Electrical Engineer I

ABOUT ADVANCED ENERGY                    

Advanced Energy (Nasdaq: AEIS) is a global leader in the design and manufacturing of highly engineered, precision power conversion, measurement and control solutions for mission-critical applications and processes. AE’s power solutions enable customer innovation in complex applications for a wide range of industries including semiconductor equipment, industrial, manufacturing, telecommunications, data center computing and healthcare. Advanced Energy has devoted four decades to perfecting power for its global customers and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

 

WHY BE A PART OF ADVANCED ENERGY?
Some people say it’s like working in the best of two worlds. We operate like an agile, growing, small company – you can see your work make a difference to the company every day. Things move quickly and you can see and feel it. At the same time, we’re a global company founded in 1981 and have been publicly traded for more than 28 years. We have a strong cash position, deep trust and partnership with leading customers, a global best-in-class operations capability, and a proven leadership team. We have a track record and resources to make things happen both organically and inorganically. Being part of a nimble company with a solid foundation attracts team members that are capable, driven and like a challenge. Our employees collaborate and know how to have fun inventing, working, building and winning together. At our core, we are Advanced Energy – powering the future, together.
 

 

POSITION SUMMARY:                                   

Advanced Energy is looking for an Electrical Engineer to join our Remote Plasma Sources engineering team in Fort Collins, Colorado. The ideal candidate will perform applied research, design, development, testing, and documentation of products or systems. Would work closely with other engineers and technicians to ensure system requirements are met and that the product works in the intended application. This will include lab work in assembling and testing remote plasma units as well as hands-on electrical troubleshooting of prototype units.

 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support the design, analysis and testing of RF systems, products, and subsystems/circuits to specification, cost, budget, schedule, and quality goals
• Support design, analysis and testing of DC switching power supplies
• Responsible to diagnose issues of diverse scope with design, field performance, reliability and test yields of products and recommend/implement corrective actions.
• Perform experiments and product testing along with other engineers and technicians on a multi-disciplinary design team
• Work with vendors and in-house materials team to produce manufacturable and reliable designs
• Use RF hybrid modules, RF components in multiple-kW RF systems
• Work with other engineering teams in Asia and the US
• Occasional work with customers to meet product performance needs
• Follows key engineering procedures including the Product Development Process and ECO process
• Documentation of designs, validation in the end use environment

 

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Works in both a standard office environment as well as a lab and/or clean room
• Must be able to travel 10% of the time. Travel involves international and domestic travel to customers and vendors

 

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Read, understand and edit schematics of RF and analog circuits, model RF circuits
• Knowledge of PCBA layout principles as applied to RF circuits and DC switching power supplies
• Demonstrated ability to design and specify components in high power RF circuit design
• Able to work independently with little instruction/oversight
• Ability to manage multiple projects at one time
• Ability to work safely and in an organized fashion in a fast-paced lab
• Strong verbal and written communication skills. Documentation of experiments, designs
• Use of PCBA design packages, Altium preferred
• Use of RF simulation software
• Use of analysis software (LTSPICE)

 

EXPERIENCE:                                         

• 0-5 years engineering experience, RF PCBA design

 

EDUCATION: