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Vitruvian Consulting, Inc.

Lead Technical Manager Sr. Electrical Engineer

Vitruvian Consulting, Inc., Ellicott City, Maryland, United States, 21043


Lead Technical Manager

Sr. Electrical Engineer

Ellicott City, MD

Our client is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer Lead Tech Manager to lead and manage a highly skilled group of Electrical and Power electronic engineers.

The

Lead Technical Manager

Sr. Electrical Engineer

will work on designing and testing advanced power electronics and control systems, using specialized digital and programmable technologies to improve performance and efficiency.

More specifically, a qualified technical lead candidate will be involved in:

Responsibilities

Providing

technical leadership

to the EE team through the following:

Design and testing of SiC-based power electronic converter topologies including active rectifiers, isolated DC-DC converters, solid-state-transformers, and high-speed motor drives

Detailed PCB designs including SiC gate drivers, system control PCBs, and support hardware

Optimizing embedded control algorithms, harmonic compensators, software PLLs, etc.

Develop Controller-Hardware-in-the-Loop and Power-Hardware-in-the-loop test setups

Creation, review, and issuance of prototype and production-level electrical drawings and schematics

Leadership and/or managerial responsibility

with a focus on the following:

Leading a team of 4-10 engineers through research and product development phases

Providing technical leadership while also pushing the team to meet customer requirements, schedules, and budgets

Autonomy to hire new team members and write proposals/bring in new work

Write and/or review EE-focused patents, whitepapers, and technical conference/journal articles

Mentoring of junior and other senior engineers

Work with other technical leads and the SVP Engineering to determine the technical and strategic direction of the power system group

Minimum Requirements

- MUST HAVE / NON-NEGOTIABLES

United States Citizenship required due to US Government ITAR program restrictions

Ability to obtain a DoD security clearance

Power Electronics experience

Management experience of electrical engineers

Must have job longevity

Strong electrical engineering

experience

BS in electrical engineering, computer science, or related major required, with a minimum 3.3 GPA (MS and PhDs a plus)

Senior level, professional - 12+ years experience

The following experience is highly desirable :

Medium voltage power distribution and design of solid-state-transformers

High-speed gigabit communications development with high-performance FPGAs

Hands-on experience with OPAL-RT, Typhoon, PLECS RT Box, or other HIL platforms

Designing and/or controlling motor drives, AC-DC, and DC-AC converters

High-speed communications development with high-performance FPGAs

Experience programming various microcontrollers, DSPs, and FPGAs.

Direct work with TI C2000 DSPs and Altera FPGAs

Hands-on experience with OPAL-RT, Typhoon, PLECS RT Box, or other HIL platforms

Benefits

Family Medical

Family Dental

Family Vision

Disability Insurance

Health Savings Account

Life Insurance

PTO

401k (matching)

Referral Bonuses

Education Reimbursement

Technology Allowances

Ten Paid Holidays