated DC-DC converter topologies such as LLC, Dual Active Bridge, multi-level and multi-phase converters.

• Understanding of wide-bandgap semiconductor technologies including SiC and GaN devices.

• Experience with embedded systems, DSPs, microcontrollers and digital control.

• Familiarity with schematic capture and PCB design tools such as Cadence.

• Experience with magnetic component design and thermal analysis.

• Exposure to 800V DC power systems or data center power infrastructure.

• Prior internship, laboratory, research, or project experience involving power electronics hardware development.

All applicants must be authorized to work in the United States. The company does not provide sponsorship now or in the future.

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