Manager, Hardware Design Engineering

Overview

Req
Region:
Americas
Country: USA
State/Province:
California
City:
San Jose

The Manager, Hardware Design (Power) Engineering is responsible for leading and managing the work of developing new power 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.

• Lead the design, development and implementation of power solutions for complex projects, involving multiple domains. Participate in project planning and scheduling.
• Take responsibility for non-technical elements of an engineering project (people, financials etc.).
• Review and interpret customer requirements/specifications and may act as primary customer contract for power systems.
• May manage relationships with key vendors/partners.
• Design, modify and implement power systems that meet customer and Celestica needs.
• Create designs in line with Celestica s procedures, regulations and customer standards
• Keep up to date with relevant industry knowledge and regulations
• Solve complex problems
• Liaison with suppliers, customers, contractors, and other internal teams.
• Recommend system modifications
• Set yearly plans and goals for the department, give direction on expected performance, provide regular performance evaluations and ongoing feedback. Accountable for all department objectives and achieving agreed targets for key performance indicators.
• Creation of Schematics, Bills of material, diagrams, drawings, etc.
• Analyzing and interpreting data and information
• Creating reports and documentation
• Provide support during the manufacturing process
• Finalize designs and send prints to the production department

• Team management
• Familiar with the theory of buck, boost, buck-boost, LDO, hotswap, oring, load switch, E-fuse, fuel gauge, fuse transistor, diode cell and DC relevant parts and IC.
• Familiar with Intel VR solutions like VR12.5 and VR13 design.
• Well understand power efficiency optimization.
• Experience in product development from prototype to mass production.
• Proficiency in high efficiency DC-DC power conversion design, analysis, circuit simulation, control loops, and stabilization.
• Good understanding and skills to determine phase and gain margins
• Proficiency in power design component selection and trade-offs
• Proficiency with Spice, LTspice, TI Work Bench, etc. circuit simulators
• Experience in both high current low voltage multi-phase (>500W) as well as ultra-low noise power delivery circuitry
• Proficiency in power supply layout and thermal design rules
• Technical leadership of PCB layout with respect to various grounding and low noise etch techniques
• Proficiency in power-up sequencing in multi-power supply systems
• Designing interfaces with Processors, SPI & I2C devices
• Ability to quickly grasp the existing designs and able to work independently with minimal supervision
• Excellent verbal, written communication skills to produce Specifications and Test Plans
• Experience in power supply design for leading edge high speed communication devices
• Experience in power supply design for sensitive optical, switch, memory, NPU, CPU, GPU components
• Failure mode analysis
• Good understanding of power efficiency optimization schemes
• Experience with Cadence Allegro and DxDesigner tools

• Duties of this position are performed in a normal office environment.
• Duties may require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data.
• Repetitive manual movements (e.g., data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc.) are frequently required.
• Occasional travel may be required.

• 7 to 10 years of related experience;
  
  Experience in similar job roles

• Bachelor or Masters (preferred) degree in Electrical Engineering

The salary range described in this posting is an estimate by the Company, and may change based on several factors, including by not limited to a change in the duties covered by the job posting, or the credentials, experience or geographic jurisdiction…