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LaunchPoint Electric Propulsion Solutions, Inc. · 4 days ago

Senior Power Electronics Design Engineer

Goleta, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$110K/yr - $175K/yr

10+ years exp

LaunchPoint Electric Propulsion Solutions, Inc. is an aerospace power generation and electric propulsion design company that is committed to hiring the very best people to join our team. The Senior Power Electronics Design Engineer will collaborate with multidisciplinary project teams to develop power electronics products, focusing on electrical designs, test plans, and system integration.

AerospaceCivicTechEnergyGovTech

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Hiring Manager

Nazeeh Shaheen

Responsibilities

Serve as the subject matter expert (SME) for MIL-rated hardware design

Lead specific product design efforts from concept to production

Analyze controller/power converter solutions for permanent magnet electric machines

Perform detailed system analyses to evaluate power semiconductor devices for target applications

Define power semiconductors, optimize gate drivers and busbar designs

Perform high voltage (up to 1,000 V) and high current (up to 1,000 A) experiments

Validate the performance of the prototype for finalization of product

Provide engineering support to production

Assist in planning and testing new products for required analysis and design verification

Document design reports, test results, and failure analysis

Actively contribute to the company’s continual improvement of internal processes

Qualification

Power electronics hardware designMILDOD design requirementsAC-DCDC-DC ConvertersHigh power converter designsEDA tools proficiencyPSPICE simulation toolsAltium design toolsPCB layoutThermal design considerationsControl Algorithm DevelopmentTechnical leadership experience

Required

BS degree with 10+ years of industry experience in power electronics hardware design for defense or aerospace applications

Must have strong working knowledge of MIL or DOD design requirements related to environment and electronics packaging, EMI/EMC, and software

Must be able to develop concepts and product designs that are on the cutting edge of technology in the areas of high current, high power (> 200 kW), low voltage, high efficiency/density, converter designs

Must be able to move from concept to architecture to MIL-rated design that is ready for environmental qualification testing

Demonstrated experience designing both AC-DC and DC-DC Converters

Proficiency designing multiple conversion topologies (flyback, forward, push-pull, buck, boost etc.) and the ability to simulate and model designs

Familiarity with EDA tools

Knowledge of PSPICE simulation tools

Knowledge of OrCAD and Altium design tools

Know how to develop test plans, procedures, and test solutions

Understanding and working knowledge and characteristics of magnetics (including inductor/transformer modeling), magnetization inductance, magnetization current, leakage inductance, intra-winding and inter-winding capacitance, self-resonant frequency, characteristics and limitations of magnetic cores, core saturation, core loss, high frequency losses, core reset, winding techniques for optimization of desired magnetics, and design of current transformers