What are the responsibilities and job description for the Principal Electrical Engineer – Analog/Digital position at NPAworldwide?
Job Description
Qualifications
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- Provide technical leadership across the full product lifecycle, from requirements and architecture through qualification, production, and sustainment.
- Perform innovative analog and digital hardware design, analysis, simulation, and verification for harsh-environment applications.
- Develop clear requirements, design documentation, and present designs at technical reviews.
- Optimize complex design tradeoffs involving performance, cost, schedule, and risk.
- Support manufacturing, suppliers, and legacy products through hands-on troubleshooting and analysis.
- Mentor engineers, contribute to proposals and cost estimates, and support technical hiring decisions.
Qualifications
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering required; M.S. preferred.
- 15 years of experience in analog and digital circuit design, including A/D conversion, processors/microcontrollers, I/O and communications.
- Strong background in power electronics, including MOSFET, IGBT, SiC, and GaN devices.
- Experience with DC/DC converters and compliance with MIL-STD-1275/704, DO-160, and MIL-STD-461.
- Expertise in thermal, electrical stress, worst-case, tolerance, aging, FMEA, EMI, and radiation (SEU, TID) analyses.
- Proficient in PWB layout for high-power, high-voltage, and EMI-compliant designs.
- Knowledge of communication protocols: CAN, RS-232/422/485, SPI, JTAG, PCI/PCIe, and 1G/10G Ethernet.
- Experience with motor control, control theory, Z-domain analysis, Clark and Park transforms, and sensor interfaces (LVDT, resolvers, encoders).
- Proficiency with CAD and simulation tools such as LT-Spice, P-Spice, OrCAD, Allegro, and MATLAB/Simulink.
well-established company, varied product line, many customers, good technology, great work environment, solid benefit package