Electrical Engineer (RF or Power Supply) 1

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, RF Delivery Systems (RFDS) is looking for a multi-discipline Electronic Design Engineer (RF or Power Supply) for its New Product Development (NPD) team to manage the product launch of RF Generator Systems used in Plasma Power applications.

 

The Design Engineer is responsible to lead design efforts with a multi-disciplined product delivery team of RF, Electrical, Mechanical and Software Engineers and coordinate with other cross functional teams to launch new design. Designs can be full product delivery or sub system design as part of a larger team.

 

The Design Engineer is responsible for leading the product development projects while delivering on time to commitments. Prior experience in industrial RF power and/or high-power power supply design is preferred.

 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Be a critical member of the product development engineering team
• Lead RF and/or PS designs with a cross functional team (direct and indirect resources) to complete product (complete product and/or subsystems) delivery to our customer that meets their expectations and is delivered on time following our design process
• Provide technical leadership to the team on the design of new products and platforms including helping refine high level requirements and allocate detailed requirements to product modules and components
• Implement best practices within a cross function design team to support appropriate level of process and review of the design process
• Work with our Advanced Development team to review technology readiness to launch into new products
• Work with other cross functional teams such as our NPI, purchasing, quality, program & project management, finance, safety, production, and other teams as needed
• Builds peer to peer relationships within AE

 

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Location: Greater Boston Area, MA
• Environment: Office and Lab
• Physical Requirements:
• Remote opportunities: on site      

 

QUALIFICATIONS:

• A bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering (or similar) technical degree
• At least 5 years’ experience in related industries preferably working with industrial RF and/or power electronics, but other relevant industry experience will be considered (3 years’ experience with an advanced degree)
• Technical experience in several of the following design areas and skills:
  • The proven ability to analyze, prototype, simulate, and validate circuit designs
  • Experience using simulation tools – LT Spice, HFSS, Ansys, etc.
  • High power RF design expertise (400kHz to 120MHz) including Driver/Exciter, Combiner/Splitter, Measurement (V/I Sensor, Coupler), RF layout, filter design, and impedance Matching
  • Power electronics design and power device selection: Si MOSFETs, SiC MOSFETS, GaN, LDMOS
  • DC/DC power supply design - Buck, Boost, Half-Bridge, Full-Bridge, Fly-Back, PFC
  • Testing and debug using common lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, power supplies, DMMs, function generators, JTAG or similar tools, etc.
  • Schematic capture and PCBA layout (experience with Altium® Designer a plus)
  • Control loop design and theory
  • Basic programming