Senior SMPS Design Engineer

Advanced Energy; Littlehampton; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Advanced Energy seeks a Senior Engineer in Littlehampton to lead switch-mode power supply design efforts within the Engineering department. The role requires guiding multi-disciplinary teams, driving innovative solutions, and shaping the design testing and product roadmaps to stay ahead of competitors.

You will collaborate with marketing and other engineering disciplines to meet client needs, analyze IP, and foster long-term company benefits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Electronics and Communications Engineering.
• Minimum of 8 years of engineering experience in Switch Mode Power Supply design.
• Hands on experience in simulation tools such as Simplis/Simetrix is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Leads and challenges design teams involved in Switch Mode Power supply design to arrive at more effective, efficient, and creative electronic design solutions.
• Provides technical direction to several highly-complex design projects for the Semiconductor Industry.
• Directs consistent approach to design testing.
• Leads technology roadmap processes and recommends project approach and goals.
• Uses formal analysis and modeling methods as well as formal system engineering and architecture processes.
• Champions new thinking and creativity in team members.
• Coaches others on how to effectively develop, communicate, and implement new solutions.
• Develops and maintains strong relationships across the organization to provide the company with long‑term financial benefits.
• Maintains a keen awareness of competitor practices and design direction to help the company’s designs to surpass the competition.
• Uses status as a developer of novel and creative designs to bring positive attention to the company’s technologies.
• With Marketing, develops next generation ideas and solutions to meet client needs before the competition. Uses understanding of competitor products and technological direction to develop more progressive solutions in advance of competitors.
• Analyzes competitor intellectual property and participates in activities related to protecting company intellectual property.
• Initiates cross-company collaboration and develops positive relationships with other engineering disciplines and other business functions, such as sales, manufacturing, and marketing to support client needs.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Electronics and Communications Engineering

Tools

Simplis/Simetrix

Job description

Advanced Energy seeks a Senior Engineer in Littlehampton to lead switch-mode power supply design efforts within the Engineering department. The role requires guiding multi-disciplinary teams, driving innovative solutions, and shaping the design testing and product roadmaps to stay ahead of competitors.

You will collaborate with marketing and other engineering disciplines to meet client needs, analyze IP, and foster long-term company benefits.