Principal Power Electronics Engineer
Core
Design, specify, develop, and test power system architectures for miniature power conversion, distributed power, radiation-hardened designs, and battery management systems.
Role type
Principal Power Electronics Engineer
Builds
Power system architectures, miniature power conversion circuitry, distributed power architectures, radiation-hardened designs, battery management circuitry, and small motor controllers.
Domain
Defense, space exploration, and biomedical engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Isolated and non-Isolated dc/dc power conversion, rectification, inversion, battery management systems, motor controller design, system-level power distribution design, system/board level grounding/shielding and EMC design techniques, schematic capture and printed circuit board layout, circuit simulation using Spice, system modeling and analysis using MATLAB/Simulink, applied math and physics, hardware troubleshooting
Preferred skills
Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
Technologies
Spice, MATLAB, Simulink
Responsibilities
Design, develop, and build power system architectures; Conduct research, design, development, and testing of hardware; Optimize system designs for reduced size, weight, and power; Design new products and develop technical specifications; Analyze hardware configuration and test conformance; Identify program/system-level technical risks and develop mitigation strategies; Develop and teach best practices to less experienced engineers; Perform business development and proposal activities
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with strategy & mentorship