System Engineer – Power Systems

ON - Georgetown HQ - 45
CPI Power Electronics
- Canada - ON
- Georgetown
45 River Drive
Georgetown, ON , CAN

With a history spanning more than seven decades, Communications & Power Industries’ thousands of products have impacted people’s lives in numerous unseen ways every day. Our highly engineered products serve as the backbone of modern-day commercial and military communications systems, assist in diagnosing medical conditions, empower scientific discoveries and space exploration, and much more.

CPI is headquartered in Plano, Texas and is a global manufacturer of electronic components and subsystems. We have manufacturing locations in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia. With a heritage of technological excellence, our team serves customers in the communications, defense, medical, industrial, and scientific markets.

We are actively seeking a System Designer who will be responsible for the architecture, design, integration, and technical leadership of high‑power X‑ray generator systems ranging from 20 kW to 150 kW and beyond. This role drives system‑level requirements, design decisions, risk management, verification, and regulatory compliance throughout the product lifecycle. The successful candidate will possess deep expertise in high‑voltage power electronics, medical imaging systems, and multidisciplinary product development.

The successful candidate will have strong expertise in power electronics, high‑voltage engineering, X‑ray generation systems, control electronics, and multidisciplinary product development.

• Develop, maintain, and manage system requirements, architecture, performance specifications, and technical roadmaps for high‑power X‑ray generator platforms.
• Interface Control Documents (ICDs)
• Verification and validation plans
• Traceability matrices
• Establish requirement traceability from customer needs through verification and validation activities.
• Participate in product planning, design reviews, and change control processes.
• Develop and maintain system‑level designs encompassing:
• High‑frequency inverter topologies
• High‑voltage transformers and insulation systems
• Voltage multiplier networks
• Filament power supplies
• AC drive systems
• Energy storage and discharge systems
• Allocate and trace system requirements across electrical, firmware, software, and mechanical subsystems.
• Lead system‑level trade studies balancing performance, reliability, safety, manufacturability, serviceability, and cost.
• Support technology selection, platform architecture decisions, and product roadmap planning.

• Lead development of high‑voltage power supplies operating up to 150 kV and beyond.
• Establish EMI/EMC design requirements and mitigation strategies.
• Optimize efficiency, thermal performance, power density, reliability, and long‑term robustness.
• Define tube protection algorithms, fault detection methods, and exposure control strategies.
• Ensure compliance with image quality, dose accuracy, and exposure repeatability requirements.

• Support product compliance with applicable standards and regulations, including:
• IEC 60601 Series
• IEC 61000 EMC Standards
• IEC/EN 62304 Medical Software Lifecycle Processes
• FDA Quality System Regulations (21 CFR Part 820)
• EU MDR (Medical Device Regulation)
• Participate in regulatory audits, technical file reviews, and design control activities.
• Collaborate with quality, regulatory, and clinical teams to ensure compliance throughout the product lifecycle.

• Lead and support design validation testing (DVal)
• Reliability and life testing
• Safety testing
• EMC/EMI compliance testing
• System integration testing
• Review test results and drive resolution of technical issues.

• Lead system‑level DFMEA activities.
• Participate in PFMEA and manufacturing risk reviews.
• Identify critical‑to‑quality (CTQ) and critical‑to‑safety (CTS) characteristics.
• Define reliability goals and drive reliability growth initiatives.
• Support fault‑tree analysis, hazard analysis,…