Job Description & Responsibilities
- Design high voltage power amplifiers for driving the piezoelectric actuators used in Emo Labs’ loudspeakers
- Create designs that meet product requirements, e.g., features, performance, cost targets, and regulatory compliance
- Create designs that can fit in a small space while still operating within tight thermal constraints
- Participate in the selection of vendors
- Select and qualify components (both passive and active components)
- Debug prototypes
- Generate design documentation, including bills of materials, component and assembly specifications, schematics, and PCB layouts
- Support designs once they are in production
Skills & Experience
- Minimum of 5 years experience designing audio amplifiers that have been incorporated into mass-produced consumer electronics products
- Background designing switching power supplies and switching power amplifiers (Class D), including the design of heat sinks and other thermal management strategies
- Background designing PCB’s, particularly in regards to best practices that result in optimized low-noise performance
- Strong working knowledge of magnetic components
- Strong working knowledge of the safety and compliance requirements for domestic and international markets
- Experience designing electronics for portable applications is desired but not required
Education
Qualified candidates must have a BSEE
Compensation
Competitive salary, 401k, stock options, and full health care including family coverage
Contact
We are conveniently located just off Route I-95 /128 in Waltham, MA.

