Design Engineer - Military veterans preferred

Job Summary Job Description • Support design and development activities on VPS power supply products. Design activities include, but not limited to: o Build circuits on breadboards to test new electrical circuitries. o Perform electrical evaluation of products. o Collect and prepare data from a wide variety of experiments, electrical testing, and analytical evaluations. o Perform failure analysis using a variety of analytical techniques. o Process prototype kits for verification testing and design approval for the qualification of products. • Use technical skills in engineering analysis, coupled with technical skills in high frequency switch mode power supplies and topologies for power supply circuits / systems. • Must demonstrate ability to evaluate electrical components and circuitry for use in complex power components. • Support sustaining engineering activities for the existing product lines. • Support existing product designs and customer interface with Sales and Applications Engineering. • Design elements include electrical design, component selection, simulation/test, PCB layout and assembly and product specification. • Develop product planning schedules, write test and qualifications plans and originate objective specifications. • Work closely with internal organizations to ensure smooth introduction and manufacture of highly reliable product. • Provide full product documentation, which includes bill of materials, test specifications and assembly and PC board drawings. Education / Qualifications • BSEE, MSEE preferred • 5 years of experience in switch mode power supply design • Extensive knowledge of high frequency switching power supply topologies, and control architectures • Specific power conversion design skills include: high frequency magnetic design, power conversion circuit design and analysis, circuit simulation, layout considerations, feedback control theory, and EMC compliance. • Strong analytical skills • Ability to be self-motivated and detail oriented • Excellent team and individual contributor leadership skills • Outstanding organizational, communications, and interpersonal skills • Familiarity with simulation tools (SIMetrix/SIMPLIS, Pspice, OrCAD, Mathcad, MATLAB, Excel, etc.). • Experience and working knowledge of firmware is a plus