Sr. Power Electronics Engineer

Senior Power Electronics Engineer Contract 12+ months 40 hours weekly Onsite 100% Cambridge, MA...

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Active Security clearance is Required.

A Senior Power Electronics Engineer designs, specifies, develops, and tests power system architectures and requirements for a wide array of applications, including miniature power conversion and management circuitry, distributed power architectures, radiation hardened designs, novel battery management circuitry, small motor controllers, switched-mode power conversion and precision feedback systems.

They also perform a variety of engineering work in the initial planning and design phase of specifications and requirements of the systems.

Duties / Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and build power system architectures.
• Conduct research, design, development, and testing of hardware such as miniature power conversion and management circuitry, distributed power architectures, radiation hardened designs.
• Optimize system designs for reduced size, weight, and power.
• Design new products and develop technical specifications for their production.
• Analyze hardware configuration and processing solutions and test hardware conformance to specifications.
• Develop and maintain effective internal / external relationships.
• Independently drive solutions to complex problems
• develop requirements, propose ways forward when customer requirements are unclear or incomplete, and adapt appropriately to changes in requirements.
• Subject Matter Expert (SME) able to perform advanced architectures and designs for complex power electronics.
• Involved in business development and proposal activities.
• Identify program / system-level technical risks and develop and execute mitigation strategies.
• Ability to manage multi-disciplinary tasks with multiple engineers and effectively communicate status to project leadership and customers.
• Develop, document, and teach best practices to less experienced engineers; Demonstrate strong organization, planning, and time management skills to achieve program goals.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Skills / Abilities

Education Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or a related field required, Master’s Degree preferred.

Experience 5-7 years of experience in Power Systems Engineering or related.