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Archer Aviation

Location:
United States, San Jose

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

163200.00 - 200000.00 USD / Year

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Job Description:

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:

Design and build high voltage, high power density power electronics converter products for eVTOL applications
Develop and analyze electrical architectures and power converter (DC-DC) topologies, and ensure system functions, performance, safety and reliability requirements are achieved
Responsible for all aspects of power electronics designs required in an all-electric aircraft, from components to circuits, modules and system integration
Leads new designs from conception into production while working with a multidisciplinary team
Start to finish ownership of hardware – from specification to design, component selection, modeling, prototype, product build, verification testing, safety and reliability validation and manufacturing
Design electronic power supply and sensing circuits
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 determine if the design meets functional and performance specifications
Troubleshoot and help root cause any issues that occur in the prototype line
Continuous improvement of converter product performance (weight, size, functions and features, reliability, DFM, DFT)
Work with manufacturing, supply chain, quality teams to ensure efficient and high yield production of converter products
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to meet product safety and reliability requirements
Design, optimize, build and test custom magnetics (high-frequency transformers, inductors) for aerospace power electronics systems
Support EMC and environmental stress testing and failure / fault analysis for various power electronics modules and systems

Requirements:

BS Degree in Electrical Engineering with 10+ years or MS with 8+ years of experience in related fields
Sound knowledge and hands-on experience in traditional and modern power electronic technologies
Low power and high power DC-DC topologies, gate driver, modulation techniques and control theories
Inverter technology for variable speed motor drive, including topologies and PWM techniques
Familiarity with both wide-band-gap and silicon power semiconductor devices
Passive power devices, e.g. inductors, capacitors, resistors and transformers
Experience in design, build, manufacturing and testing of custom magnetics (high -frequency transformers, inductors)
Power electronics system architecture design and hardware integration
Power converters and motor drive (AC-DC, DC-DC, DC-AC) control technologies
Microcontrollers and multiple serial protocols (UART, CAN, SPI, I2C, etc.)
Sensor technology and implementation
Gate drive design
Experience with high voltage (400V-1000V) DC-DC converter products, familiar with high-frequency and soft-switching technologies
Experience in using schematic capture tools (e.g. Altium Designer or Allegro)
PCB layout experience is strongly preferred
Experience in using electrical circuit simulation software (e.g. Matlab/Simulink, PLECS, LTspice)
Experience performing circuit design analyses such as worst-case circuit analysis, fault analysis, and lifetime estimation
Master of all types of lab instruments: oscilloscope, power supplies, electronics loads, function generators, network analyzer, EMC analyzers etc.
Excellent organizational and communication skills

Nice to have:

Hands on experience with DO-160G testing and DO-254 development
Ph. D. in power electronics
Embedded firmware development experience
Experience with 50kW-200kW inverters at 400V-1000V
Passion for aviation and eVTOLs

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
December 06, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

On-site work

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