What are the responsibilities and job description for the Power Supply & Audio Amplifier Engineer position at Mitek Corporation?
The Position
The Power Supply & Audio Amplifier Engineer designs, develops, and validates high-performance power and audio circuits for commercial, industrial, or OEM products. The position will blend deep analog expertise with practical, hands-on engineering.
This role is hybrid, requiring 3 days per week in the office, and 2 days remote.
We are looking for qualified candidates in the Elkhart, IN market.
Essential Functions
- Power Supply Design
- Design and optimize AC-DC and DC-DC power supplies, including linear and switching topologies.
- Perform schematic capture, simulation, component selection, and PCB layout review.
- Address efficiency, thermal performance, EMI/EMC, safety, and reliability requirements.
- Support compliance testing (UL, CE, FCC, etc.)
- Audio Amplifier Design
- Design and develop audio amplifier circuits (Class A, AB, D, or hybrid).
- Optimize audio performance: THD N, SNR, frequency response, stability, and efficiency.
- Select and evaluate audio ICs, power devices, magnetics, and passive components.
- Troubleshoot noise, distortion, grounding, and layout-related issues.
- Prototyping & Validation
- Build and test prototypes; develop test plans and validation procedures.
- Use lab equipment (oscilloscopes, audio analyzers, spectrum analyzers, loads).
- Perform root-cause analysis and drive corrective actions.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Work closely with mechanical, firmware, manufacturing, and quality teams.
- Support design for manufacturability (DFM), test (DFT), and cost optimization.
- Assist with production bring-up and field issue resolution.
Essential Tasks
- Provides support for customer problems/complaints. This could be in-house, telephone, modem, on site, etc.
- Prepare project cost and work-time estimates.
- Review existing electrical engineering criteria to identify necessary revisions, deletions or amendments to outdated material.
- Plan method and sequence of operations for developing and testing experimental electronic and electrical equipment.
- Proficiency in the use of electronic test equipment, comprehensive understanding of electronic circuitry theory.
- Comprehensive understanding of mechanical PCB design for audio and power circuitry.
Education
Bachelor's Degree or Higher in Electrical Engineering
Experience
Minimum of 5 years' experience in power electronics and/or audio amplifier design
Minimum of 5 years' experience with analog circuit design and analysis skills
Schematic capture, PCB layout tools, and circuit simulation (Altium preferred)
Hands-on lab experience debugging real hardware.
Normal office setting, except when traveling.
MiTek/AtlasIED is an Equal Opportunity Employer.