Power Magnetics Designers: Their Skills Grow More Important and Scarce

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In industries like automotive, you find examples of how demanding power electronics applications create a need for very sophisticated magnetic component designs, which in turn create requirements for highly skilled magnetics designers. Although even big organizations like automotive electronics manufacturers may not be hiring these engineers in large numbers, the importance of their work and the scarcity of their skills can distinguish an experienced magnetics designer as an engineering VIP. But just about all engineers who work in power electronics have some experience with magnetics, so what sets apart the magnetics design guru from the crowd. And why with all of these advances in design tools is it so important for some companies to have an expert magnetics designer? Also, if they’re so important, why aren’t there more of them?

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David G. Morrison, Editor, How2Power.com, How2Power Today, Mar 01 2010

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