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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.
Job Responsibility:
Define the architecture of aircraft high voltage to low voltage power conversion and low voltage distribution system, including power electronics converters, batteries, power distribution units, circuit breaker units, and interfaces to avionics equipment for aircraft platforms
Perform key technical trade-offs for power conversion and distribution system to meet the aircraft function and safety requirements and optimize system performance such as weight and cost
Define system development roadmap and strategy to meet the program schedule and requirements, and perform make vs buy studies and decisions on key system components/modules
Lead electrical load analysis for the system, define and optimize the power budgets
Create power conversion and distribution system requirements, flow down the aircraft requirements to the system requirements, and define key features and characteristics of the electrical system
Collaborate with the cross-functional teams to define the requirements for system modules and boards, and lead the validation and verification of requirements
Lead the electrical system safety and reliability analysis, and support aircraft level and module level safety and reliability analysis
Lead integration of power conversion and distribution system and modules into the aircraft platforms, plan the module acceptance tests, integration tests, safety of flight tests and review and approve test results
Support airborne power conversion and distribution modules design, development and test based on the aircraft and electrical system requirements, system architecture and design standards established
Requirements:
BS Degree in Electrical Engineering with 10+ years or MS with 8+ years of experience in related fields
Experience in developing electrical power conversion and distribution system architectures, requirements and specifications, validation and verification
Solid knowledge and hands-on experience on integrating the power electronics and control modules into the electrical system
Understand traditional and modern power electronics technologies including (not limited to): DC-DC and AC-DC/DC-AC power electronics topologies
Familiarity with both wide-band-gap and silicon power semiconductor devices, passive power devices, e.g. inductors, capacitors, resistors and transformers
Power electronics system design and hardware integration
Master of all types of lab instruments: oscilloscope, power supplies, electronics loads, function generators, network analyzer, EMC analyzers etc.
Excellent organizational, communication and writing skills
Nice to have:
Ph. D. in power electronics
Familiarity with airborne electronics hardware standards, process and certification
Experience with power electronics products with 400V-1000V and multi-kilowatt range