Principal Applications Design Engineer

Job Summary

Vicor is a place where engineers see the impact of their work every day. 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.

The Principal Applications Engineer will design new controllers and support the field application teams as needed to transition designs into mass production.

Job Description

• Work closely with key VPC customers to secure new business. Work with application design team to provide design that meets customer criteria, and work with the customer as needed to transition the design into mass production.
• Develop application notes and industry documentation for new VPC products and applications. Manage the development, review, and release of the documentation. Work with Field Application Engineers to develop application notes and provide training as necessary on new VPC products and applications.
• Investigate, research, and visit potential customers as necessary to determine a complete set of requirements for a new market or application. Document industry requirements and develop strategies for addressing customer specific variations on general requirements.
• Work closely with WW Field Applications Engineering to train them in presenting system level solutions to customers and assist in the development of reference design, application note, and demonstration guide documentation.
• Work closely with VPC Product Design Engineering in developing new roadmap VPC products with appropriate functionality and features to support next generation systems in key VPC markets.
• Perform system testing with new VPC products, validate that they function per specification and work with the product design team as necessary to address any improvements.
• Manage the development of product support tools and hardware, including models, evaluation boards, data sheets and reference designs. Align the development of these tools with product release; work with marketing to coordinate documentation and tool release with product launches.

Education / Qualifications

• BSEE required with 10+ yrs experience in power electronics design and/or applications
• Experience in engaging, securing design wins, designing, and troubleshooting with Tier 1 customers.
• Ability to manage groups and projects and works with other departments to meet deadlines and communicate critical design goals.
• Proficiency with bench tools for analysis (oscilloscopes, network analyzers, EMI, etc.).
• Experience in design of power systems using power components (using VPC Chips a plus).
• Troubleshooting skill and experience with complex power systems.
• Familiarity with simulation and design tools (Pspice, SIMetrix/Simplis, MATLAB, Excel, Mathcad, etc.).

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Vicor is an EO employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability

Compensation Data

Salary Range:

$130,000 - $170.000

Please note: This range is based on our current market driven pay structures. Individual salaries are determined based upon a variety of factors including but not limited to, a candidates overall qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience as well as company internal equity.