Staff Power Engineer- Inverter

Archer is an aerospace company based in San Jose, California building an all-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft with a mission to advance the benefits of sustainable air mobility. We are designing, manufacturing, and operating an all-electric aircraft that can carry four passengers while producing minimal noise.

Requirements

• Design and develop fault tolerant and high power density motor controller including drivers, sensors, power stages, and embedded control interfaces
• Be responsible for all aspects of power electronics designs from components, circuits, modules and system integration
• Passive component design and optimization in power electronics systems
• EMC and Lightning design, analysis, and testing for low voltage and high voltage electronic systems
• Lead new designs from conception into production while working with a multidisciplinary team
• Start to finish ownership of hardware – from specification to design, prototype, reliability validation and manufacturing
• Requirements capture, topology trade-study and performance modeling
• Schematic, layout and PCB assembly design and review
• Design and carry out prototype verification tests for proof of concept
• Analyze test data and reports to verify functional and performance specifications.
• Troubleshoot and execute root cause analysis on prototype and production designs.

Benefits

• Base pay between $162,000.00 - $222,000.00
• Pay-for-performance culture
• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology