Communications Field Calls On Analog Designers and Power Specialists

Focus:

In the communications field as in other industries, many companies have jettisoned their power supply design teams and outsourced their work. These companies still need some hardware designers who can address power supply issues, but their design responsibilities tend to be broader than just power. Moreover, the de-emphasis of power supply design within the communications equipment companies has placed more of the burden of power design on the shoulders of the power supply and IC vendors, which may lead to greater opportunities for power electronics engineers at those companies. In this article, I discuss these trends and their implications with two engineering recruiters. (See pages 57-59 of source PDF.)

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David G. Morrison, Editor, How2Power.com, Power Systems Design Europe, Nov 22 2010

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