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Staff Power Supply Design Engineer

Supermicro

San Jose, CA · Posted October 27, 2026

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About the job

Job Req ID: 30468

About Supermicro:

Supermicro® is a Top Tier provider of advanced server, storage, and networking solutions for Data Center, Cloud Computing, Enterprise IT, Hadoop/ Big Data, Hyperscale, HPC and IoT/Embedded customers worldwide. We are the #5 fastest growing company among the Silicon Valley Top 50 technology firms. Our unprecedented global expansion has provided us with the opportunity to offer a large number of new positions to the technology community. We seek talented, passionate, and committed engineers, technologists, and business leaders to join us.

Job Summary:

Supermicro is seeking a Staff Power Supply Design Engineer who can lead the product design, review, and validation of server power supply and related products. The ideal engineer will not just lead a team, but will be a hands-on, and shall have 5+ years ITE server power supply design experiences, cover PFC, flyback, LLC, phase shift, power sharing, OringFET applications in mass production with records. This individual will be required to work cross-department and assist product managers as needed in product design and development.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Design and develop high-efficiency, high-power-density power supplies and DC-to-DC converters.

Support the development and testing of power shelves, including functional and performance validation.

Participate in design reviews during new product development to ensure designs meet performance, quality, and reliability requirements.

Contribute to performance optimization and quality improvement efforts for existing power supply products.

Review second-source technical data and test reports, and assist with the implementation and validation of second-source components.

Assist with power supply system analysis, including investigation of RMA issues and implementation of corrective actions to improve product reliability.

Participate in power supply bench test and system level qualifications test.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree plus 8 years of switching power supply design experience. Best to have OCP ORV3 Power shelf or ORV3 PSU design skill. Job leveling may be adjusted based on years of relevance experience.

Totem Pole PFC and high-power LLC development skills.

3-phase PFC development experience a plus

Flyback converter, Buck and Boost converters design experience

Digital power supply design experience, including the digital loop control and PMBus communication

Detailed power loss design calculations and power circuit simulation

Capable of magnetic design

Hand-on bench debug and test experience

Salary Range

$170,000- $200,000

EEO Statement

Supermicro is an Equal Opportunity Employer and embraces diversity in our employee population. It is the policy of Supermicro to provide equal opportunity to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or special disabled veteran, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other legally protected status.