Senior Power Electrical Engineer - Mission Systems Power Electronics (Onsite)
About The Position
The Resilient Connectivity Products Hardware Technologies team is seeking a Senior Electrical/Power Engineer to develop high-reliability power electronics for secure, high-speed communication systems used across ground, airborne, and space platforms. The role covers closed-loop power supplies, EMI filters, high-efficiency conversion stages, magnetics, EMI mitigation, and power-factor-correction solutions, guiding designs from concept through qualification. The engineer applies expertise in switching converters, magnetics, control loops, manufacturability, and testability to aerospace hardware. The role works with cross-functional partners and contributes to pursuits, design, integration, verification, and factory transition. The position is onsite, with potential locations in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, or Fort Wayne, Indiana. A sign-on bonus and relocation eligibility are mentioned.
Requirements
- Hands-on design expertise with power-supply topologies such as buck, boost, flyback, forward, resonant, and PFC.
- Strong understanding of power-supply control schemes, including peak-current-mode and voltage-mode control, with ability to design compensation, place poles and zeros, and evaluate converter stability.
- Thorough understanding of EMC/EMI requirements and mitigation techniques, including designing power systems to meet regulatory standards.
- Experience with schematic capture and PCB design for power supplies.
- Ability to perform power-electronics simulations.
- Typically requires a STEM degree and at least 5 years of relevant experience, or an advanced degree in a related field and at least 3 years of experience.
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government-issued security clearance; U.S. citizenship is required.
- An active and existing DoD Secret clearance is required after day one.
Nice To Haves
- Experience across a range of power levels and switching frequencies in DC/DC and AC/DC power conversion.
- Power-supply design experience from 10 W to multi-kW.
- Exceptional communication skills and ability to explain complex technical concepts to varied audiences.
- Expertise in digital control, complex topologies such as phase-shifted bridge or LLC, and designing overvoltage, undervoltage, and overcurrent protection features.
- Experience selecting COTS magnetics and designing custom inductors or transformers when needed.
- Proficiency selecting and integrating power components with attention to thermal stress, derating, and thermal management.
- Active SECRET clearance or higher.
Responsibilities
- Lead design and development of power electronics hardware, including DC/DC and AC/DC converters, motor controllers, and power supplies.
- Perform circuit analysis, modeling, simulation, and component selection aligned to system requirements.
- Generate engineering documentation, including requirements, design descriptions, schematics, bills of materials, and test plans.
- Support integration, verification, validation, and qualification testing of new and existing designs.
- Partner with Systems, Mechanical, Software, Manufacturing, and Digital Hardware teams throughout the product lifecycle.
- Diagnose and resolve issues involving power-conversion performance, reliability, EMI/EMC, and thermal behavior.
- Ensure adherence to aerospace standards and mission-assurance expectations.
- Mentor junior engineers and support a culture of technical excellence.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
- 401(k) plan with employer matching funds and a separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option
- Tuition reimbursement program
- Student Loan Repayment Program
- Life insurance and disability coverage
- Optional pet, home, auto, additional life and accident, critical illness, group legal, and identity-theft protection coverages
- Birth, adoption, and parental leave benefits
- Ovia Health, fertility, and family-planning benefits
- Adoption Assistance
- Autism Benefit
- Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
- Healthy You Incentives wellness rewards program
- Doctor on Demand virtual doctor visits
- Bright Horizons child and elder care services
- Teladoc Medical Experts second-opinion program
- Relocation eligibility
- Flexible spending accounts
- Flexible work schedules
- Employee Scholar Program
- Paid time off and holidays
- Potential annual short-term and/or long-term incentive compensation
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
