Senior Power Electronics Engineer - High-Current ATE Systems

Teradyne; Tualatin (OR); On-site; USD 141,000 - 226,000; Full time

Job summary

Teradyne in Oregon seeks a Senior Hardware Engineer to design, develop, and validate high-current power delivery hardware for automated test equipment (ATE). The role emphasizes power delivery architecture, fast transient response, load regulation, protection systems, thermal management, and system-level integration.

The engineer owns power-delivery modules from concept through production release and collaborates across hardware, firmware, mechanical, and test engineering teams to enable robust

Qualifications

• 8-10+ years of experience in power electronics, high-current power delivery, or instrumentation hardware design.
• Strong expertise in switching power supplies, multiphase regulators, linear regulators, and power-stage design.
• Experience with power integrity, transient analysis, and compensation/stability design.
• Proficiency with SPICE simulation, PDN modeling tools, and PCB design tools.
• Hands-on experience with power measurement equipment and high-current test setups.
• Strong analytical and debugging skills.
• Experience designing power-delivery modules for ATE instrumentation.
• Knowledge of dynamic voltage scaling, digital power control, and telemetry systems.
• Familiarity with high-current connectors, cabling, and low-impedance mechanical design.
• Understanding of thermal modeling, heatsink design, and system-level thermal constraints.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.

Responsibilities

• Architect and design high-current power delivery modules for ATE systems.
• Develop fast-response voltage/current sourcing circuits optimized for dynamic load conditions.
• Implement advanced power-stage topologies tailored for semiconductor test environments.
• Design for wide operating ranges including high-voltage rails and dynamic voltage scaling.
• Model and mitigate droop, overshoot, ringing, and ground bounce.
• Perform simulation and analysis of loop stability and transient response.
• Ensure compliance with DUT power-up sequencing, ramp rates, and timing constraints.
• Design robust protection systems including OCP, OVP, OTP, and fault isolation.
• Lead bring-up of new power-delivery modules and root-cause analysis of issues.
• Execute characterization plans for load regulation, transient response, efficiency, and thermal behavior.
• Use lab equipment to validate performance.

Skills

Power electronics

High-current delivery

Instrumentation hardware

SPICE simulations

PDN modeling tools

PCB design tools

Power measurement equipment

Debugging skills

Telemetry systems

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Power analyzers

High-bandwidth scopes

Current probes

Electronic loads

Job description

Teradyne in Oregon seeks a Senior Hardware Engineer to design, develop, and validate high-current power delivery hardware for automated test equipment (ATE). The role emphasizes power delivery architecture, fast transient response, load regulation, protection systems, thermal management, and system-level integration.

The engineer owns power-delivery modules from concept through production release and collaborates across hardware, firmware, mechanical, and test engineering teams to enable robust