Power Electronics Architect for Avionics (Toulouse)

AIRBUS OPERATIONS SAS; Toulouse; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Profit sharing schemes

Employee savings plan

Employee stock purchase plan

Flexible working arrangements

Job summary

Airbus Operations SAS in Toulouse, France, is seeking a Power Electronics Engineer to join the Avionic Products and Simulation group. You will design and validate power electronic boards for tomorrow's electric aircraft, covering power supplies, interfaces, and regulatory constraints.

You'll work with CPLD/FPGA components, MOSFET/GaN/SiC switches, EMC and thermal considerations, and Design for Industrialisation and Cost. Proficiency in French and English is required.

Qualifications

• Proven hands-on experience in power electronics engineering and detailed board design.
• Strong mastery of power switches (MOSFET, GaN, SiC) and magnetic components design.
• Solid knowledge of environmental requirements (EMC, thermal) and aeronautical regulations (ABD, DO-160).
• Demonstrated practice of Design for Industrialisation (DfI) and Design to Cost (DfC) methodologies.
• Negotiation level fluency in both French and English (written and spoken).

Responsibilities

• Perform detailed design and specification of electronic boards (power supplies, I/O interfaces, digital parameters).
• Define system interfaces and specific components (CPLD, FPGA) following engineering CAD design rules.
• Establish testing strategy and validate performance through numerical simulations and physical testing.
• Integrate environmental (EMC, thermal), regulatory (ABD, DO-160), and industrial constraints (DfI, DfC).
• Provide technical expertise, investigations, and design reviews for internal developments and manufacturing lines.

Skills

Power electronics engineering

PCB design

MOSFET

GaN

SiC

EMC

CPLD

FPGA

Tools

CPLD

FPGA

Job description

Airbus Operations SAS in Toulouse, France, is seeking a Power Electronics Engineer to join the Avionic Products and Simulation group. You will design and validate power electronic boards for tomorrow's electric aircraft, covering power supplies, interfaces, and regulatory constraints.

You'll work with CPLD/FPGA components, MOSFET/GaN/SiC switches, EMC and thermal considerations, and Design for Industrialisation and Cost. Proficiency in French and English is required.