About the Role
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.