Power Electronics Engineer

By | September 19, 2023 |

Job description:

We are looking for a highly motivated power electronics engineer to join our Sensing and Communications Department.
Successful candidates will have a BS, MS, or PhD degree in electrical engineering with professional experience in design, development, and test of power electronic systems.
Professional experience beyond 5 years is desired, but may not be required in all circumstances.
Successful applicants will support the design and development of a wide variety of underwater maritime systems including electromechanical actuation systems, payloads for unmanned underwater vehicles, acoustic communication transceivers, wireless power transfer, and high power acoustic transmit arrays.

Candidates must have a proven track record of designing and implementing custom PCBs for prototype R&D systems.
Experience designing energy storage system components, DC/DC converters, power amplifiers and magnetics, and interfacing to the embedded processors that control such devices is required.
Previous experience laying out boards and/or managing vendors which provide layout services is highly desired, as is experience designing for EMC and testing and integrating PCBs into larger systems.

Responsibilities:

Design, development, integration, and debugging of complex power systems

Required Attributes and Skills:

Experience with power system design consisting of circuit analysis and simulation, component selection, schematic capture, PCB design, and verification testing

Design of DC/DC and AC/DC power systems ranging from 500 W to 10 kW for use in harsh operating environments

Experience with implementation of high availability power supplies and/or failover systems

Comprehensive knowledge of electronic power devices such as MOSFETs, Schottky Diodes, SiC FETs, and IGBTs

Proven experience designing with electromechanical actuators, DC/DC converters, power amplifiers, and magnetics

Experience troubleshooting electronic systems

BS in electrical engineering with a power systems focus

Able to obtain and maintain a Secret Security Clearance

Desired Attributes and Skills:

Prior experience designing electronics for underwater maritime systems

Experience working with acoustic transducers

Experience with various power converter topologies such as Buck, Boost, Flyback, SEPIC, etc. and their control methodologies

Previous experience with or oversight of electronic layout, bill-of-materials, and assembly process

Experience with common digital communication schemes (RS232/RS422, I2C, I2S, SPI, McBSP)

Basic understanding of signal processing and Matlab data analysis

Prior experience creating technical content for new products, ideas, or other business development pursuits

Experience working in an R&D environment and working in small multidisciplinary teams

Experience mentoring junior EE staff on electronics design, PCB implementation, and board troubleshooting

Experience with C/C++ coding for microcontrollers (or similar) Experience using National Instruments (or similar) data acquisition systems and LabView

Qualifications: