Senior Power Electronics Engineer — High-Voltage Aerospace

Astromecha; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Stock options

Flexible time-off policy

In-office collaboration emphasis

Job summary

Astro Mechanica is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer focused on power electronics to join our high-performance aerospace team in San Francisco. You will own the full product life cycle from concept to delivery, crafting high-density, high-reliability power converters for propulsion and generation systems.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in power electronics, experience with high-voltage designs up to 1000V, and proficiency in Altium, LTSpice, and Simulink.

Qualifications

• BS/MS/PhD with focus on power electronics or equivalent
• 5+ years of experience designing, building, testing, and shipping power converters
• Experience bringing at least two products through full lifecycle, from concept to production
• Experience working on high voltage (up to 1000V) and/or high power (>10kW) converters

Responsibilities

• Develop high-performance, high-density, high-reliability power converters
• Own system trades, component selection, analysis, schematic capture, layout, bring‑up, debugging, manufacturing, and test
• Support hardware through prototyping, characterization, ground testing and flight
• Work closely with other engineering disciplines to design, develop and optimize high‑power propulsion and generation systems

Skills

Power electronics

High voltage design

DC-DC converters

DC-AC converters

Thermal management

Altium layout

LTSPICE

Simulink

Scripting

High reliability

Education

BS/MS/PhD in power electronics or equivalent

Tools

Altium

LTSPICE

PLECS

Simulink

Scripting

Job description

Astro Mechanica is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer focused on power electronics to join our high-performance aerospace team in San Francisco. You will own the full product life cycle from concept to delivery, crafting high-density, high-reliability power converters for propulsion and generation systems.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in power electronics, experience with high-voltage designs up to 1000V, and proficiency in Altium, LTSpice, and Simulink.