Principal Engineer-Design - CA - Garden Grove, United States
$75,000 - $232,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 19 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role leads the development of power electrical converters and inverters in pursuit of the Aerospace Product Roadmap at Microchip HRR in Garden Grove. The team designs high-performance power management modules and systems for space systems and flight-critical aviation applications.
What you'll do
- Lead the development of power electrical converters for the aerospace market, managing projects from concept through production release. - Perform detailed design and analysis of complex analog electronic circuits. - Lead an electrical development team specializing in power and mixed-signal design while mentoring early-career engineers and new graduates. - Develop comprehensive product verification test plans, requirements compliance matrices, qualification test plans, and production acceptance test procedures. - Prepare technical proposals for aerospace customers.
What you'll need
- MS degree in Electrical Engineering with an emphasis on Power and Analog Engineering. - 10+ years of electronic power conversion design experience. - Experience designing power stages for isolated and non-isolated DC-DC converters (Buck, Boost, Flyback, Forward, Half-bridge, Full bridge, and Resonant converters). - Experience designing custom signal and power magnetics, as well as power filters optimized for low-noise and electromagnetic compatibility. - Expertise in electrical analysis, modeling, and simulation including worst-case circuit analysis, electrical stress and derating analysis, small signal analysis, and power integrity analysis. - Experience with simulation tools such as SPICE, LTspice, SIMetrix/SIMPLIS, MATLAB, or Mathcad, alongside schematic capture and PCB layout tools such as Altium or Xpedition. - Ability to satisfy U.S. Export Controls Requirements as a US citizen, Permanent US resident, or protected individual defined in 8 USC 1324b (a) (3).
Nice to have
- Electronic power conversion design experience in the aerospace field or space power systems. - Knowledge of space radiation environments and radiation effects in electronics.
Skills: Power Electrical Converters, Inverters, aerospace market, DC-DC converters, power integrity analysis
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 60-day median for Power Electronics roles.
Power Electronics · Power Conversion
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Open roles in category
48
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Median days open
60 d
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Median salary
$185k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Microchip Technology | All employers we track in this specialty (48 roles · 20 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 48 |
| Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family | 32 | 1412 · 107 employers |
| Median days open | 0 d | 60 d (−60 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $185k |
Skills observed across this category: Power Electrical Converters, Inverters, aerospace market, DC-DC converters, power integrity analysis
Who's hiring in this category
- Infineon Technologies · 13 open roles · median 26 d
- Power Integrations · 5 open roles · median 45 d
- onsemi · 4 open roles · median 100 d
- Keysight Technologies · 3 open roles · median 66 d
- Renesas Electronics · 3 open roles · median 49 d
- Eridu AI · 2 open roles · median 42 d
How we counted: 48 open Power Electronics (Power Conversion) roles from 20 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 19 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family row. Figures refresh nightly.