Archer · 15 hours ago
Staff Electronics Engineer - Microcontroller and Sensors
San Jose, California, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$162K/yr - $222K/yr
8+ years expArcher is an aerospace company based in San Jose, California, focused on developing an all-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft to promote sustainable air mobility. The Staff Electronics Engineer will lead product development, design electrical systems, and collaborate with various engineering teams to ensure optimal vehicle performance.
AerospaceAir TransportationElectric VehicleManufacturing
No H1B
Responsibilities
Lead and drive the product development from start to finish
Develop detailed electrical system requirements based on design functional needs to control power converters, then design complete electrical systems to meet your requirements
Complete detailed design layouts and/or supervise design layout
Use simulations, prototypes, engineering tests, detailed electrical measurements to ensure your designs work as expected
Design processor and sensor architectures and select suitable microcontrollers for implementation in inverters/power converter applications
Design power supply, communication, signal conditioning, and measurement electronic circuits
Collaborate with other mechanical, systems, electrical, safety and manufacturing engineers to optimize your design for overall vehicle performance
Develop and execute engineering validation plans to verify your design meets all requirements
Qualification
Required
Electrical Engineering Degree or equivalent experience
8+ years of relevant electrical system and circuit board design experience
Experience designing controllers and sensors for power converters or inverters with EMC considerations
Strong ability to work cross functionally and drive decisions to closure
Demonstrated ability to design a PCBA from a blank sheet to production
Understanding of analog and power circuits (MOSFETs, op-amps, switching regulators, gate drivers, etc.)
Experience designing PCBAs to avoid electromagnetic interference, minimizing stray inductance and capacitance, separating power/signal planes
Experience designing PCBAs for high-speed communications
Experience with component selection, including simulation, tolerance, variance, power dissipation etc
Skilled using electrical engineering tools like oscilloscopes, network analyzers, signal generators, power supplies, semiconductor testers, etc
Experience shipping high-volume electronics products
Experience designing for mission critical systems using fail-safe and redundant designs
Experience architecting designs to meet functional safety requirements
Preferred
Experience designing electrical systems for aerospace or automotive requirements
Experience in embedded programming
Experience designing PCBAs for high power and high voltage power converters and/or inverters
Hands on experience with aviation DO-160G testing and DO-254 development
Passion for aviation and eVTOLs
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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