Associate Product Development Engineer - HPC

Job Summary

An opportunity to join a team of world class engineers in creating leading edge power components and solutions. This position provides direct exposure to new products and technologies, with opportunities to innovate and mature ground breaking solutions that represent the state of the art in power conversion. We are seeking engineers with analog skills, creativity, talent and a drive for success in a collaborative work environment. This entry level position is an ideal opportunity for someone who has strong analytical and problem solving skills, good background in analog electrical engineering, and some experience of designing power supplies or designing with power components. There are many opportunities to advance and increase responsibilities in Product Development Engineering in support of growing product lines.

Job Description

The Associate Product Development Engineer will be involved in the definition of new power components, verification testing of new systems, the design and prototyping of test boards and reference designs, development of product collateral such as application notes and tools, direct customer support, and the development of an online expert system for enabling customers to architect, simulate, and configure power systems.
    
•    Verifying new power component functionality and performance at a system level
•    Creation, definition and verification of tools for facilitating customer designs
•    Designing, simulating, prototyping, testing, and optimizing systems using Vicor power components
•    Evaluating new products in support of datasheet development
•    Development of reference designs and evaluation printed circuit boards
•    New products definition
•    Troubleshooting, optimizing and supporting customer systems
•    Working as part of a team on various projects

Education / Qualifications

•    Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
•    Has previous CO-OP/Internship experience with AC-DC, DC-DC power supplies or power components.
•    Basic understanding of analog design and an analytical approach to engineering.
•    Troubleshooting skills with basic power electronics systems.
•    Bench testing skills, comfortable with lab equipment used in the characterization and design of power supplies and systems (oscilloscopes, DMMs, Network Analyzers, EMI analyzers, loads, sources, etc.).
•    Strong written and verbal communication skills, comfortable presenting at a technical level.
•    Familiarity with simulation tools (LTSpice, Simetrix, OrCAD, Mathcad, MATLAB, etc.).
•    Familiarity with CAD and office tools (Altium, Cadence, Excel, Power Point, Word, etc.) a plus, if not, a willingness to learn and adopt the use of software tools in support of job function.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
Vicor is an EO employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability

Compensation Data

Salary Range: $80,000 - $90,000

Please note: This range is based on our current market driven pay structures. Individual salaries are determined based upon a variety of factors including but not limited to, a candidates overall qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience as well as company internal equity.