Power Supply Design Engineer

Nokia; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading telecommunications firm in Ottawa is seeking an experienced engineer to provide power circuit expertise for advanced electronic designs. You will manage vendor relationships, evaluate power supplies, and qualify new power solutions. The ideal candidate has a B.Sc or B.Eng in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering, with a minimum of 10 years of experience. Strong interpersonal and leadership skills are essential for collaboration. This role offers high visibility in product strategy and design decisions.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of experience designing and testing power circuits.
• Understanding of power converter circuit designs and control theory.
• Familiarity with PCB design for power planes.

Responsibilities

• Provide power circuit expertise to design complex printed circuit boards.
• Study new power technology to design and qualify solutions.
• Evaluate and verify 3rd party system power supplies.
• Manage vendor relationships regarding pricing and schedule.
• Design and test DC-to-DC voltage conversion solutions.

Skills

Designing and testing power circuits

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Leadership skills

Education

B.Sc or B.Eng in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering

Tools

Programming/Scripting (C/Python)

Job description

The IP Routing Hardware organization is very flat - there are few levels of management between the Individual Contributor and the VP of Hardware. We are also very lean - engineers spend more time doing engineering work and less time on overhead. As a result, your work has high visibility and your decisions directly impact product strategy and product design.

Qualifications

• Minimum B.Sc or B.Eng in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering
• 10+ years of experience designing and testing power circuits
• Understanding of a broad range of power converter circuit designs including control theory (stability/Bode plots)
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, and leadership skills

It would be nice if you also had:

• Experience with PCB design for power planes and switching controller routing
• Familiarity with EMC/EMI/Safety and ITU/IEEE/Bellcore telecommunications standards
• Programming/Scripting ability (C/Python)

Responsibilities

• Provide power circuit expertise to multiple digital electronics engineers as part of their design of complex, multilayer printed circuit boards
• Study the latest power technology to design and qualify new power solutions at the system and card level
• Evaluate and verify 3rd party system power supplies (i.e. AC to DC, HVDC to DC)
• Manage the vendor relationship including pricing and schedule
• Design or provide expertise for card level DC-to-DC primary voltage conversion and hotswap circuitry
• Design and test Point-of-Load DC-to-DC secondary voltage conversion solutions, including both modular and discrete multiphase buck converter circuits (i.e. controller, FETs, inductors, capacitors, loop gain tuning, monitoring and protection circuits)