Staff Power Module Design Engineer

About the role

Analog Devices is looking for a motivated, experienced power module staff design engineer for its µModule Group, within the Broad Market and Industrial BU at its San Jose offices. The engineer will join the industry-leading power engineering team and work on power module product research and development.

Key responsibilities

• Lead new power module product development, covering product definition, feasibility, design, simulation, test, lab evaluation, qualification and release.
• Collaborate with product marketing, applications teams and customers to understand applications and contribute to architectural decisions.
• Develop techniques for advanced products and applications, identify technical risks, define mitigations and milestones, and improve development flows with advanced tools and methodologies.
• Prepare and present design review documentation, drive project schedules and performance targets, and perform lab evaluation or debugging.
• Mentor junior engineers and deliver technical writing, presentations and training.

Required profile

• MSEE or PhD in Power Electronics preferred.
• Minimum 6 years of industry experience in switching power converter design and development.
• Strong foundation in analog circuits, power electronics and power management systems.
• Strong DC/DC converter design and optimization experience, and solid knowledge of transformer-based converters (flyback, forward, half-bridge, full bridge).
• Good knowledge of power converter modeling, control architecture and loop design, and of magnetic design, thermal analysis and simulation.
• Preferred: firmware, DPS or FPGA programming, I2C/PMbus, and analog IC design knowledge.

Required skills

• Circuit design, simulation and optimization tools such as SPICE/LTspice, Simplis, MathCAD/Matlab, Ansys/Maxwell.
• Hardware and circuit debugging.
• Technical writing, presentation and communication skills; ability to work in a multidisciplinary team.

What we offer

• Expected wage range of $150,978 to $218,624, with a discretionary performance-based bonus.
• Medical, vision and dental coverage, 401k, paid vacation, holidays and sick time.
• 10% travel requirement, first shift, days.