Power Supply Engineer (Analog)

Position Title: Power Supply Engineer (Analog)

Location: Santa Clara, CA onsite

Ideal Start Date: 2/23/2026

Length of Contract: 12 months +, very possible extension

Hours: 40 hours per week

Process: 2 rounds of interview. First round will be one hour technical screen with hiring manager (virtual). Second round will be onsite for 2-3 hours with about 4 engineers (30 minutes apiece). Wants to conduct the rounds on back to back days and make a quick decision.

Background Check Required

Scope: Client is looking for a team-oriented hardware engineer to create industry leading Cloud Networking Ethernet switches. Candidate will work in the Power Systems Engineering group that handles all custom power supply design for the chassis of their networking products. Power Supplies can range from 100 Watts to 1 KW, system could have a bunch of power supplies involved, so there could be several different custom designs of power supplies connected in one chain. Client does a lot of load sharing across the chassis, but the biggest individual module will be no more than 1kW or so. Candidate will get an opportunity to work with some of the best engineering and technical leaders in the industry to drive the design and implementation of multi-KW AC/DC and DC/DC chassis power systems, help with the documentation and characterization of these power supplies, and report bugs, monitor performance, communicate with vendors, etc.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• As a part of the project team, define, develop , and qualify power supplies to meet product & market requirements
• Hands-on experience with power electronics will need to spend time in lab
• Familiarity with dual grid and redundant AC or DC system design
• Good understanding of analog/power circuit design and qualification
• Ability to write clear and effective technical reports, present and communicate technical issues to a broad range of audiences including other power teams, software engineers, or non-technical people.
• Monitor the performance of power supply vendors during development
• Ability to work with vendors engineering team abroad and lead the project from concept to production.
• Participate in next generation system definition, innovate and propose new ideas to advance the existing designs
• Collaborate with the mechanical and compliance teams to insure that the power distribution systems in products meet all required national and international regulatory standards.

Consult with the system and diagnostic engineers on best practices for testing for compliance. Review the set of specifications for the custom power supply, setting up weekly calls with the vendors, characterizing and debug the power supply in the lab, report the performance to the OEM, etc.

Necessary Skills/Requirements:

• BS or MS Electrical Engineering
• Experience with regulatory processes related to designing and certifying power supplies for commercial electronics
• Excellent knowledge of AC-DC & DC-DC design issues, system level power distribution, and industry best practices
• Experience sourcing power supplies ranging in size from 400 Watts to 3000 Watts with both AC and DC input power
• Understanding of the design issues of large modular systems with total power such as 20 kW.
• Excellent communicator of requirements, critical path, and schedules.
• Familiarity with new custom product development Interview Timeslots: Wednesday-Friday from 1PM onward, afternoons are best.