Power Electronics - Electrical Engineer II

Summary

Shield AI is a venture-backed deep-tech company focused on protecting service members and civilians with intelligent systems. The Electrical Engineer II will design, analyze, and validate power electronics systems critical to the company's next-generation aircraft, contributing to the rapid development of innovative aviation technologies.

Responsibilities

• Design Power Electronics: Design of HV and LV systems including:
• High-voltage and low-voltage power systems
• DC-DC converters, inverters, and motor controllers
• Battery, Battery management, power generation, and distribution
• Embedded safety and protection mechanisms
• Design across power ranges: Engineer solutions from 10 kW high-power applications- 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
• Board Bring Up and Testing: execute board bring up, verification, validation and HALT testing to meet rigorous aerospace reliability standards
• Cross-functional collaboration: Work closely with Mechanical, CAD, Embedded, Software, 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
• Program execution: Manage project timelines, deliverables, and technical milestones to drive on-time, high-quality outcomes

Skills

• You have a B.S. in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
• You have 1+ years of experience as an Electrical Engineer
• You are experienced with: circuit design, schematic capture, component selection, circuit testing, and debugging
• You have a demonstrated record of working hard, being a trustworthy teammate, holding yourself and others to high standards, and being kind to others
• Familiarity with Altium or equivalent
• You have experience with lab equipment: oscilloscopes, power supplies, E-loads, multimeters, etc

Qualifications

Must Haves

• You have a B.S. in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
• You have 1+ years of experience as an Electrical Engineer
• You are experienced with: circuit design, schematic capture, component selection, circuit testing, and debugging
• You have a demonstrated record of working hard, being a trustworthy teammate, holding yourself and others to high standards, and being kind to others
• Familiarity with Altium or equivalent
• You have experience with lab equipment: oscilloscopes, power supplies, E-loads, multimeters, etc

Benefits

• Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
• Temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)