Engineering Manager - Power Electronics & Manufacturing - 412600

Atrium; Carteret (NJ); On-site; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Life insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Paid holidays

Relocation assistance available

Career advancement opportunities

Job summary

Atrium is seeking an Engineering Manager for Power Electronics & Manufacturing to lead a multidisciplinary team of electrical and mechanical engineers through concept, design, verification, qualification, and production release of advanced power conversion products.

Ideal candidates have deep hands-on experience in switched-mode power conversion, MOSFETs/IGBTs, SiC/GaN, PWM, and transformer/magnetics design, with strong leadership and communication skills to drive priorities across functions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of electrical engineering and product development experience.
• 3+ years of technical leadership or engineering management experience.
• Hands-on background in switched-mode power conversion and power electronics.
• Experience with MOSFETs/IGBTs, SiC/GaN, PWM, buck/boost, and DC-DC converters.
• Proven ability to lead products through design, verification, and production release.
• Strong systems engineering, requirements management, and qualification experience.
• Excellent communication to technical teams, manufacturing, leadership, and customers.

Responsibilities

• Lead a multidisciplinary team of electrical and mechanical engineers.
• Serve as senior technical authority for power conversion design and system architecture.
• Drive development from concept to qualification, production release, and sustaining support.
• Provide technical direction on switch-mode converter designs and magnetics.
• Manage priorities, resources, schedules, and project execution.
• Review design documentation, changes, test plans, and qualification reports.
• Lead root cause analysis and corrective actions across design, manufacturing, and field.
• Drive throughput, standardization, and continuous process improvement.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, quality, operations, supply chain, and other engineering disciplines.
• Participate in customer-facing design reviews and proposal development.
• Establish and improve engineering processes, standards, and best practices.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Power electronics

Switching power conversion

Team leadership

Project management

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering / Power Electronics

Tools

PADS

Job description

Client Overview

Our client is a well-established manufacturing organization specializing in the design, development, and production of highly engineered products for regulated industries is seeking an Engineering Manager - Power Electronics & Manufacturing. The company offers a collaborative, hands-on engineering environment where technical leaders have significant influence over product innovation, engineering execution, operational excellence, and team development. This opportunity is ideal for an experienced electrical engineering leader with a strong foundation in switched-mode power conversion. Relevant backgrounds may include power electronics, power conversion, motor controls/drives, traction inverters, SMPS/power supply design, power management, or analog design involving switching power supplies.

Salary/Hourly Rate

$160k - $200k

Position Overview

The Engineering Manager - Power Electronics & Manufacturing will lead a multidisciplinary team of electrical and mechanical engineers responsible for the design, development, qualification, production release, and ongoing support of advanced power conversion products. This is both a technical leadership and people management role. The Engineering Manager - Power Electronics & Manufacturing will serve as a senior technical authority while guiding engineering priorities, developing team members, and ensuring programs move successfully from concept through qualification and manufacturing. The ideal candidate will bring deep technical knowledge of switching power converters and power electronics, including experience with technologies and design concepts such as MOSFETs, IGBTs, SiC, GaN, gate drives, PWM, buck/boost topologies, inverters, DC‑DC converters, switching frequencies, and transformer/magnetics design. Candidates do not necessarily need to come from a company or position specifically labeled "power electronics" if their experience demonstrates strong hands‑on expertise in switched-mode power conversion.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a multidisciplinary team of electrical and mechanical engineers.
• Serve as a senior technical authority for power conversion product design, system architecture, and critical engineering decisions.
• Lead the development of new products from initial concept and design through verification, qualification, production release, and sustaining support.
• Provide technical direction on switching power converter designs, including power semiconductor selection, gate‑drive circuitry, converter topologies, magnetics, and related system‑level considerations.
• Manage engineering priorities, resources, schedules, and project execution to meet technical and business objectives.
• Review and approve design documentation, engineering changes, test plans, qualification reports, requirements, and technical analyses.
• Lead root cause analysis, failure investigations, and corrective actions involving product design, testing, manufacturing, and field performance.
• Drive engineering throughput, performance, standardization, and continuous process improvement.
• Partner closely with manufacturing, quality, operations, supply chain, and other engineering disciplines to resolve technical challenges and support production.
• Manage sustaining engineering activities involving product improvements, customer or field issues, and component obsolescence.
• Participate in customer‑facing technical discussions, design reviews, and proposal development.
• Establish and continuously improve engineering processes, technical standards, and design best practices.
• Manage engineering projects and technical initiatives from planning through completion.

Required Experience / Skills

• Minimum 10 years of electrical engineering and product development experience.
• Minimum 3 years of technical leadership or engineering management experience, including responsibility for mentoring and developing engineers.
• Strong hands‑on technical background in switched‑mode power conversion, power electronics, switching power supplies, motor drives/controls, traction inverters, or closely related power conversion technologies.
• Demonstrated experience designing or developing switching power conversion systems using technologies or concepts such as MOSFETs, IGBTs, SiC, GaN, gate drives, PWM, buck/boost converters, DC‑DC converters, inverters, switching frequencies, transformers, and magnetics.
• Proven ability to lead products through design, verification, qualification, and production release.
• Experience with systems engineering, requirements management, verification planning, and product qualification.
• Experience conducting root cause analysis, failure investigations, and corrective actions.
• Ability to balance deep technical involvement with team leadership, project management, and business priorities.
• Strong project prioritization, organizational, and technical decision‑making skills.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex engineering concepts to technical teams, manufacturing partners, leadership, and customers.
• Authorized to work in the United States as a U.S. citizen or permanent resident/green card holder.
• Ability to travel up to 10% as needed.

Preferred Experience / Skills

• Experience within aerospace, defense, electronics, power systems, industrial equipment, or another highly regulated manufacturing environment.
• Experience with APQP or other structured product development methodologies.
• Experience taking complex electrical products through qualification and manufacturing release.
• Familiarity with environmental, electromagnetic compatibility, and reliability testing.
• Experience utilizing FMEA, FMECA, fault tree analysis, or similar reliability and risk‑analysis methodologies.
• Experience with ECAD tools such as PADS or comparable schematic design platforms.
• Experience preparing technical proposals, compliance documentation, qualification reports, and customer‑facing technical deliverables.

Education Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering is required.
• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Electronics, or a related discipline is preferred.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision Insurance.
• Life insurance.
• 401(k) plan.
• Paid time off.
• Paid holidays.
• Sick time.
• Relocation assistance available for qualified candidates.
• Career advancement opportunities within a growing engineering organization.