Archer · 5 months ago
Staff Power Electronics Engineer
San Jose, California, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$163K/yr - $200K/yr
10+ years expArcher is an aerospace company based in San Jose, California, building an all-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft. The Staff Power Electronics Engineer will be responsible for designing and building high voltage power electronics converter products for eVTOL applications, ensuring system functions, performance, safety, and reliability requirements are met.
AerospaceAir TransportationElectric VehicleManufacturing
No H1B
Responsibilities
Design and build high voltage, high power density power electronics converter products for eVTOL applications
Develop and analyze electrical architectures and power converter (DC-DC) topologies, and ensure system functions, performance, safety and reliability requirements are achieved
Responsible for all aspects of power electronics designs required in an all-electric aircraft, from components to circuits, modules and system integration
Leads new designs from conception into production while working with a multidisciplinary team
Start to finish ownership of hardware – from specification to design, component selection, modeling, prototype, product build, verification testing, safety and reliability validation and manufacturing
Design electronic power supply and sensing circuits
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 determine if the design meets functional and performance specifications
Troubleshoot and help root cause any issues that occur in the prototype line
Continuous improvement of converter product performance (weight, size, functions and features, reliability, DFM, DFT)
Work with manufacturing, supply chain, quality teams to ensure efficient and high yield production of converter products
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet product safety and reliability requirements
Design, optimize, build and test custom magnetics (high-frequency transformers, inductors) for aerospace power electronics systems
Support EMC and environmental stress testing and failure / fault analysis for various power electronics modules and systems
Qualification
Required
BS Degree in Electrical Engineering with 10+ years or MS with 8+ years of experience in related fields
Sound knowledge and hands-on experience in traditional and modern power electronic technologies including (not limited to):
Low power and high power DC-DC topologies, gate driver, modulation techniques and control theories
Inverter technology for variable speed motor drive, including topologies and PWM techniques
Familiarity with both wide-band-gap and silicon power semiconductor devices
Passive power devices, e.g. inductors, capacitors, resistors and transformers
Experience in design, build, manufacturing and testing of custom magnetics (high-frequency transformers, inductors)
Power electronics system architecture design and hardware integration
Power converters and motor drive (AC-DC, DC-DC, DC-AC) control technologies
Microcontrollers and multiple serial protocols (UART, CAN, SPI, I2C, etc.)
Sensor technology and implementation
Gate drive design
Experience with high voltage (400V-1000V) DC-DC converter products, familiar with high-frequency and soft-switching technologies
Experience in using schematic capture tools (e.g. Altium Designer or Allegro)
Experience in using electrical circuit simulation software (e.g. Matlab/Simulink, PLECS, LTspice)
Experience performing circuit design analyses such as worst-case circuit analysis, fault analysis, and lifetime estimation
Master of all types of lab instruments: oscilloscope, power supplies, electronics loads, function generators, network analyzer, EMC analyzers etc
Excellent organizational and communication skills
Preferred
PCB layout experience is strongly preferred
Company
Archer
Archer is an aerospace company that developed an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft tailored for urban air mobility systems.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$3.48BKey Investors
BlackRockStellantis
2025-11-06Post Ipo Equity· $650M
2025-06-12Post Ipo Equity· $850M
2025-02-11Post Ipo Equity· $300M
Leadership Team
Adam Goldstein
Founder and CEO
Tom Muniz
Chief Technology Officer
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