Power Electronics Simulation

6 days ago

Andover, Massachusetts, United States Vicor Corp. Full time
Job Summary


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An opportunity to join a team of world class engineers in creating leading edge power components and solutions.

This position provides direct exposure to new products and technologies, with opportunities to innovate and mature ground breaking solutions that represent the state of the art in power conversion.

We are seeking engineers with analog skills, creativity, talent, experience and a drive for success in a collaborative work environment.

This is an ideal opportunity for someone who has strong analytical and problem solving skills, good background in analog electrical engineering, and experience designing power supplies or designing with power components.

There are many opportunities to advance and increase responsibilities in Product Development Engineering in support of growing product lines.

Job Description


The Principal Simulation and Modeling Engineer is directly responsible for the development of simulation models for Power Electronics components and systems, including PCB simulation for parasitics extraction and PDN analysis.


The Principal Simulation and Modeling Engineer is also a key contributor to the development of expert tools to assist industry leading customers in the design of new power systems.

Finally there are opportunities to collaborate directly with key customers in defining and architecting industry leading power conversion solutions.

Specific responsibilities include:

  • Lead the design and development of advanced simulations for a diverse set of applications; including High Power Computing / AI, Automotive and Military
  • Responsible to lead the modeling / simulation effort characterizing performance of power electronic converters and systems
  • Support definition of new products by providing design assessment and tradeoff analysis
  • Develop models of power systems to assess stability, transient, and EMI performance
  • Verify model functionality, correlate performance and accuracy against bench data
  • Run Power DC/Power SI simulations to extract PCB parasitics on module and system PCBs
  • Provide automation for rapid and dynamic design analysis and assessment
  • Development of design calculators to accurately model performance of power converters
  • Development of tools for enabling customers to architect, simulate, and configure power systems
  • Writing specifications and working closely with other organizations to insure that models meet customer and market requirements
  • Working independently and with other members of the team on various projects involving Vicor Power Components
  • Creating documentation and training material for customers and Field Application Engineers
Education / Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

  • Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering or equivalent, MSEE a plus
  • 5+ years experience in power electronics design and/or applications for Senior level 10+ years experience for Principal level
  • Experience designing DC-DC and/or AC-DC power electronics and systems
  • Experience simulating power electronics converters and systems
  • Experience with modeling and simulating microcontroller firmware and state machines
  • Extensive knowledge of simulation tools such as Simplis/Simetrix, PSPICE, LTSpice, Qspice, MATLAB, SIMULINK
  • Experience with PCB simulation tools (Altium, Cadence Power DC, Power SI, CST) for analyzing and optimizing Power Delivery Networks a plus
  • Excellent understanding of analog design and an analytical approach to engineering
  • Understanding of feedback and control systems, Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) design
  • Comfortable with lab equipment used in the characterization and design of power supplies and systems (oscilloscopes, DMMs, Network Analyzers, EMI analyzers, loads, sources, etc.)
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, comfortable presenting at a technical level
  • Ability to manage projects and work with other departments to meet deadlines and communicate critical design goals
  • Willingness to learn and adopt the use of software tools in support of job function required

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