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Principal Electrical Engineer - Power

Astrodyne TDI
Hackettstown, NJ Full Time
POSTED ON 9/19/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 11/4/2026
The AstrodyneTDI Principal Electrical Engineer is a highly-skilled engineering professional who designs and directs large-scale electrical engineering projects. The Principal Electrical Engineer acts as a hands-on technical manager actively communicating with Project Management and other members of design team to ensure delivery of assigned objectives for scope, time, and budget.

The budgeted salary range for this role is $130,000 - $150,000.

What You'll Do:

  • Manage electrical engineering projects from conception to completion; this involves working closely with Program Management and other departments within an organization such as purchasing, sales, marketing and manufacturing to ensure the electrical product or equipment is completed in accordance to the TDI's quality standards
  • Oversee project budgets to assure cost, performance and reliability targets are achieved and delegate responsibilities to the technical staff involved with the project
  • Lead the technical responsibilities of electrical engineering projects - this includes design, development, testing and manufacturing of electrical equipment or products.
  • Provide Input of product's mechanical and thermal design
  • Provide documentation throughout any given project to develop policies, procedures and instructions for use of the equipment or products
  • Periodic reporting of planned and completed development activities, provide estimated completion dates, and prompt reporting of issues affecting the development of products
  • Participates of performance and salary reviews for engineering resources assigned to his/her projects.
  • Work together with sales and marketing organization to specify new standard products.
  • Additionally the Principle Electrical Engineer will participate of quoting process providing Engineering BOM cost and time to completion estimates.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree in Electronics Engineering or related discipline
  • Minimum ten years of solid experience in development in development activities with electronic power conversion products preferably with Established history of successful switch-mode power supply designs.
  • High frequency magnetic component design experience
  • Experience debugging EMC issues
  • Extensive knowledge of components utilized in switch-mode power supply design
  • Agency compliance (UL, CSA, VDE, CE) experience
  • Ability to design advanced switch-mode power supply products with minimal supervision and guidance.
  • Experience in designing switch-mode power supplies for testability and manufacturability.
  • Experience in designing microcontrollers to report and control power electronics.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • MS Degree in Electrical or Software Engineering
  • Experience with established development tools and processes
  • Strong business savvy regarding product life cycle management
  • Strong ability to multi-task and adapt in a dynamic work environment
  • Excellent root cause analysis and problem solving skills
  • Leadership skills to drive projects to happen on time

Location: Hackettstown, NJ

AAP/EEO Statement

Astrodyne TDI is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, military status, genetic information, or any other legally protected status.



NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:

Please note that Astrodyne TDI does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Recruitment Fee Agreement, Astrodyne TDI will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee. In the event a recruiter or agency submits a resume or candidate without a previously signed agreement, Astrodyne TDI explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Astrodyne TDI.

Salary : $130,000 - $150,000

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