Senior Electrical Designer

ALTEN Technology USA; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 125,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship and career growth

Comprehensive benefits

Competitive compensation

Job summary

ALTEN Technology USA is seeking a Senior Electrical Designer to design high-efficiency DC/DC converters and power systems for aerospace applications. The role requires deep analog power experience, GaN FET knowledge, and ECAD proficiency (OrCAD, Allegro, Altium).

You will collaborate across systems and test teams to ensure design maturity and flight readiness. The ideal candidate has 5+ years in aerospace/defense, solid SPICE skills, and can travel up to 10%.

Qualifications

• BS Degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Experience in aerospace or defense projects.
• 5+ years designing electronic circuits using ECAD tools.
• GaN FET experience and high-side drive techniques.
• Proficiency with OrCAD X, Allegro X, and Altium Designer.
• Experience with SPICE-based simulation tools.
• Experience with SMPS and power regulation circuits.
• Travel up to 10%.

Responsibilities

• Design and analyze high-efficiency DC/DC converters, switching regulators, and power switching circuits incorporating GaN FETs and other advanced semiconductor technologies.
• Perform detailed circuit analysis including worst-case, stability, and thermal assessments to ensure compliance with mission requirements.
• Create schematics and documentation using the OrCAD tool suite and manage PCB layout and design reviews in collaboration with layout engineers.
• Support component selection suitable for space applications, including derating, radiation tolerance, and reliability considerations.
• Generate and maintain design documentation, analyses, and review data packages for internal and customer reviews.
• Support hardware bring-up and validation testing and support integration with spacecraft electrical power and avionics subsystems.
• Collaborate with systems, manufacturing, and test engineering to ensure design maturity and production readiness.

Skills

Power Electronics

Analog Circuit Design

SMPS Design

FPGA/MCU Interfaces

SPICE Simulation

Education

BS in Electrical Engineering

Tools

OrCAD X

Allegro X

Altium Designer

SPICE-based tools

Job description

We're ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life-from advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3,000+ experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more.

As part of the global ALTEN Group-57,000+ engineers in 30 countries - we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing.

When you join ALTEN Technology USA, you'll collaborate on some of the world's toughest engineering challenges, supported by mentorship, career growth opportunities, and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow.

As a Senior Electrical Designer you will be responsible for;

• Design and analyze high-efficiency DC/DC converters, switching regulators, and power switching circuits incorporating GaN FETs and other advanced semiconductor technologies.
• Perform detailed circuit analysis including worst-case, stability, and thermal assessments to ensure compliance with mission requirements.
• Create schematics and documentation using the OrCAD tool suite and manage PCB layout and design reviews in collaboration with layout engineers.
• Support component selection suitable for space applications, including derating, radiation tolerance, and reliability considerations.
• Generate and maintain design documentation, analyses, and review data packages for internal and customer reviews
• Support hardware bring-up and validation testing and support integration with spacecraft electrical power and avionics subsystems.
• Collaborate with systems, manufacturing, and test engineering to ensure design maturity and production readiness.

Qualifications;

• BS Degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Experience working in aerospace or defense projects
• Minimum 5 years of experience designing electronic circuits using industry ECAD design tools.
• Experience with analog circuit design, including isolated and non-isolated switched-mode power supply (SMPS) using discrete components; common and differential mode power filtering; active filter and amplifier design; high-side FET drives with monolithic or discrete solutions; and GaN FET experience.
• Proficiency with OrCAD X, Allegro X, and Altium Designer tools for schematics capture and PCB layout.
• Experience with SPICE-based simulation tools.
• Experience working with SMPS, Load Switches, Op-Amps and Comparators.
• Experience with FPGA, microcontroller, or microprocessor-based control and telemetry interfaces.
• Ability to travel as needed, up to 10% on average.

Salary Range: $125k - $175k

The actual salary offered is dependent on various factors including, but not limited to, location, the candidate's combination of job-related knowledge, qualifications, skills, education, training, and experience

Note: Due to the nature of the work, only US Persons (citizens or permanent residents) need apply for this position.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, genetic information, or pregnancy.

Compliance Notice: Alten USA is a federal contractor subject to the requirements of the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) and Executive Order 11246. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Drug Screening Requirement: As a federal contractor, Alten USA maintains a drug-free workplace. All candidates selected for employment will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment drug screening as a condition of hire.