Sr Staff Power Engineer

Sanmina SCI • San Jose, CA

29d • $140,000 - $200,000 • Remote

About The Position

Sanmina Corporation (Nasdaq: SANM) is a leading integrated manufacturing solutions provider serving the fastest growing segments of the global Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) market. Recognized as a technology leader, Sanmina Corporation provides end-to-end manufacturing solutions, delivering superior quality and support to Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) primarily in the communications networks, defense and aerospace, industrial and semiconductor systems, medical, multimedia, computing and storage, automotive and clean technology sectors. Sanmina Corporation has facilities strategically located in key regions throughout the world. Job Purpose As a Senior Staff Power Engineer, you will be responsible for power delivery design and development for rack-level solutions and testing these to meet customers' data center requirements. This includes selecting correct components for AC and DC power delivery (Whips, Bus Bar, PDUs, PSUs), developing tools to qualify rack power interface into the data center, implementing testing, and debugging issues with customers and suppliers. You will need to support cross-functional teams with power expertise during the design phase in various system areas; mechanical, thermal, firmware, and electrical. You will be developing new hardware and software for testing against power delivery requirements and automating these tests to improve coverage and efficiency.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering
• 12+ years of experience directly related to the design and debugging of computer-related PCB boards Skilled in Analog and digital design
• Skilled in high-speed bus interface design
• Knowledge of high-speed PCB layout design
• Strong ability to debug high-speed designs and signal integrity issues
• Knowledge of power distribution techniques & x-86 processor system architecture
• Ability to implement high-speed serial busses (SAS/SATA, PCIe, USB) and/or high-speed parallel busses (DDR2/3), and CPU front-side bus
• Skilled in feature and cost trade-off analysis
• Ability to create specifications and design guides
• Strong leadership, presentation, and verbal and written communication skills required
• Promotes cooperation and commitment within a team to achieve goals and deliverables

Responsibilities

• Take the lead in interfacing with cross-functional teams to develop system-level architectures and board-level implementations from product early concept through production launch
• In charge of preparing specifications, BOM, design, and schematic entry internally and supervising the design work by junior engineers and external suppliers
• Make decisions related to layout guidelines for PCBs and supervise Layout Engineers ensuring that all physical and electrical requirements are met
• Analyze the design with simulation tools and make calculations to verify its conformance to the design requirements
• Lead and mentor layout, system bring-up, and debug teams
• Work with suppliers, contractors, and principal design engineers to ensure that the product is developed on time with high quality
• Make decisions and specify production test methods and limits
• Drive balance between cost, performance, quality, and schedule and supervise international and domestic engineering teams

Benefits

• health insurance coverage
• life and disability insurance
• savings plan
• Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
• eligibility for restricted stock unit awards and participation in a discretionary bonus program

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Miscellaneous Manufacturing
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees