Senior Principal Power Engineer — High-Density DC Power

ManpowerGroup; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and Prescription Drug Plans

Dental Plan

Vision Plan

Health Savings Account

Health Flexible Spending Account

Dependent Care Flexible Spending Allow

Supplemental Life Insurance

Short Term and Long Term Disability

Business Travel Insurance

401(k), Plus Match

Weekly Pay

Job summary

ManpowerGroup is seeking a Senior Principal Power Engineer for a leading technology and data center client in San Jose, CA. You will architect, implement, and support advanced power system solutions for networking, storage, and servers, ensuring reliability and high performance.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in power design and system architecture, with expertise in high-current multi‑phase systems, Spice/LTspice simulations, and Cadence Allegro/DxDesigner PCB layout.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of industry experience, with at least 5+ years in power supply design and system architecture.
• Deep understanding of high power, low noise, efficient, high-density power design with simulations and testing.
• Proficiency in power conversion, component selection, circuit simulation tools like Spice and LTspice, and PCB layout with Cadence Allegro and DxDesigner.
• Experience with high current multi-phase power systems (>500W), power-up sequencing, and thermal design principles.
• Strong communication skills to produce detailed specifications, test plans, and collaborate across teams.

Responsibilities

• Architect, implement, and support advanced power system solutions for networking, storage, and server systems, ensuring optimal performance.
• Develop hardware solutions integrated into platform designs, including processors, high-speed interfaces, NPUs, FPGAs, memory, and PCB layout.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to drive system architecture of multi-tiered power networks from rack-level to board-level.
• Work with engineering and manufacturing teams to meet specifications, thermal, safety, and power requirements.
• Engage with customers and suppliers to lead power solution architecture and contribute to roadmaps.

Skills

Power design

System architecture

Circuit simulation

PCB layout

High-current systems

Thermal design

Communication

Tools

Spice

LTspice

Cadence Allegro

DxDesigner

Job description

ManpowerGroup is seeking a Senior Principal Power Engineer for a leading technology and data center client in San Jose, CA. You will architect, implement, and support advanced power system solutions for networking, storage, and servers, ensuring reliability and high performance.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in power design and system architecture, with expertise in high-current multi‑phase systems, Spice/LTspice simulations, and Cadence Allegro/DxDesigner PCB layout.