Staff Applications Engineer (Datacenter)
About The Position
Power Integrations is seeking an ambitious, highly motivated Senior/Staff Applications Engineer to help define and develop next-generation high-density power solutions for AI and data center applications. The engineer will contribute to developing high-density power converters, intermediate bus converter (IBC) modules, and protection circuits using Power Integrations products and technologies. The role works closely with the new product development team to create applications for high-frequency power converters using GaN and silicon technologies, deliver solutions for customer needs, and develop reference designs for next-generation AI and data center power architectures. It also involves providing advanced technical application support to customers worldwide.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, or foreign equivalent.
- Minimum 8–12 years of relevant industry experience.
- Hands-on experience and deep expertise in high-density, high-frequency power converter design, including server power applications above 3 kW.
- Experience designing high-power and high-current planar transformers.
- Strong familiarity with active power factor circuit topologies, including Totem pole PFC and Vienna Rectifier; phase-shifted and LLC resonant converters; and buck, boost, buck-boost, and flyback converters.
- Expert knowledge of high-frequency magnetics design.
- Ability to perform complex calculations, including worst-case analysis, for circuits designed using Power Integrations products.
- Experience with MATLAB, Excel, and simulation software such as SIMPLIS, LTspice, or PLECS.
- Strong hands-on capability and experience using laboratory equipment to test high-frequency switching power supplies.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience creating specifications, technical reports, and test plans or instructions.
- Knowledge of relevant industry standards and system architectures.
Nice To Haves
- Experience developing firmware in C/C++ for embedded controllers in power supply applications, and ability to provide firmware guidance for applications using Power Integrations products.
- Experience using finite element tools such as ANSYS.
- Experience designing power supplies or power converters from concept to production and supporting post-production.
- Knowledge of communication protocols such as I2C and PMBus.
- Familiarity with tools for debugging power converters with embedded controllers.
Responsibilities
- Develop high-frequency power converter solutions for AI and data center applications across AC/DC and DC/DC architectures using Power Integrations products.
- Define power converter architectures and key system components for emerging AI and data center power solutions.
- Provide switching power supply design support and technical guidance for applications based on Power Integrations products.
- Develop reference designs and application solutions that demonstrate performance, efficiency, and system value for next-generation AI and data center power architectures.
- Collaborate with product development teams and customers to solve technical challenges, evaluate design tradeoffs, and optimize system performance, density, and reliability.
- Serve as a technical expert and provide advanced application support to customers worldwide.
Benefits
- Equity
- Medical benefits
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
- 401(k)
- Tuition reimbursement
- Time off programs
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
