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We’re an American manufacturer of advanced 48V centric DC-DC converters with industry-leading power and current density, enabling breakthrough power delivery performance. As an engineering-focused company, we provide a hands-on opportunity to further innovate and advance the topologies, control systems, components and packaging of our power modules and the power delivery networks that drive key advancements in AI, electric vehicles, and aerospace.\nAn opportunity to join a team of world class engineers in creating leading edge power components and solutions. This position provides direct exposure to new products and technologies, with opportunities to innovate and mature ground breaking solutions that represent the state of the art in power conversion. We are seeking engineers with analog skills, creativity, talent, experience and a drive for success in a collaborative work environment. This is an ideal opportunity for someone who has strong analytical and problem solving skills, good background in analog electrical engineering, and experience designing power supplies or designing with power components. There are many opportunities to advance and increase responsibilities in Product Development Engineering in support of growing product lines.\nJob Description\nThe Product Development Engineer will be involved in the definition of new power components, verification testing of new systems, the design and prototyping of test boards and reference designs, development of product collateral such as application notes and tools, direct customer support, and the development of an online expert system for enabling customers to architect, simulate, and configure power systems.\nVerifying new power component functionality and performance at a system level\nCreation, definition and verification of tools for facilitating customer designs\nDesigning, simulating, prototyping, testing, and optimizing systems using Vicor power components\nEvaluating new products in support of datasheet development\nDevelopment of reference designs and evaluation printed circuit boards.\nNew products definition\nTroubleshooting, optimizing and supporting customer systems\nWorking both independently and as part of a team on various projects\nEducation / Qualifications\nBachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or equivalent, MSEE a plus.\n3-5 years of experience designing AC-DC, DC-DC power supplies, or designing with AC-DC or DC-DC power components\nExcellent understanding of analog design and an analytical approach to engineering required\nExperience simulating power systems a strong plus\nTroubleshooting skills with basic power systems a plus\nComfortable with lab equipment used in the characterization and design of power supplies and systems (oscilloscopes, DMMs, Network Analyzers, EMI analyzers, loads, sources, etc.)\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills, comfortable presenting at a technical level\nSome understanding of feedback and control systems, Electromagnetic Interference (EMI), digital (e.g. PIC microcontroller) design, and simulation tools would be a plus\nFamiliarity with CAD and office tools (Altium, Power DC, Simetrix, Matlab, Excel, Power Point, Word, etc.) a plus, if not, a willingness to learn and adopt the use of software tools in support of job function.\nAll qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.\nVicor is an EO employer - M/F/Veteran/Disability\nCompensation Data\nSalary Range: $90,000 - $105,000\nPlease note: This range is based on our current market driven pay structures. 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