Senior Embedded Hardware Engineer — Servo Drives (GaN/Inverters)

Allient Incorporated; City of Rochester (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Allient Incorporated in Rochester, NY is seeking a Senior Embedded Hardware Engineer to own the hardware for our next generation servo drives, from architecture study through prototype, validation, early customers, and transfer to production.

We build embedded servo drives around GaN-based three-phase inverters and modern DSP/microcontroller control. You will lead hardware design and bring-up, collaborating with firmware to deliver robust, production-ready solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• 6+ years of electronics hardware development with production release responsibility.
• Hands-on experience designing, bringing up and debugging switching power stages.
• Strong analog, digital and mixed-signal design skills with MCU/DSP interfaces.
• Proficiency with Altium or a comparable ECAD tool and PCB layout experience.

Responsibilities

• Define the architecture for GaN power stages and control platforms.
• Design hardware including power inverter, gate drive, sensing and protection circuits in Altium.
• Lead prototype bring-up and root-cause analysis with firmware team.
• Write test plans and characterize switching behavior, efficiency, and EMI/EMC.
• Support early customers with integration and troubleshooting.
• Own hardware release, support manufacturing and production tests.

Skills

Electronics hardware development

Power electronics design

Analog and digital design

PCB design

Lab instrumentation

Hardware verification

Self-directed work

Education

Electrical Engineering degree

Tools

Altium

ECAD tools

Job description

Allient Incorporated in Rochester, NY is seeking a Senior Embedded Hardware Engineer to own the hardware for our next generation servo drives, from architecture study through prototype, validation, early customers, and transfer to production.

We build embedded servo drives around GaN-based three-phase inverters and modern DSP/microcontroller control. You will lead hardware design and bring-up, collaborating with firmware to deliver robust, production-ready solutions.