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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:
Lead the microcontroller, sensing and control board development from conception, prototype to production for high performance airborne power conversion and distribution products
Develop detailed electrical system requirements based on design functional needs, then design complete electrical systems to meet your requirements
Perform schematic capture in Altium Designer
Perform and/or supervise detailed design layout
Use simulations, prototypes, engineering tests, detailed electrical measurements to ensure your designs work as expected
Design processor and communication architectures and select suitable microcontrollers for implementation
Design power supply, communication, sensing, and measurement electronic circuits
Collaborate with other mechanical, systems, electrical, safety and manufacturing engineers to optimize your design for overall vehicle performance
Develop and execute engineering validation plans to verify your design meets all requirements
Document design analysis to include Worst Case Circuit Analyses (WCCA), Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (DFMEA), and Component Safe Operating Area Margin Analysis
Requirements:
BS Degree in Electrical Engineering with 5+ years or MS with 3+ years of experience in related fields of electrical system and circuit board design
Strong ability to work cross functionally and drive decisions to closure
Demonstrated ability to design a PCBA from a blank sheet to production
Understanding of analog and power circuits (MOSFETs, op-amps, switching regulators, gate drivers, etc.)
Experience designing PCBAs to avoid electromagnetic interference, minimizing stray inductance and capacitance, separating power/signal planes
Experience designing PCBAs for high-speed communications
Experience with component selection, including simulation, tolerance, variance, power dissipation etc
Skilled using electrical engineering tools like oscilloscopes, network analyzers, signal generators, power supplies, semiconductor testers, etc