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Shield AIShield AISan Diego, CA

Power Electronics - Principal Electrical Engineer (R4822)

Leads design, development, and delivery of flight-critical power electronics systems including inverters, DC-DC converters, and battery management for autonomous aircraft. Requires 10+ years experience in electrical engineering with full-cycle hardware development expertise.

211k – 317k/yr
On-site10+ YOEHardware Engineering

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Own flight critical power system design for X-BAT
  • Design power electronics for high voltage and low voltage systems, including inverters, DC-DC converters, battery management
  • Lead others to execute design, verification, and manufacturing deployment
  • Provide mentorship and technical feedback to power team and cross-functionally
  • Harden designs for harsh environments (shock/vibe, high reliability, radiation, high-altitude)
  • Work on power sub-systems for low power (10 kW)
  • Full-cycle hardware development: concept, modeling, worst case analysis, schematic capture, simulation, prototyping, testing, validation
  • PCB ownership: drive layout and design with ECAD engineers, optimizing for power density, EMI, thermal, manufacturability
  • Design for safety, manufacturability, and reliability
  • Cross-functional collaboration with Mechanical, CAD, Embedded, Software, Supply Chain, Test Automation, Production, aircraft teams
  • Lead design reviews and mentor junior engineers
  • Manage project timelines, deliverables, technical milestones

Requirements

  • B.S. in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
  • 10+ years experience as Electrical Engineer
  • Experienced with circuit design, schematic capture, component selection, circuit testing, debugging
  • Familiarity with Altium or equivalent

Skills

Power ElectronicsInvertersDc-Dc ConvertersBattery ManagementAltiumSchematic CapturePcb DesignCircuit SimulationEmi MitigationThermal Management
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