As a Senior Staff Power Engineer, you'll provide technical leadership and act as the power subject matter expert (SME) for our Digital and RF programs, focusing on unit level power systems. You’ll be the technical leader for the power section and will help to teach and mentor junior engineers, and maintain/update applicable processes. You'll be responsible for designing, analyzing, and troubleshooting power distribution circuits at the circuit card assembly (CCA) and unit levels. You'll be responsible for designing power circuits, power distribution, and power conversion to meet system requirements; This includes power conversion from both AC and DC inputs. In this role you will be responsible for decomposing system level requirements into hardware requirement specifications for internal teams as well as suppliers. You will assist junior engineers with root-cause analysis and engineering recommendations. You will oversee the development of power test procedures, execution of power qualification tests, and development of detailed reports to show adherence to the applicable power standards (MIL-STD-704), and at times you will be required to execute these tasks. In this role you will also prepare technical presentations to support program reviews as well as present to customers.
• Bachelor’s degree in electrical, mechanical, computer, or system engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent experience/combined education, with 14 years or more of professional experience; or 12 years of professional experience with a related master’s degree
• Professional working knowledge of analog circuits
• Skilled in modeling circuit behavior using Spice tools.
• Experience with component selection and derating
• Experience with troubleshooting and performing root cause analysis of printed wiring boards
• High proficiency using oscilloscopes, digital multimeters, and benchtop power supplies and other basic lab equipment
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOD Security clearance at the Secret level (will require US Citizenship).
• Experience with analyzing and designing isolated and non-isolated DC/DC converters, switch-mode power supplies (SMPS), and Point-of-Load (POL) regulators
• Experience using component layout, board layout, and schematic capture tools
• Experience programing and utilizing programmable power supplies
• Knowledge of MIL-STD-704, MIL-STD-1399 and MIL-STD-461
• Knowledge of VITA specifications
• Experience with specifications writing and review, and tracking requirements through product lifecycle management tools to ensure full compliance with customer requirements
• Experience guiding and reviewing the designs of entry-level hardware engineers
• Experience with developing bases of estimates (BOE) and supporting proposal development
Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $129000.00 - $239600.00
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Benefits offered: Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible work arrangements and schedules (e.g., 4x10), 401(k) match, Paid time off, Holidays, Parental Leave, EAP, Flexible Spending Accounts, Education Assistance, Life Insurance, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability.
- Annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation programs may be offered depending on the position. Payments under these annual programs are not guaranteed and can vary from year to year and are tied to a range of performance metrics.
- For (Washington state applicants only) Non-represented full-time employees: accrue at least 10 hours per month of Paid Time Off (PTO) to be used for incidental absences and other reasons; receive at least 90 hours for holidays. Represented full time employees accrue 6.67 hours of Vacation per month; accrue up to 52 hours of sick leave annually; receive at least 96 hours for holidays. PTO, Vacation, sick leave, and holiday hours are prorated based on start date during the calendar year.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical, mechanical, computer, or systems engineering, a related discipline, or equivalent combined education and experience
- At least 14 years of professional experience, or 12 years with a related master’s degree
- Professional working knowledge of analog circuits
- Experience modeling circuit behavior using SPICE tools
- Experience with component selection and derating
- Experience troubleshooting and performing root-cause analysis of printed wiring boards
- High proficiency with oscilloscopes, digital multimeters, benchtop power supplies, and basic laboratory equipment
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Defense Secret security clearance
- U.S. citizenship
- Experience designing isolated and non-isolated DC/DC converters, switch-mode power supplies, and point-of-load regulators
- Experience using component layout, board layout, and schematic capture tools
- Experience programming and using programmable power supplies
- Knowledge of MIL-STD-704, MIL-STD-1399, and MIL-STD-461
- Knowledge of VITA specifications
- Experience writing and reviewing specifications and tracking requirements through product lifecycle management tools
- Experience guiding and reviewing entry-level hardware engineers
- Experience developing bases of estimates and supporting proposal development
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