Power Electronics Engineer - Defense

Fruition Group US; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Fruition Group US is assisting a fast-growing defense technology company in San Francisco Bay Area to recruit a Power Electronics Engineer. You will own power electronics hardware from architecture through prototyping, testing and production for demanding defense applications.

You will work on power conversion, energy storage and electrical power systems, collaborating with mechanical, firmware and systems engineering teams to bring products from prototype through qualification and production.

Qualifications

• Experience in power conversion and power electronics design.
• Ability to design high/low voltage architectures and power stages.
• Familiarity with GaN/SiC devices and fast-switching topologies.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop DC/DC, DC/AC power conversion systems for defense applications.
• Create LV/HV electrical architectures and integration with subsystems.
• Design inverter, distribution, EMI/EMC considerations and protection schemes.

Skills

Power electronics design

High/low voltage systems

GaN/SiC technologies

Analog and mixed-signal design

Hardware testing & validation

Tools

Altium

PCB design

Job description

We are assisting a fast-growing defense technology company with the appointment of a Power Electronics Engineer to join their engineering team in the San Francisco Bay Area.

The company is developing advanced power and energy systems for demanding defense applications and is looking for an engineer who can take ownership of power electronics hardware from initial architecture and design through prototyping, testing and production.

The Role

You will work across the design and development of power conversion, energy storage and electrical power systems.

Responsibilities will include:

• Design and development of DC/DC and DC/AC power conversion systems
• LV and HV electrical architecture
• Inverter and power distribution design
• Selection and implementation of GaN and SiC power devices
• Circuit design, schematic capture and PCB development
• Hardware bring-up, debugging and validation
• EMI/EMC design and testing
• Protection, isolation, sensing and safety architecture
• Supporting products from prototype through qualification and production
• Working closely with mechanical, firmware and systems engineering teams

Experience Required

We are interested in speaking with engineers with experience across several of the following:

• Power electronics and power conversion
• High-voltage and low-voltage power systems
• GaN and/or SiC technologies
• Analog and mixed-signal circuit design
• Altium or similar PCB design tools
• Hardware testing and troubleshooting
• Design for manufacture and production

Experience within defense, aerospace, automotive, robotics, energy storage or other high-reliability hardware environments would be particularly relevant.

MIL-STD-461 or wider military/aerospace standards experience is advantageous but not essential.