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Staff Electrical Engineer - Actuators

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Archer Aviation

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United States , San Jose

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160000.00 - 217000.00 USD / Year
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Archer is seeking a Staff Electrical Engineer- Actuators to lead the architecture, design, development and validation of electronics and electromechanical actuators used in flight-critical systems such as propulsion tilt, pitch control surfaces and landing gear.

Job Responsibility:

  • Design and develop fault tolerant and high power density actuator controller including motor 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

Requirements:

  • 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: 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 manufacturing
  • Mastery of all types of lab instruments: oscilloscope, EMC analyzers etc.
  • Excellent organizational and communication skills

Nice to have:

  • 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

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
March 10, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
On-site work
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