Power Electrical Engineer

Protingent

Redmond, WA

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JOB DETAILS

SALARY

$60–$90 Per Hour

SKILLS

Analysis Skills, Budget Management, Cadence, Component Selection, Contract Requirements, Customer Support/Service, DFT (Design for Test), Data Analysis, Datasheets, Debugging Skills, Design Services, Documentation, Electrical Engineering, Electricity, FPGA, FPGA Design, Government Contracts, Government Requirements, Hardware Design, High Reliability, Manufacturing, Mechanical Design, Memory Hardware, Oscilloscope, Power Engineering, Power Management, Printed Circuit Board Design, Python Programming/Scripting Language, Schematic Capture, Schematics, Simulation, Solar Power, System-on-a-Chip (SoC), Test Plan/Schedule, Test Scripts, Thermal Analysis, Transceivers

LOCATION

Redmond, WA

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Today

Position Title: Power Electrical Engineer — Power Design & Board Bring-Up

Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting contract opportunity located in Redmond, WA.

Job Responsibilities:

Define the board power architecture: rail planning, budgeting, sequencing, and power-state/mode design for FPGA/SoC, memory, and peripheral loads.
Design DC-DC converters (buck/multiphase), LDOs, load switches; select components and run margin/derating analysis.
Design and analyze the power distribution network.
Own power sequencing and supervision.
Own power bring-up in the lab.
Debug and characterize supplies using power analyzers, electronic loads, oscilloscopes, and thermal tools.
Write and execute power test plans across voltage and temperature; document results and drive root-cause of power-related failures.
Contribute to manufacturing readiness: DFM/DFT for power circuits, bring-up procedures, and test documentation.

Job Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent) and hands-on power/hardware design experience. 5+ years of industry experience designing hardware.
Demonstrated ownership of a multi-rail board power design from schematic through bring-up and characterization.
Strong fundamentals in switching and linear regulator design, magnetics selection, and control-loop/stability basics.
Practical PDN and power-integrity experience.
Experience with power sequencing, supervisors, load switches, inrush, UVLO/OVP/OCP protection.
Proficiency with schematic capture and PCB design using Xpedition or similar EDM tools (e.g. Siemens Xpedition/EDM, Cadence, Altium).
Hands-on lab proficiency: power analyzers, electronic loads, oscilloscope, DMM, and a structured debug methodology.
Ability to read datasheets and device power specs and turn them into a correct, robust power tree.

Preferred Job Qualifications:

Power delivery for FPGAs/SoCs including core, transceiver-analog, and memory rails.
Power-integrity simulation experience (Sigrity/PowerSI, HyperLynx, ANSYS, or similar).
Battery/solar or spacecraft power-system exposure; radiation-aware or high-reliability power design.
Thermal analysis and co-design with mechanical teams.
Scripting for test automation and data analysis (Python or similar).

Job Details:

Job Type: Contract
Location: Redmond, WA.
Pay Rate Range: $60-90/hr.
Due to government contract requirements, this position is restricted to U.S. Citizens only.

Benefits Package: Protingent offers competitive salaries, insurance plan options (HDHP plan or POS plan), education/certification reimbursement, pre-tax commuter benefits, Paid Time Off (PTO), and an administered 401k plan.

About Protingent: Protingent is an Award-Winning provider of top-tier Engineering and IT talent, trusted by companies at the forefront of innovation — from Software and Aerospace to AI, Clean Tech, Medical Devices, and Connected Technologies. We’re passionate about making a positive impact by connecting exceptional talent with meaningful opportunities and helping our clients build the future.

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