# Power Electronics - Principal Electrical Engineer

**Company**: Shield AI
**Location**: San Diego, California / Dallas, Texas / Boston, MA
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $211,125 - $316,687 a year
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

**Apply**: https://jobs.lever.co/shieldai/819a0502-f705-4f02-8784-ddfb1ca2b289
**Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_e567f14b-aa3

## Description

Shield AI is redefining autonomous aviation with cutting-edge AI and GPS/RF-denied navigation technologies. We're looking for a Principal Power Electronics Engineer to own the design of power electronics and the system they integrate with on the X-BAT aircraft. This includes architecture and converter design, development, and delivery across our aircraft programs. You will define requirements and be responsible for design from concept to production.

Responsibilities:

* Own flight critical power system design for X-BAT
* Design power electronics for the high voltage and low voltage systems. This includes inverters, DC-DC converters, battery management, and other power electronics
* Lead others to execute design, verification, and manufacturing deployment
* Provide mentorship and technical feedback to others on the power team and cross-functionally
* Harden the designs for harsh environments such as shock/vibe, high reliability, radiation, and high-altitude
* Work on power sub-systems and designs for both low power (10 kW)
* Full-cycle hardware development: Own the entire flow , concept, modeling, worst case analysis, schematic capture, simulation, prototyping, design reiteration for improving design maturity, testing and validation
* PCB ownership: Drive PCB layout and design with ECAD engineers, optimizing for power density, EMI, thermal, and manufacturability
* Design for Safety, Manufacturability and Reliability: Design robust systems keeping in mind best practices for safety, manufacturing and reliability
* Cross-functional collaboration: Work closely with Mechanical, CAD, Embedded, Software, Supply Chain, Test Automation, Production and various aircraft teams throughout the product lifecycle
* Design review leadership: Lead and contribute to cross-functional reviews ensuring robust, high-integrity engineering decisions. Mentor junior engineers that support your design
* Program execution: Manage project timelines, deliverables, and technical milestones to drive on-time, high-quality outcomes

## Skills

### Required
- circuit design
- schematic capture
- component selection
- circuit testing
- debugging
- Altium