Senior Motor Drive & Power Electronics Engineer

Shield AI; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 145,000 - 218,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Benefits

Equity

Job summary

Shield AI is seeking an Electrical Engineer to contribute to the design of high‑voltage power electronics and motor drive systems for advanced aircraft. You will work with software, mechanical, embedded, CAD, and production teams to validate designs through testing and simulations.

The role emphasizes schematic capture, component selection, and rigorous debugging, with opportunities to contribute to automated test solutions and reliability campaigns.

Qualifications

• B.S. in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• 2+ years of experience as an Electrical Engineer.
• Experience with circuit design, schematic capture, testing and debugging.
• Familiarity with Altium or equivalent.
• Proficient with lab equipment such as oscilloscopes and power supplies.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design of aircraft motor drive, power electronics, and controls.
• Design high voltage power electronics circuits and integrate with motors and controls.
• Perform schematic capture, modeling, simulation, analysis, and testing.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with software, mechanical, embedded, CAD, production teams.
• Execute qualification and reliability campaigns; debug and root cause failures.
• Help develop automated production test solutions.

Skills

Circuit design

Schematic capture

Component selection

Circuit testing

Debugging

Altium

Lab equipment

Education

B.S. in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Power supplies

E-loads

Multimeters

Job description

Shield AI is seeking an Electrical Engineer to contribute to the design of high‑voltage power electronics and motor drive systems for advanced aircraft. You will work with software, mechanical, embedded, CAD, and production teams to validate designs through testing and simulations.

The role emphasizes schematic capture, component selection, and rigorous debugging, with opportunities to contribute to automated test solutions and reliability campaigns.