Senior Power Electronics Controls Engineer

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• Astro Mechanica is seeking a Power Electronics Controls Engineer to join our growing team. The ideal candidate is a controls engineer at heart who is excited to own the control of the power electronics that drive our propulsion: an 800-volt system delivering 1 megawatt of electrical power to the motors on our Gen 5 engine. You will bring that same controls expertise to our ground power systems, where large turbines and generators must be governed and kept in sync. You will work on a small, tight team alongside a mechanical engineer focused on the liquid-cooled inverter enclosure and an electrical engineer focused on the inverter hardware. Your work at Astro Mechanica will have a direct impact on the configuration and performance of our engine.
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field and 5+ years of experience in power electronics controls
• Hands-on experience designing controls for power electronic systems, such as DC-DC converters, motor controllers, or inverters
• Proven track record of building one of these systems, not just modeling or analyzing it
• Working knowledge of motor control, including Field Oriented Control (FOC) and related techniques
• Experience with three-phase electrical systems and machines, such as permanent magnet motors
• Experience with high-voltage, high-power-density systems, such as EV traction or eVTOL propulsion
• Inverter design experience is a plus
• Experience synchronizing and governing coupled, complex power systems, such as multiple inverters, or turbines and generators for bus-tied or grid-tied power, is a plus