Sr. Power Supply Design Engineer

Supermicro; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Supermicro in San Jose, CA, seeks a Senior Power Supply Design Engineer to lead the product design, review, and validation of server power supplies. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of ITE server PS design experience, including PFC, flyback, LLC, phase-shift, power sharing, and OringFET applications in mass production.

You will work cross-department with product managers to shape new products and drive reliability improvements across power supply solutions in a fast-paced data center environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree plus 8 years switching mode power supply design.
• OCP ORV3 Power shelf or ORV3 PSU design experience preferred.
• Job leveling may be adjusted based on years of relevant experience.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop high-efficiency, high-power-density power supplies and DC-to-DC converters.
• Support the development and testing of power shelves, including functional and performance validation.
• Participate in design reviews during new product development to ensure designs meet performance, quality, and reliability requirements.
• Contribute to performance optimization and quality improvement efforts for existing power supply products.
• Review second-source technical data and test reports, and assist with the implementation and validation of second-source components.
• Assist with power supply system analysis, including investigation of RMA issues and implementation of corrective actions to improve product reliability.
• Participate in power supply bench test and system level qualifications test.

Skills

Switching mode power supply design

Battery Backup Unit design

High power DC-DC conversion

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree plus 8 years switching mode power supply design

Job description

Location: San Jose, California, United States

About Supermicro:

Supermicro® is a Top Tier provider of advanced server, storage, and networking solutions for Data Center, Cloud Computing, Enterprise IT, Hadoop/ Big Data, Hyperscale, HPC and IoT/Embedded customers worldwide. We are the #5 fastest growing company among the Silicon Valley Top 50 technology firms. Our unprecedented global expansion has provided us with the opportunity to offer a large number of new positions to the technology community. We seek talented, passionate, and committed engineers, technologists, and business leaders to join us.

Job Summary:

Supermicro is seeking a Senior Power Supply Design Engineer who can lead the product design, review, and validation of server power supply and related products. The ideal engineer will not just lead a team, but will be a hands-on, and shall have 5+ years ITE server power supply design experiences, cover PFC, flyback, LLC, phase shift, power sharing, OringFET applications in mass production with records. This individual will be required to work cross-department and assist product managers as needed in product design and development.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Includes the following essential duties and responsibilities (other duties may also be assigned):

Design and develop high-efficiency, high-power-density power supplies and DC-to-DC converters.

Support the development and testing of power shelves, including functional and performance validation.

Participate in design reviews during new product development to ensure designs meet performance, quality, and reliability requirements.

Contribute to performance optimization and quality improvement efforts for existing power supply products.

Review second-source technical data and test reports, and assist with the implementation and validation of second-source components.

Assist with power supply system analysis, including investigation of RMA issues and implementation of corrective actions to improve product reliability.

• Participate in power supply bench test and system level qualifications test.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree plus 8 years switching mode power supply design. Best to have OCP ORV3 Power shelf or ORV3 PSU design skill. Job leveling may be adjusted based on years of relevance experience.
• Battery Backup Unit design skill (Battery charger, High power& High density DCDC convertor)
• High power Brick DC to DC converter development

Salary Range

$150,000 - $180,000

EEO Statement

Supermicro is an Equal Opportunity Employer and embraces diversity in our employee population. It is the policy of Supermicro to provide equal opportunity to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or special disabled veteran, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other legally protected status.