Associate Product Development Engineer - HPC

Vicor Corporation • Andover, MA

15d

About The Position

Vicor is a place where engineers see the impact of their work every day. We’re an American manufacturer of advanced 48V centric DC-DC converters with industry-leading power and current density, enabling breakthrough power delivery performance. As an engineering-focused company, we provide a hands-on opportunity to further innovate and advance the topologies, control systems, components and packaging of our power modules and the power delivery networks that drive key advancements in AI, electric vehicles, and aerospace.
The position of Associate Product Development Engineer - HPC 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.

Requirements

• 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.

Responsibilities

• 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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level