Senior Power Electronics Engineer (High-Voltage Propulsion)

Voiceflow; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Stock Options

PTO & Holidays

Flexible Time Off

Job summary

Astro Mechanica is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer focused on power electronics and power systems development to join our growing team. You will own the full product lifecycle from concept to delivery and operation in a fast-paced startup environment.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years designing high-density power converters, experience with up to 1000V/10kW, and proficiency in Altium, LTSPICE, PLECS, and Simulink. Office-based collaboration is emphasized.

Qualifications

• BS, MS, or PhD with focus on power electronics or equivalent.
• 5+ years of experience designing, building, testing, and shipping power converters.
• Ability to develop component and system trade studies through high ambiguity.
• 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.
• Expertise in various DC–DC and DC–AC power conversion topologies, preferably with high frequency multilevel architectures.
• Intimate understanding of electric machines and motor control methodologies.
• Expertise in optimizing switching power loops to optimize converter performance and minimize EMI.
• Proficiency in circuit board layout for high-density converters (Altium preferred).
• Proficiency with analysis tools to simulate and optimize circuit and system performance (LTSPICE, PLECS, Simulink, Scripting, etc).
• Proficiency in modeling time-domain dynamic circuit and system behavior.
• Working understanding of structural and thermal considerations for power converters.
• Experience with automating hardware test and development functions.

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/DC-AC topologies

Altium

LTSPICE

Education

BS/MS/PhD in power electronics

Tools

LTSPICE

PLECS

Simulink

Scripting

Altium

Job description

Astro Mechanica is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer focused on power electronics and power systems development to join our growing team. You will own the full product lifecycle from concept to delivery and operation in a fast-paced startup environment.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years designing high-density power converters, experience with up to 1000V/10kW, and proficiency in Altium, LTSPICE, PLECS, and Simulink. Office-based collaboration is emphasized.