Sr. Electrical Design Engineer Position Overview:

SUMMARY:

Company is a provider of DC/DC converters and AC/DC power supplies and solutions, data acquisition converters, digital panel meters and magnetics products, focusing primarily on the computing, communications, industrial and medical markets. Ranked amongst the world’s top 5 suppliers of power electronics, they design and manufacture the industry’s broadest offering of standard products and are a market leading designer of custom solutions.

Well known for the quality of its products and workforce, we can provide you the opportunity to work with talented people and a management team focused on growth and the ongoing development of leading-edge technologies for many of the world’s major OEM’s.

DESCRIPTION:

The Sr. Electrical Design Engineer is responsible for the design and development of leading edge power conversion products with a focus on reliability, productability, lowest cost, and raising the bar on power density and efficiency.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Leads and coaches junior engineers and technicians in various engineering assignments.
• Reviews PCB layouts & other design documents prior to their releases for procurement or production.
• Conduct design reviews in various design stages.
• Research new technologies for future product needs.
• Perform sustaining engineering activities to resolve all production related issues.
• Suggests technical approaches and estimated man-hours to support quotations and ROI analysis.
• Work with compliance groups to ensure successful completion of certification process.
• Write engineering requirements documents, test plans, validation reports.
• Empirically models and simulates complex circuits.
• Propose circuit topology, perform loss budget, evaluate performance targets, estimate product cost from a given product spec or market requirement document.
• Design circuits (power, control, supervisory, regulatory), select components, create schematic and necessary documents to facilitate CAD layout.
• Reviews PCB layouts & other design documents prior to their releases for procurement or production.
• Test and debug prototypes to ensure the design meets all required specifications.
• Support product qualifications to ensure design integrity. Determine root cause and implement corrective actions to close all issues found.
• Prepare documentation deliverables for pre-release and final production release.
• Prepare ECOs and TCOs to implement design changes.
• Supports Marketing and Sales staff in the course of opportunity generation.
• Responsible that all product designs meet their intended design specifications and complies with all appropriate engineering guidelines and requirements.
• Design new families of BMP DC/DC power converters based on Customer and Marketing generated product specification.
• Resolves and overcomes challenging technical hurdles with innovative circuitry and/or methods.
• Generates relevant documentation to support design, manufacturing, and the marketing of products.
• Travels to remote contract manufacturers to troubleshoot issues and bring them to resolution.

SKILLS & REQUIREMENTS

Education/Experience:

• BSEE with 4 years, MSEE with 3 years or Ph.D. with 1 years’ experience in designing & developing high-frequency, high-density DC/DC power converters.
• Minimum 2 years in product development, with evidence of successful concept, to prototyping, to manufacturing production.
• Solid experience with MathCAD, PSpice, SIMplis or other design software tools is required.
• Experienced in M.S. Office Suite. PADS SW a plus.
• Knowledge of and experience in all facets of high frequency high-density switching power supply design including circuit topologies, control theories, loop compensation, magnetics design, EMI/RFI, supervisory functions, and PCB layout.
• Demonstrated ability to work and thrive in a fast paced engineering environment and bring products to high volume manufacturing.
• Must be flexible, pro-active, and willing to dedicate the necessary efforts when needed to meet team objectives.
• Experience in several power conversion topologies and methodologies; Flyback, Resonant, LLC, Buck, ZVS, Synchronous, Current-mode-control, etc.
• Possesses good understanding of thermals, mechanical and packaging challenges.
• Possess knowledge of high volume manufacturing technologies and production variances.
• Works well with cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrates analytical/problem solving skills and ability to guide critical decisions.
• Experience in digital control via embedded controllers and associated firmware.
• Good understanding in the theory, design, construction and implementation of magnetics both embedded and SMT versions.
• Solid foundation in PCB layout, component placement and routing.
• Previous experience in leading and coaching team members is an asset.

Reference number: LCMU103