Staff Electrical Engineer - (SJ2026KV)

AlleyCorp; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 217,630 - 228,511; Full time

Job summary

Archer Aviation in San Jose, California is seeking an Electrical Engineer specializing in power electronics to lead the design of fault-tolerant motor controllers and high-density power stages for all-electric VTOL propulsion systems.

The role involves hardware ownership from concept to production, coordinating with a multidisciplinary team, and performing prototype verification and tests to ensure reliability and performance.

Qualifications

• Master's degree required in electrical engineering with specialization in power electronics.
• Minimum 48 months of electrical engineering experience in power electronics.
• Strong design, test, and reliability focus required.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop fault tolerant and high-power density motor controller including drivers, sensors, power stages, and embedded control interfaces.
• Lead new designs from conception into production with a multidisciplinary team.
• Prototype verification tests and analysis to verify performance specifications.
• Schematic, layout and PCB assembly design and review.
• Troubleshoot and perform root cause analysis on prototype and production designs.

Skills

Power electronics

Motor controller design

Embedded interfaces

EMC testing

Schematic design

PCB layout

Prototype verification

Failure analysis

Power systems design

Education

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering

Job description

Archer is an aerospace company based in San Jose, California building an all-electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft with a mission to advance the benefits of sustainable air mobility. We are designing, manufacturing, and operating an all-electric aircraft that can carry four passengers while producing minimal noise.

Our sights are set high and our problems are hard, and we believe that diversity in the workplace is what makes us smarter, drives better insights, and will ultimately lift us all to success. We are dedicated to cultivating an equitable and inclusive environment that embraces our differences, and supports and celebrates all of our team members.

What You’ll Do

• Design and develop fault tolerant and high-power density motor controller including drivers, sensors, power stages, and embedded control interfaces.
• Be responsible for all aspects of power electronics designs from components, circuits, modules and system integration.
• Passive component design and optimization in power electronics systems.
• EMC and Lightning design, analysis, and testing for low voltage and high voltage electronic systems.
• Lead new designs from conception into production while working with a multidisciplinary team.
• Start to finish ownership of hardware, from specification to design, prototyping, reliability validation and manufacturing.
• Requirements capture, topology trade-study and performance modeling.
• Schematic, layout and PCB assembly design and review.
• Design and carry out prototype verification tests for proof of concept.
• Analyze test data and reports to verify functional and performance specifications.
• Troubleshoot and execute root cause analysis on prototype and production designs.

Minimum Education Requirements: Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Power Electronics.

Minimum Experience Requirements: 48 months of experience in electrical engineering with specialization in power electronics.

Please apply online at: https://www.archer.com/careers. Must put job code SJ2026KV on resume/CV and cover letter.

At Archer we aim to attract, retain, and motivate talent that possess the skills and leadership necessary to grow our business. For this position we are offering 217,630 to 228,511.50 per year. #LI-DNI

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