Aerospace Power Electronics Engineer

recruitAbility; Littleton (CO); Hybrid; USD 105,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent Compensation plan

Work on the forefront of Aerospace

Fast-paced environment and great Teamm

Job summary

Our client is a leading American Aerospace and Defense Technology company seeking an Electrical Design Engineer to design advanced power electronics hardware for aerospace and space applications. This hands-on role focuses on board-level circuit design, analog electronics, DC/DC converters, and high-efficiency switching circuits.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in electrical design, expertise with OrCAD, SPICE simulations, and experience bringing complex electronics from concept to validation

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of hands-on electrical/electronic circuit design experience.
• Strong experience with power electronics and analog circuit design.
• Experience designing DC/DC converters, power supplies, switching regulators, and power conditioning circuits.
• Experience with isolated and non-isolated switched-mode power supplies (SMPS).
• Strong experience creating electrical schematics using OrCAD or similar ECAD tools.
• Experience collaborating with PCB layout engineers and reviewing board layouts.
• Experience with SMPS, load switches, op-amps, comparators, filters, and FET-based switching circuits.
• Experience performing circuit simulation using SPICE-based tools.
• Experience with hardware bring-up, validation, and troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop board-level power electronics and analog circuitry for aerospace and space applications.
• Design high-efficiency DC/DC converters, switching regulators, power supplies, and power switching circuits.
• Incorporate GaN FETs and other advanced semiconductor technologies.
• Perform detailed circuit analysis including worst-case, stability, and thermal analysis.
• Develop electrical schematics and design docs using OrCAD.
• Collaborate with PCB layout engineers and participate in design reviews.
• Design and analyze isolated and non-isolated SMPS, power filtering, amplifiers, and high-side FET drivers.
• Select components for high reliability and space applications considering derating and radiation tolerance.
• Perform circuit simulations using SPICE tools (PSpice/LTspice).
• Incorporate EMI/EMC, grounding, shielding, and noise mitigation.

Skills

Electrical circuit design

Power electronics

Analog circuit design

DC/DC converters

SMPS

SPICE simulations

Circuit analysis

PCB bring-up

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

OrCAD

LTspice

PSpice

Altium Designer

Allegro

OrCAD X

Job description

Our client is a leading American Aerospace and Defense Technology company seeking an Electrical Design Engineer to design advanced power electronics hardware for aerospace and space applications. This hands-on role focuses on board-level circuit design, analog electronics, DC/DC converters, and high-efficiency switching circuits.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in electrical design, expertise with OrCAD, SPICE simulations, and experience bringing complex electronics from concept to validation