ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Help bring new technologies into product architectures as solutions to the implementation of requested product functions.
• Innovate new product features based on ability to transform technical possibilities into practical realities.
• Participate in project team meetings.

• Design, troubleshoot, validate 400V class switching power converters, inverters and amplifiers.
• Develop schematics and supervise board layout.
• Maintain existing products including part obsolescence and new feature addition.
• Design for manufacture and compliance including EMI and safety.
• System integration in a team environment.
• Specification and development of board test fixtures.

DECISION-MAKING LATITUDE

This employee will be a member of design teams.  The teams as a whole will review all decisions.

QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION:

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering required.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:

• 7+ years designing switch-mode power supplies.
• Hands on experience with 400V class switching power converters.
• Power topologies including AC-DC (PFC), isolated DC-DC and DC-AC experience.
• Magnetic design and specification including transformers, inductors and filter design.
• Power component selection and specification.
• Analog feedback design and acquisition.

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE (Not Required):

• Class-D inverter/amplifier design.
• FPGA or DSP based digital control.
• Simulation with PSpice, LTSpice, MATLAB, PSIM and/or Simulink.
• GAN and SiC power components.
• High precision analog design.
• Soft-switching and resonant topologies.
• Complete product life-cycle experience.
• IEC61010-1 compliance experience.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• Knowledge of design for EMC compliance.
• Ability to provide constructive feedback and insights on others’ designs.
• Ability to express ideas clearly in both written and oral communications.
• Ability to independently plan and organize one’s own activities.