About Us

Spellman High Voltage Electronics Corporation, a family owned business for over 75 years, takes pride in powering progress in health, security and quality of life. We are key partners with the world’s leading medical devices, semiconductor, scientific analytics and industrial systems manufacturers. When they want to push the limits of what’s possible with high voltage applications, they turn to us to make it happen.

While Spellman is not a household name, our products are used to make and often power many of the most advanced technologies that make modern life possible. With design and manufacturing sites in North America, Europe and Asia, we have become the preferred provider of high voltage power solutions for OEMs pushing the boundaries of technology around the world by designing and producing the products they need to power progress.

OVERVIEW

Spellman High Voltage Electronics Corp. is a leading and growing international company that delivers advanced products and solutions into the medical imaging, Non-Destructive Testing (NDT), Food Inspection and Transport Security markets at the global scale.

As a part of our continuous focus on offering high performance and cutting-edge products and solutions to our markets, the field of advanced power conversion, power management and controls and embedded systems is of strategic and critical importance. In this context, Spellman High Voltage Electronics Corp. is seeking a highly talented, motivated, creative, and experienced Sr. Engineering in the field of Power Electronics, Power Management and Digital Controls technologies and applications, to include development, testing and validation.

This position allows the candidate to advance the power electronics technology roadmap that both supports the existing company product line and enables expansion for the next generation products.

The successful candidate must be able to work independently on new power electronics concepts (advanced development) which can be demonstrated to be mass produced while also supporting on-going customer product development activities as needed.

She/He must have knowledge in power electronics & Controls (PID) design and simulation. The ability to design and develop products from high level requirements. Professional experience in power supplies, Inverters, DC-DC converters, Magnetics, and high voltage technologies is a definite plus.

Further, in this role, soft skills, coaching and mentoring, are all key requirements to be successful.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Technical

·          Product design working from high level requirements.

·          Responsibilities range from designing, developing power conversion and control circuits, modeling/simulations, component selection, bread-boarding, testing, troubleshooting, problem solving, system integration and reporting results. Product architecture development to enable robust solutions

·          Detailed circuit design and analysis to enable reliability and producibility

·          Project Planning for applied technology development needs

·          Interface with peers in the Engineering team to implement features desired as described in product and application requirements.

·          Support the review and interpretation of internal/external customer requirements

Desired Knowledge/Skill Requirements

• Background in Power Electronics topologies, and digital control using PID control loops, and applications that implement Silicon Carbide, Gallium Nitride, or Silicon Devices
• Excellent understanding of semiconductor non-idealities, losses, and loss modelling.
• High level circuit simulation/analysis, testing and debugging.
• Demonstrated ability to investigate, design and develop power electronics hardware in a fast-paced environment.
• Must be able to multitask while delivering excellent results in a multi-priority environment
• Strong command of fundamental concepts such as thermal dynamics, controls, power conversion topologies, noise immunity and EMC.
• Provide detailed written design theory and design documentation. • Verbal and technical language proficiency in English. • Provide detailed cost analysis versus performance gains. • Provide detailed design verification reports, MTBF, DFX, Life Cycle Performance. • Skilled using laboratory test & measurement equipment • Strong knowledge in power electronics simulations tools (PSPICE, Matlab / Simulink and others). • Strong understanding of schematics and PCB layout. • General competency in all core fields (power conversion, electronics, electromagnetics, controls hardware, firmware and software). • Excellent problem definition and solving techniques as well as good organization and documentation abilities. • Demonstrated ability to work independently and with others: • Envision the Future • Communicate Honestly and Broadly
• Participate in and contribute to strategic discussions regarding products, markets, and technology/product road-mapping.
• Review product design for compliance with engineering principles, company standards, customer contract requirements and applicable specifications (industry standards and homologation requirements).
• Lead and oversee product design reviews and provide applicable approval for design changes, specifications.
• Ensure compliance with all Spellman and other governing security regulations

QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIREMENTS

1/ Critical Requirements for this role include the following:

·          BS degree with minimum 8 years of relevant experience or MS degree with 5+ years of experience or PhD with 3+ years of experience preferred, in Electrical Engineering with specific focus on: PID (Proportional-Integral-Differential) controls design and implementation including hardware, software and firmware;

·          Power Electronics converter design, modeling, build and test

·          In-depth knowledge of the physics of semiconductor technologies (active and passive components) including SiC and GaN for power conversion,

·          In-depth knowledge of analog circuit design

·          In-depth knowledge of magnetics and design principles

·          Expertise in multi-physics simulations: Controls+Electro-Thermo-Mechanical system modeling in the field of modern power electronics

·          In-depth expertise of advanced prognostic and health monitoring as applied to power electronics is a must.

2/ Additional professional requirements

·          Must be self-motivated, show initiative and have a strong desire to succeed.

·          Ability to work independently to elaborate on complex technical and/or engineering tasks.

• Commitment to fostering high performance, and an environment of open collaboration and teamwork

·          Flexible, customer focused orientation with an eye on successful and seamless project execution as well as on the strategic needs of the company

• Passionate about collaborating with other company teams in a multidisciplinary and multi-functional environment (sales and marketing, operations, quality, supply chain), customers…etc. to drive a continuous and strong focus on value creation.

Our good faith estimate of the salary range for this role is $127,000 - $179,000. Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and other factors. In addition to base pay, we offer a full benefits package.

This position requires on-site presence at Spellman High Voltage headquarters in Hauppauge, NY.

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Excellent task management skills and knowledge of other engineering design and analysis tools in the field of power conversion, power management, digital and analog control.

We at Spellman High Voltage Electronics Corporation believe that each individual is entitled to equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, creed, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status or disability. The right of equal employment opportunity extends to recruiting, hiring selection, transfer, promotion, training and all other conditions of employment. To request accommodation related to disabilities, please email us at [email protected], or call +1 (631) 630-3000

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