Senior Power Electronics Engineer - Defense Systems(Hybrid)

Actalent; Sterling (VA); Hybrid; USD 103,000 - 124,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision

401(k) retirement plan

Life Insurance

Job summary

Actalent is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer in a hybrid Sterling, VA environment. You will architect, design, and own power electronics for advanced hardware, transitioning from rapid prototype to production-ready platforms.

Expect ownership of AC/DC and DC/DC power architectures, with heavy emphasis on power integrity and EMI/EMC in defense applications. The role requires 15+ years of hands-on experience, strong FPGA familiarity (Xilinx preferred), and full lifecycle ownership from concept

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or closely related field.
• 15+ years of hands-on electrical engineering experience.
• Proven experience owning custom electrical designs from concept through production.
• Extensive experience with full ownership of schematic design for complex digital, power, and mixed-signal boards.
• Strong experience with FPGA-based systems, ideally with Xilinx architectures.
• Deep understanding of PCB stack-ups, signal integrity, and power integrity for high-speed digital systems.
• Power electronics expertise, including buck, boost, and LDO regulators.
• Experience with power integrity for high-speed digital systems and AC-to-DC power conversion with wide-range inputs and high-power outputs.
• Working knowledge of EMI/EMC standards and practical mitigation techniques.
• Ability to take full ownership of projects and drive them independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong skills in digital design, power design, and mixed-signal board design, including PCB-level implementation.
• Experience with schematic capture tools and board-level debugging and bring-up.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with digital, FPGA, RF, and system engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture, design, and development of custom power electronics solutions that support advanced electronic systems.
• Design AC-to-DC and DC-to-DC power conversion architectures, including high-power and high-efficiency solutions for demanding applications.
• Own end-to-end power supply development, including topology selection, component selection, schematic capture, simulation, testing, and validation.
• Develop power architectures that support high-current, low-voltage digital systems and FPGA-based designs.
• Design and analyze power integrity solutions for mixed-signal, digital, and embedded hardware platforms.
• Support full PCB development efforts, including schematic capture, board bring-up, debugging, and system integration.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams working on digital hardware, FPGA, RF, and system-level designs to ensure cohesive system performance.
• Troubleshoot and optimize power systems for efficiency, thermal performance, reliability, and manufacturability.
• Support prototype development and guide the transition of products into manufacturing environments.
• Contribute as a technical expert across the broader hardware organization while maintaining primary ownership of power electronics initiatives.
• Help evolve rapid prototype systems into ruggedized, production-ready solutions suitable for defense and security use cases.

Skills

Power electronics

FPGA

High-speed digital

Signal integrity

EMI/EMC

PCB design

Schematic capture

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Xilinx FPGA

Schematic capture

PCB layout

Job description

Actalent is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer in a hybrid Sterling, VA environment. You will architect, design, and own power electronics for advanced hardware, transitioning from rapid prototype to production-ready platforms.

Expect ownership of AC/DC and DC/DC power architectures, with heavy emphasis on power integrity and EMI/EMC in defense applications. The role requires 15+ years of hands-on experience, strong FPGA familiarity (Xilinx preferred), and full lifecycle ownership from concept