Senior Electrical Designer

About this role

We’re ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company helping clients bring groundbreaking ideas to life—from advancing space exploration and life-saving medical devices to building autonomous electric vehicles. With 3,000+ experts across North America, we partner with leading companies in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more.

As part of the global ALTEN Group—57,000+ engineers in 30 countries—we deliver across the entire product development cycle, from consulting to full project outsourcing.

When you join ALTEN Technology USA, you’ll collaborate on some of the world’s toughest engineering challenges, supported by mentorship, career growth opportunities, and comprehensive benefits. We take pride in fostering a culture where employees feel valued, supported, and inspired to grow.

As a Senior Electrical Designer you will be responsible for;

· Design and analyze high-efficiency DC/DC converters, switching regulators, and power switching circuits incorporating GaN FETs and other advanced semiconductor technologies.

· Perform detailed circuit analysis including worst-case, stability, and thermal assessments to ensure compliance with mission requirements.

· Create schematics and documentation using the OrCAD tool suite and manage PCB layout and design reviews in collaboration with layout engineers.

· Support component selection suitable for space applications, including derating, radiation tolerance, and reliability considerations.

· Generate and maintain design documentation, analyses, and review data packages for internal and customer reviews

· Support hardware bring-up and validation testing and support integration with spacecraft electrical power and avionics subsystems.

· Collaborate with systems, manufacturing, and test engineering to ensure design maturity and production readiness.

Qualifications;

· BS Degree in Electrical Engineering.

· Minimum 5 years of experience designing electronic circuits using industry ECAD design tools.

· Experience with analog circuit design, including isolated and non-isolated switched-mode power supply (SMPS) using discrete components; common and differential mode power filtering; active filter and amplifier design; high-side FET drives with monolithic or discrete solutions; and GaN FET experience.

· Proficiency with OrCAD X, Allegro X, and Altium Designer tools for schematics capture and PCB layout.

· Experience with SPICE-based simulation tools.

· Experience working with SMPS, Load Switches, Op-Amps and Comparators.

· Experience with FPGA, microcontroller, or microprocessor-based control and telemetry interfaces.

· Ability to travel as needed, up to 10% on average.

Salary Range: $125k - $175k

The actual salary offered is dependent on various factors including, but not limited to, location, the candidate’s combination of job-related knowledge, qualifications, skills, education, training, and experience

Note: Due to the nature of the work, only US Persons (citizens or permanent residents) need apply for this position. - OPTIONAL All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, genetic information, or pregnancy.

Please beware of job seeker scams and see this important notice on our careers page for more information about our recruiting process.

Compliance Notice: Alten USA is a federal contractor subject to the requirements of the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA) and Executive Order 11246. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Drug Screening Requirement: As a federal contractor, Alten USA maintains a drug-free workplace. All candidates selected for employment will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment drug screening as a condition of hire.

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