Sr. Electrical Design Engineer - Power Electronics

Senior Electrical Design Engineer – Power Electronics

Location:

Greater Allentown, PA Area Work Arrangement:
Full-Time | 100% On-Site Salary: $145,000–$175,000 plus bonus Industry: Electrical Equipment / Power Electronics / Data Center Infrastructure Relocation Assistance:
Negotiable Sponsorship:
Not Available

A growing technology manufacturer serving data centers, industrial facilities, utilities, and municipal infrastructure is seeking a Senior Electrical Design Engineer to develop rugged, production-ready power-conversion equipment.

This role combines hands-on electrical design, power electronics, PCB development, product verification, regulatory compliance, and field troubleshooting. The engineer will support products from initial concept through production release and collaborate with firmware, systems, manufacturing, quality, sales, and technical-support teams.

The exact worksite location will be disclosed to qualified candidates during the recruitment process.

• Lead electrical design activities for AC/DC battery chargers, DC/DC converters, rectifiers, and related power-conversion equipment.
• Support new-product development from concept through design, verification, first-article testing, and production release.
• Design and improve digital and analog hardware used in embedded-control platforms.
• Develop production-ready schematics, circuit designs, PCB layouts, and supporting documentation.
• Evaluate power semiconductors and electrical components for performance and reliability.
• Ensure products can operate under harsh conditions, including extreme heat, cold, moisture, flooding, and severe weather.
• Participate in design reviews, risk assessments, testing, and continuous-improvement activities.
• Collaborate with firmware and systems engineers to define product requirements and hardware-software interfaces.

• Serve as a senior technical resource for individual power units and complete integrated systems.
• Diagnose breaker trips, ground faults, load-sharing imbalances, communication errors, and other system-level problems.
• Perform root-cause analysis and lead corrective actions.
• Support technical questions from customers, sales, manufacturing, quality, and field-service teams.
• Provide guidance regarding product capabilities, applications, limitations, and system integration.

• Prepare and maintain schematics, bills of material, engineering-change requests, interface specifications, revision notes, and test documentation.
• Maintain accurate revision control throughout the product lifecycle.
• Apply applicable UL, CSA, NEC, and IEEE standards to new and existing designs.
• Support regulatory-certification submissions and third-party testing.
• Ensure engineering and production documentation remains accurate and current.

• Bachelor's or master's degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Approximately 7+ years of relevant electrical design or power-electronics experience.
• Strong knowledge of power electronics and power-conversion systems.
• Experience with: AC/DC and DC/DC conversion, rectifier topologies, battery-charging algorithms, power semiconductor selection, thermal management, digital and analog circuit design, PCB design and production release.
• Experience troubleshooting industrial power systems or supporting field-service issues.
• Working knowledge of applicable UL, CSA, NEC, and IEEE requirements.
• Ability to create accurate schematics, BOMs, engineering changes, interface documents, and revision-controlled design records.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

• Experience designing power equipment for data centers, utilities, industrial plants, telecommunications, or municipal infrastructure.
• Experience with Altium Designer or a comparable PCB-design platform.
• Knowledge of embedded microcontrollers and embedded-control systems.
• Familiarity with FPGA/VHDL and hardware interfaces such as SPI and UART.
• Experience with UL or CSA certification programs.
• Familiarity with IPC standards and…