Senior Power Electronics Engineer

Full-time · Mid / senior

  • San Francisco · CA
  • Posted 23 h ago
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Job description

About the company

Our client is a robotics company.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Own the electrical power design of a range of mobile hardware, from architecture and trade studies through circuit design, bring-up, production readiness and certification. Work as a senior individual contributor who designs boards, reviews peers' work and keeps the electrical direction coherent as the team grows.

What you'll do

- Define power architecture covering distribution, conversion and protection across the hardware.

- Design and validate converters, motor drivers, gate drive circuitry and protection boards, from schematic and layout through bring-up and testing.

- Work with mechanical engineers on sensing and actuation, using custom boards or off-the-shelf components as the problem requires.

- Write embedded firmware that gives software a dependable control interface.

- Prepare designs for manufacturing, coordinating with board vendors and contract manufacturers on supply chain and yield.

- Set electrical safety practices for the lab and build area, and design for compliance and certification.

- Lead design reviews, keep documentation current, and mentor engineers as the team grows.

Requirements

What we're looking for

- Formal training to degree level in electrical engineering or an adjacent technical discipline, at bachelor's or master's level.

- Strong grasp of power electronics fundamentals, including converter topologies, component sizing, protection circuitry and common failure modes.

- Experience taking power electronics designs into production.

- Experience designing motor drives, including gate drivers, H-bridges and brushless or permanent magnet motor control.

- Practical circuit board design skills covering power and mixed-signal layouts, including heat and electromagnetic interference considerations.

- Skill in debugging hardware at the board and system level.

Bonus points

- Familiarity with procedures for working around high voltages, limiting electromagnetic noise and passing regulatory product tests.

- Embedded firmware experience in C, C++ or Rust, including motor control and communication protocols.

- Circuit simulation experience with tools such as LTspice or PLECS.

- Previous employment with a maker of motor-powered equipment, such as factory automation, vehicles or robots.

- Track record of defining requirements and resolving cross-system problems when specifications are unclear.

- A strong commitment to quality and to finishing work well.

Benefits

Compensation and benefits

- Base salary: $170K to $230K

- Equity

- Relocation assistance

Location and work model

- San Francisco, CA, United States

- On-site, five days a week

- Full-time

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