Principal Hardware Design Engineer – Power Electronics

Panduit • Tinley Park, IL

2d • $120,000 - $160,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Panduit is seeking a Principal Hardware Design Engineer specializing in Power Electronics to drive the architecture and development of advanced power-conversion technologies. The role is part of the Advanced Electronics Engineering team within Research and Advanced Development and focuses on complex AC/DC and DC/DC power systems, including multi-kilowatt power stages, front-end power supplies, uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), and emerging high-voltage DC distribution platforms.

The engineer will influence next-generation power-electronics architectures and develop solutions from concept through prototype validation. The position provides technical leadership, independently owns critical hardware designs, and works with cross-functional engineering teams to advance technologies across Panduit’s product portfolio.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a closely related discipline.
• 10+ years of relevant hardware-development experience, including substantial power-electronics design.
• Extensive experience designing AC/DC and DC/DC power converters, including PFC, isolated converters, resonant topologies, and multi-kilowatt power stages.
• Ability to independently develop power-electronics architectures and circuit designs, including schematics, sensing, protection, gate drives, and control interfaces.
• Proficiency with power-electronics simulation tools such as SIMPLIS, LTspice, PSIM, or equivalent, including converter design, control-loop analysis, losses, and transient behavior.
• Experience with PCB design and ECAD tools, preferably Altium Designer, including high-voltage, high-current, and EMI-sensitive circuit layouts.
• Strong knowledge of magnetics design, including specification and development of transformers and inductors.
• Ability to independently develop, debug, test, and validate complex hardware and take ownership of technical challenges and engineering deliverables.
• Strong technical problem-solving and collaboration skills, including evaluating tradeoffs involving efficiency, power density, cost, safety, reliability, EMI/EMC, and thermal performance.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering or Power Electronics.
• Knowledge of advanced power technologies, including high-voltage DC distribution, UPS systems, data-center power architectures, SiC/GaN devices, bidirectional converters, high-frequency magnetics, and digital power control.
• Experience with advanced engineering design practices, including thermal design, EMI/EMC mitigation, functional safety, regulatory certification, and development of reusable power-electronics platforms or innovative power-conversion technologies.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead power-electronics architectures for advanced AC/DC and DC/DC converters, including PFC, isolated converters, resonant topologies, and multi-kilowatt power stages.
• Drive circuit design and component selection, including schematics, sensing, protection circuits, gate drives, control interfaces, and power-stage development.
• Perform simulation and engineering analysis to evaluate converter performance, control loops, power losses, transient behavior, and design optimization.
• Lead PCB development and design using Altium Designer or comparable ECAD tools, addressing high-voltage, high-current, and EMI-sensitive requirements.
• Design and specify magnetic components, including transformers and inductors, to support power-conversion performance, efficiency, and reliability.
• Lead prototype bring-up, troubleshooting, testing, and validation of complex power-electronics hardware; identify and resolve technical challenges independently.
• Provide technical leadership and design ownership across development programs, lead design reviews, resolve technical risks, and deliver engineering milestones.
• Collaborate with firmware, mechanical, test, safety/compliance, manufacturing, product development, and external supplier teams to advance designs toward product implementation.

Benefits

• Health and financial benefits through a Total Rewards Program.
• Flexible work options; this role requires office attendance 50% of the time, with the schedule based on the manager’s discretion.
• Vacation, sick days, holidays, and a volunteer day.
• 401(k) match and profit sharing.
• Growth and development opportunities.
• Parental leave.
• Incentive plan based on individual and company performance.

What This Job Offers

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