Experience: 6+ years relevant experience with BS EE, or 4+ years with MS EE, or 0-3 years with PhD EE

Location: Chicago, IL, USA Company Headquarters

Role Description: NuCurrent is looking for a Senior Electrical Engineer with a Hardware focus who is motivated to work closely with a talented and diverse engineering group to drive electrical hardware design, system integration with software and mechanical engineers, and test to deliver end customer products. The candidate will work very closely with electrical hardware, electromagnetics, software, and mechanical engineers to design and bring custom boards up from scratch and take innovative products to market, while exhibiting strong cultural values that put the customer first, go beyond the standard, show strong ownership, innovate further, and show strong people skills.

Company Description: NuCurrent is a leading technology and IP company in the high growth field of wireless power and is the go-to provider of wireless power solutions for the world’s leading product companies. Spanning across industries including automotive, consumer, industrial, IoT, mobile, wearables and more, NuCurrent designs systems and key components for Fortune 500 companies and other industry leaders to enable wireless power transfer in new product releases. The Company supports product teams within large companies to bring wireless power innovations to market faster, with fewer risks, lower costs and better technology, while pushing the boundaries of system performance, charge speed, user flexibility and form factors. NuCurrent is a fabless technology company with a robust network of certified manufacturers and is an active leader in specification development across multiple industry standards bodies. NuCurrent has an energetic, purpose-driven work environment built by phenomenal people who go beyond expectations, are highly curious, deeply innovative and, above all, put customers first.

PRIMARY FUNCTION:

• Lead a team of electrical, mechanical, software, and electromagnetics engineers on the development of wireless power systems and modules for a diversity of applications, from spec development to customer product delivery.
• Architect, simulate, model, design, and validate wireless power systems and modules for a diversity of applications, including consumer electronics, industrial devices, automotive industry applications, medical applications and other exciting industries.
• Extensive hands-on design, troubleshooting, optimization, simulation, and modeling will be required.
• Be the customer-facing technical authority on NuCurrent wireless power technology

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work closely with engineering team to translate product requirements into engineering deliverables.
• Lead the design and development of wireless power systems (including circuit design) for a variety of projects in parallel.
• Devise timelines and work with internal team, partners, and vendors to ensure smooth progress of a project, and adherence to timelines.
• Design will include using simulation tools such as SPICE (or equivalent) for circuits, mathematical analysis using Matlab (or equivalent), and Schematic and PCB layout using Altium.
• Development will include extensive hands-on testing with RF boards developed either in-house or by partners/customers, using oscilloscopes, VNA’s, and other test equipment.
• Influence company management, partners, and customers to support successful implementation of wireless power into products
• Contribute to and influence the development of Intellectual Property.

ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

• Proven track record of simulation, modeling, design, and hands-on validation of mixed signal hardware
• Circuit design and PCB design for EMI/EMC mitigation methods and techniques
• Strong understanding of electromagnetics and magnetostatics (100 KHz – 100 MHz ideally)
• Experience with validation of PA’s (1 W to 50 W), tuning/impedance matching circuits, voltage regulators
• Very strong written & verbal communications skills, and good interpersonal skills
• Proficiency in use of electrical test equipment (i.e. oscilloscopes, multimeters, power supplies, soldering tools, etc.)
• Demonstrated success in resolution of technical challenges leveraging strong problem-solving skills
• Ability to work individually and in small teams that may include contractors working remotely
• Relentless and enterprising approach to solving problems
• Ability to multitask and be flexible
• Passion for developing hardware (boards and/or consumer product), including electrical schematics and PCBs
• Proficiency in use of SPICE (or equivalent) simulation tools for modeling and evaluating circuit designs

PREFERABLE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

• PA design experience of high efficiency Class D, E, F amplifiers (ideally in the 1-50Mhz range)
• DC-DC Converter experience from LF to HF (up to 10MHz preferred)
• Experience in wireless power applications
• Experience with NFC technology
• Strong understanding of Bluetooth and connectivity protocols
• Antenna/RF simulation, optimization & testing
• Experience in hardware development for mobile devices with WiFi/GPS/NFC
• Experience with C programming, and understanding communication protocols such as I2C, SPI, UART
• Knowledge of battery charging circuits and batteries