Senior Electronics Eng: MCUs & Sensors for eVTOL

Archer; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Archer in San Jose, California is seeking a Sr. Electronics Engineer – Microcontroller and Sensors to lead and drive the product development from start to finish for next‑gen eVTOL avionics.

You will design controllers and sensors for power converters, develop electrical system requirements, and supervise PCBA layouts and production readiness while collaborating with mechanical, systems, electrical, safety and manufacturing engineers to optimize overall vehicle performance.

Qualifications

• Electrical Engineering Degree or equivalent experience.
• 3+ 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

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.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Power electronics

PCB design

EMC considerations

Cross-functional teamwork

Board assembly

Education

Electrical Engineering Degree

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Network analyzers

Signal generators

Power supplies

Semiconductor testers

Job description

Archer in San Jose, California is seeking a Sr. Electronics Engineer – Microcontroller and Sensors to lead and drive the product development from start to finish for next‑gen eVTOL avionics.

You will design controllers and sensors for power converters, develop electrical system requirements, and supervise PCBA layouts and production readiness while collaborating with mechanical, systems, electrical, safety and manufacturing engineers to optimize overall vehicle performance.