Power Electronics Engineer

2 weeks ago


Nashville, United States Whisper Full time

About the Role Whisper Aero is seeking a skilled and motivated power electronics engineer to lead the design, prototyping, and validation of efficient and power dense power electronics / motor controllers.

The ideal candidate will work closely with Whisper Aero’s Powertrain Lead and the Thermal Management Lead to define requirements for the motor controller and identify an optimal controller topology. The candidate will be responsible for performing design optimization of the controller, sourcing PCBs and components for prototyping, and validating the design performance via hardware testing. As a part of a lean engineering team, the candidate may have opportunities to assist in other functional teams, including the ground test team and the flight test team.

What You’ll Do

Lead Whisper Aero’s motor drive development efforts for electric propulsion systems towards productization

Maintain awareness of emerging technologies in the field of power electronics and motor drives

Perform high-level comparison of motor controller topologies and identify optimal topology for a given electric propulsor and its set of acoustic, performance, and SWaP-C constraints

Design and optimize a motor controller for electric propulsion systems through modeling and simulation

Lead design review processes and assess cost, risk, and schedule of the prototype build

Prototype and validate hardware against design requirements

Benchmark commercial off-the-shelf motor controllers for various applications

Basic Qualifications

US Person

B.S. or M.S. in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent)

Strong fundamentals of AC electric motor control and various PWM schemes

Familiarity with sensorless and sensored motor control algorithms

Expertise with PCB layout software (EAGLE, OrCAD, Altium, etc.) and implementation

Expertise in SPICE

Experience in: Embedded C, C++, Java, Python, and/or MATLAB/Simulink

Strong written and verbal communication for effective knowledge sharing

Bonus Qualifications

Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (or equivalent)

Experience in the application of wide-bandgap semiconductors

Experience with thermal modeling and design of power electronics

Experience with DSP, FPGA, and microcontrollers

Proficiency with CAN protocol

Experience with software/hardware development in accordance with DO-278C and/or DO-254

Private Pilot or Remote Pilot Certificate Holder

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