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Principal Electrical Engineer

SMT Corporation

Job Summary:

We have an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated and energetic professional to join our Technology & Engineering department at Rise Power Systems. In this challenging role, you will lead electrical design initiatives to facilitate global market access, brand protection and consumer safety for our portfolio of power distribution equipment. Are you determined, resourceful, and dynamic?

About Rise Power Systems

Rise Power Systems is a rapidly growing critical power technology and manufacturing company headquartered in North Carolina. We are a team of experienced engineers and builders focused on solving one of the data center industrys most pressing challenges: delivering high-quality, reliable power infrastructure at scale and with certainty of supply. From enclosures and bus bar fabrication to system integration and testing, we design and build everything in-house across our owned facilities. This end-to-end control allows us to ensure consistency, quality, and speed from concept through production. We integrate system design, hardware, firmware, and rigorous validation processes to deliver resilient critical power solutions that keep data centers operating 24/7.

Benefits:


Rise Power Systems offers a generous benefits package to include the following:

  • Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Short Term Disability, Supplemental Insurance Options, Pet Insurance
  • 401k with company match
  • PTO and Paid Holidays

Responsibilities:

Creates technical design specifications and designs power and electronic subsystems for mission critical power protection applications

Fully supports system and hardware design and validation from cradle to grave

Own Electronics (Embedded/PCBA) and Software initiatives

Apply comprehensive knowledge in the fields of analog and digital circuitry design, magnetics, and thermals

Electrical engineering design leadership for a variety of power protection systems, both in production and in development

Acts as project leader and senior project member on new product development efforts

Creates and manages design documentation such as bills of materials and schematics

System level design and component selection, simulation, tolerance, variance, power dissipation (conducted and switching)

Effectively communicates complex technical solutions and concepts to engineers and non-engineers

Provides leadership, mentoring, coaching and support to electrical and R&D team members

Contributes to the development of strategic innovation and technology plans

Support product safety certifications with partnering NRTL (UL, CSA, IEC standards)

Contributes to intellectual property strategies, strategic invention disclosures and secures patents for the Power Protection organization

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

B.S. in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) required

6+ years of experience in electrical design

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

M.S. in Electrical Engineering (MSEE) or equivalent with 4+ years work experience

10+ years of experience with power systems, electronics and/or power electronics design

Knowledge of ECNs, BOMs, product documentation systems, AutoCAD, Altium, dFMEA and HALT

Excellent lab skills and problem-solving ability

Experience with UL, IEC, and general EMC electrical safety requirements relevant to the design of power protection products a plus

Solid understanding of theory and application of magnetics utilized for power conversion a plus

Experience with wide-bandgap (WBG) switching device knowledge, simulation and application a plus

Experience with control theory and embedded programming experience a plus

Work Authorization

Rise Power Systems will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States. This is not a position for which sponsorship will be provided. Individuals with temporary visas such as E, F-1, H-1, H-2, L, B, J, or TN or who need sponsorship for work authorization now or in the future, are not eligible for hire.

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