Principal, Design Engineering

Celestica International LP•Austin, TX

About The Position

The Senior Staff Power Engineer develops new electrical systems/circuits for various applications. Research system ideas and draw up plans for these systems, and capture them in schematics and system specifications. Test, simulate, validate and qualify their systems and make adjustments as needed. Provide support throughout the manufacturing of the electrical systems they have designed. The Senior Staff Power Engineer works in cross functional teams with other designers, customers, manufacturing engineering and project leadership to ensure robust and high quality product development. Enhance designs with feedback from reviews in areas such as manufacturing, test, supply chain, reliability, industrial design and simulations.

Requirements

Considered a Subject Matter Expert in the area of power design, such as single/multi-phase DC/DC converter, point-of-load converter, LDO, MOSFETs, magnetics, hot-swap circuitry of how-swap controller, load switches, current sense circuit and amplifier, and etc
Experienced in designing power systems for networking, compute, or storage products
Experienced in high-current, low-voltage power subsystems for CPU, GPU, ASIC, SoC, and FPGA
Experienced in PCB stack-up, power planes, and tools used to simulate voltage gradients
Familiar with schematic capture and CAD layout tools or equivalent ones
Proficient with circuit simulation tools such as SIMPLIS, PSPICE, and LTSPICE, or equivalent tools
Experienced with end-to-end power delivery network design, and simulation using circuit simulation tools, Sigrity PowerDC/SI, ANSYS SIWave or equivalent, and board level correlation
Knowledge of high-density power modules and Vertical Power Delivery (Knowledge on Integrated Voltage Regulator (IVR) is a plus)
Experienced with power integrity evaluation
Experienced with design and troubleshooting of power management interfaces such as PMBus, AVS, SVID and SVI2/3.
Experienced with defining specifications and validation of power connectors, cable assemblies and fuses
Familiar with NPI hardware design and deployment cycle
Experienced with development of test automation for power validation that is a plus.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and ability to present to various audiences effectively
11+ years' releveant work experience with 3+ in a leadership capacity.
Bachelor degree or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Nice To Haves

Experienced with development of test automation for power validation that is a plus.
Knowledge of high-density power modules and Vertical Power Delivery (Knowledge on Integrated Voltage Regulator (IVR) is a plus)

Responsibilities

Work autonomously and take initiatives to manage team priorities
Provide technical guidance and support to Staff and Sr. engineers
Design, develop and implement technical solutions for complex projects. Participate in project planning and scheduling.
Propose innovative solutions for performance, reliability, and features of system or product.
Global SME with comprehensive knowledge and industry recognition. Provides technical leadership and direction to a global team of engineers.
Reviews and interprets customer specifications and may act as primary customer contact.
Analyze trade-offs in complex systems and recommend solutions. Develop and lead deployment strategies and plans.
Lead and manage schematic design, Bills of material, power tree, drawings, board layout, and cross-functional design reviews
Lead power bring-up, debugging, and support for manufacturing assembly, and deployment
Takes responsibility for non-technical elements of an engineering project (people, financials etc.)
Lead relationships with key vendors and partners.
Keep up to date with relevant industry knowledge and regulations, and share within team
Liaison with suppliers, customers, contractors, and other internal teams.
Analyze and create reports and documentation of specifications, design, testing, debugging, and etc.
May be a recognized expert (go to person) in one or more technical areas.