Sr. Electrical Engineer, MCU & Sensing

What You'll Do

• Lead the microcontroller, sensing and control board development from conception, prototype to production for high performance airborne power conversion and distribution products
• Develop detailed electrical system requirements based on design functional needs, then design complete electrical systems to meet your requirements
• Perform schematic capture in Altium Designer
• Perform and/or supervise detailed design layout
• Use simulations, prototypes, engineering tests, detailed electrical measurements to ensure your designs work as expected
• Design processor and communication architectures and select suitable microcontrollers for implementation
• Design power supply, communication, sensing, and measurement electronic circuits
• Collaborate with other mechanical, systems, electrical, safety and manufacturing engineers to optimize your design for overall vehicle performance
• Develop and execute engineering validation plans to verify your design meets all requirements
• Document design analysis to include Worst Case Circuit Analyses (WCCA), Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (DFMEA), and Component Safe Operating Area Margin Analysis

What You Need

• BS Degree in Electrical Engineering with 5+ years or MS with 3+ years of experience in related fields of electrical system and circuit board design
• Strong ability to work cross functionally and drive decisions to closure
• Demonstrated ability to design a PCBA from a blank sheet to production
• Understanding of analog and power circuits (MOSFETs, op-amps, switching regulators, gate drivers, etc.)
• Experience designing PCBAs to avoid electromagnetic interference, minimizing stray inductance and capacitance, separating power/signal planes
• Experience designing PCBAs for high-speed communications
• Experience with component selection, including simulation, tolerance, variance, power dissipation etc
• Skilled using electrical engineering tools like oscilloscopes, network analyzers, signal generators, power supplies, semiconductor testers, etc
• Experience shipping high-volume electronics products
• Experience designing for mission critical systems using fail-safe and redundant designs
• Experience architecting designs to meet functional safety requirements

Bonus Qualifications

• Experience designing electrical systems for aerospace or automotive requirements
• Hands on experience with aviation DO-160G testing and DO-254 development
• Knowledge of what can be performed in embedded programming
• Passion for aviation and eVTOLs

At Archer, we aim to attract, retain, and motivate talent with the skills and leadership needed to grow our business. We drive a pay-for-performance culture and reward performance that supports the Company's strategy. For this position, we are targeting a base pay range of $144,000 - $188,000. Actual compensation offered will be determined by job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Archer is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to job applicants with physical or mental disabilities, and those with sincerely held religious beliefs. Applicants who may require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should provide their name and contact information to Archer's People Team at people@archer.com. Reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis.