Archer · 18 hours ago
Staff Power Engineer- Inverter
San Jose, California, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$162K/yr - $222K/yr
8+ years expArcher 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. The Staff Power Engineer will design and develop motor controllers and power electronics systems, ensuring high performance and reliability in the aircraft's electrical systems.
AerospaceAir TransportationElectric VehicleManufacturing
No H1B
Responsibilities
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, prototype, 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
Qualification
Required
Electrical Engineering Degree or equivalent experience
8+ years of relevant electrical system and circuit board design experience
Sound knowledge and hands-on experience in traditional and modern power electronic technologies including (not limited to):
Inverter technology for variable speed motor drive (MOSFET, rectifiers and gate driver PWM technologies)
Passive power devices, e.g. inductors, capacitors, resistors and transformers
Power electronics system architecture design and hardware integration
Motor drive and power converters (AC-DC, DC-DC, DC-AC) control technologies
Motor control and commutation methods for various types of three phase motors
Microcontrollers and processors
Sensor technology and implementation
Gate drive design for wide bandgap devices (SiC and GaN)
Experience with 1-10kW inverters at 400V-1000V
Experience in using schematic capture and circuit simulation software (e.g. Altium Designer or Xpedition)
PCB layout experience
Experience performing circuit design analyses such as worst-case circuit analysis, fault analysis, and reliability analysis
Experience in design for test and design for high volume manufacture
Mastery of all types of lab instruments: oscilloscope, EMC analyzers etc
Excellent organizational and communication skills
Preferred
Hands on experience with DO-160G testing and DO-254 development
Masters or Ph. D. in electrical engineering
Embedded firmware development experience
Passion for aviation and eVTOLs
Company
Archer
Archer is an aerospace company that developed an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft tailored for urban air mobility systems.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$3.48BKey Investors
BlackRockStellantis
2025-11-06Post Ipo Equity· $650M
2025-06-12Post Ipo Equity· $850M
2025-02-11Post Ipo Equity· $300M
Leadership Team
Adam Goldstein
Founder and CEO
Tom Muniz
Chief Technology Officer
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