Avionics Engineer II - Inverter Development
Core
Design and qualify three-phase motor drive inverters for New Glenn's electromechanical systems, owning development from concept through qualification.
Role type
Senior IC power electronics engineer (inverter design)
Builds
Custom power electronics drives for heavy-lift orbital launch vehicle systems
Domain
Aerospace / Power Electronics
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
three-phase motor drive inverter design, power electronics design, switching device selection, isolated gate drive, dead-time setting, DC link capacitor sizing, phase current sensing, protection schemes, PMSM/BLDC motor control, field-oriented control, PWM modulation, analog/digital/mixed-signal circuit design, schematic capture, PCB layout, lab test equipment proficiency
Preferred skills
wide-bandgap power device design (SiC MOSFET, GaN HEMT), high-voltage power electronic design, EMI/EMC design and test, electromechanical actuator design, MATLAB/Simulink, SPICE, PLECS, PSIM
Technologies
SiC MOSFETs, IGBTs, MCUs, DSPs, FPGAs, oscilloscopes, power analyzers
Responsibilities
Design inverters across product life cycle, support motor control implementation and testing, contribute to architecture trade studies and fault tolerance analyses, execute hands-on lab testing (EMI, environmental qualification), coordinate with systems engineering and actuator teams, communicate development status and risks
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
