Senior Field Applications Electrical Engineer

About the position

SynQor is looking for a senior electrical engineer with a strong background in power electronics. The successful candidate must have DC-DC converter or AC-DC converter design experience. The responsibilities of an experienced Field Application Engineer include providing technical support to customers by responding to their email inquiries and phone calls. This can include, for example, bench testing, analysis and simulation. Additionally, the engineer will provide technical support to the Quality and Reliability team, write or assist with writing technical documents, including application notes, training materials, technical marketing materials, and product datasheets, perform lab testing in support of customer inquiries and technical documentation, and design and validate evaluation boards and other test hardware.

Responsibilities

• Providing technical support to customers by responding to their email inquiries and phone calls.
• Providing technical support to Quality and Reliability team.
• Writing or assisting with writing technical documents, including application notes, training materials, technical marketing materials, and product datasheets.
• Performing lab testing in support of customer inquiries and technical documentation.
• Design and validate evaluation boards and other test hardware.

Requirements

• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering.
• Minimum of five years of experience working with power electronics.
• Understand analog and power electronics.
• Understand DC/DC, AC/DC, and DC/AC power converters.
• Understand mechanical and thermal performance parameters.
• Ability to evaluate power circuit designs and apply analytical problem solving skills.
• Ability to operate various types of lab equipment including oscilloscopes, power supplies, electronic loads, multimeters, and soldering equipment.
• Ability to use MS Office applications such as Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Good communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Good social skills, works well in a team environment.
• Willing to learn new things and be flexible.
• Likes a variety of assignments.
• Strong work ethic and self-starter, requiring minimal supervision.
• Well organized, detail oriented.

Nice-to-haves

• Understand various industrial, medical, telecom, and military power specifications.
• Ability to use schematic capture and PCB layout software a plus.
• Ability to use simulation and analysis tools such as MathCad, Spice, Microcap, or Simplis a plus.