Staff Power Supply Engineer - Comtech

Title: Staff Test Engineer, Power Supply

Department: Engineering

Revision Date: 12/3/2024

FLSA Status: Exempt

Location: Santa Clara, CA

Level: T3

Range: $123,600- $154,800

Company Overview

Comtech Telecommunications Corp. is a leading global technology company providing terrestrial and wireless network solutions, next-generation 9-1-1 emergency services, satellite and space communications technologies, and cloud-native capabilities to commercial and government customers around the world. Our unique culture of innovation and employee empowerment unleashes a relentless passion for customer success. With multiple facilities located in technology corridors throughout the United States and around the world, Comtech leverages our global presence, technology leadership, and decades of experience to create the world’s most innovative communications solutions. For more information, please visit www.comtech.com.

We’re seeking curious, growth-minded thinkers to help shape our vision, structures, and systems; playing a key role as we launch into our ambitious future. If you’re invigorated by our mission, values, and drive to change the world — we’d love to have you apply. 

Purpose:

The Senior Test Engineer, Power Supply will be responsible for leading a group of engineers, technicians and assemblers in designing, developing, modifying and evaluating electronic parts, components or integrated circuitry for electronic equipment and other hardware systems. Determines design approaches and parameters. Analyzes equipment to establish operating data, conducts experimental tests and evaluates results. Selects components and equipment based on analysis of specifications and reliability. May also review vendor capability to support development.

Responsibilities:

• Design of DC/DC, AC/DC switch mode power supplies utilizing various electrical topologies.
• Interpret customer and marketing requirements for new or modified products.
• Performs electrical design and coordinate the activities for PCB, mechanical design, documentation, safe agency approvals and release of designs to manufacture.
• Electrical design of new and modified products.
• Ensure products designs are cost effective and designed for manufacturing.
• Supervise engineers, engineering technicians, and engineering assemblers.
• Coordinate PCB and mechanical design.
• Performs cost analysis and produces cost estimates.
• Directs customer support.
• Performs complex ESS and FAT test for the qualification of products.
• Troubleshoots circuits as required.
• Makes presentations to management and customers.
• Performs reliability prediction calculations and reports.
• Responsible for root causes analysis on products, technical problems and documentation.
• Responsible for implementing preventive and corrective action.
• Prepares user related documentation relative to products and components.
• Performs other duties and responsibilities when required

Skills:

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree and 7-9 years of job related experience
• Working knowledge of circuit design and simulation.
• Knowledge of Magnetic design.
• Experience with electronic packaging, electronic power supplies and power conversion products
• Knowledge of current manufacturing techniques for power products.
• Knowledge of CE certification standards, ISO and GMP standards and Mil standard EMI/EMC compliance.
• Knowledge of Potting and encapsulation.
• Thorough understanding of Control theory.
• Familiarity of process design.
• Automatic assembly equipment.
• Strong project management experience and supervisory skills.
• Ability to make economic judgments with respect to product cost and manufacturing process.
• Excellent verbal, written and organizational skills.
• Excellent math aptitude.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and complete tasks with minimum supervision.

Comtech is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.