Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Learn about the BMS and aircraft electronics architecture and existing hardware/firmware.
• Design and develop the power control, monitoring and conversion system to produce regulated, isolated high and low voltage from the batteries.
• Construct and publish Circuit Block Diagrams to describe the architecture of the Battery Management System (BMS)
• Become a reviewer of electrical design releases, assembly procedures, rework plans, and test results.
• Work in Altium to revise and improve the electrical circuits and subsystems while producing documentation for fabrication and assembly vendors.
• Perform component selection and qualification for the BMS and power distribution system.
• Support certification compliance testing, test witnessing, safety analysis, and documentation of electrical hardware
• Lead board level and sub-system level troubleshooting and failure mode analysis
• Contribute to writing requirements of new electrical systems, including design for manufacturing and design for testing.
• Evaluate options for improving future battery management systems and power distribution architecture.
• Lead the effort to optimize weight savings throughout the ESPS electrical power, protection, and distribution system.
• Be the focal point for aviation regulators (FAA, EASA, Etc) conversations on technical issue resolution with the High Voltage Battery System

Education/Experience

• S. in a relevant engineering discipline with at least 10 years of experience with the tasks listed above (M.S or PhD count towards years of experience).
• You are a highly motivated, self-starting individual with a broad set of skills and never afraid of facing complex technical challenges.
• You are a solution-oriented individual with a strong analytical mindset.
• You have strong communication skills and can easily tailor your communications to suit the audience.
• You can adapt quickly or propose changes needed to achieve early results in a timely fashion.
• You embrace challenges and take commitments and deliver results within reasonable expectations.
• You are a positive team player.

Qualifications: The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required.

• Experience with development, design, analysis and test of: Analog Sensor Interfaces, Power Supplies, Topology Selection, and Microprocessor Integration for High Voltage Battery and power distribution systems.
• Experience in a rigorous development, verification, documentation environment similar to aerospace DO-254 is a plus.

Desired skills

• Design knowledge of electrical bonding criteria, thermal cooling requirements for electronic equipment, EMI shielding, and High Intensity Radiated Fields (HIRF) / Indirect Effects of Lightning (IEL) installation criteria is considered a plus
• Understanding of and experience with designing and testing to Environmental Standards RTCA DO-160 (or equivalent MIL-Specs or Automotive standards)

The actual salary offered is dependent on various factors including, but not limited to, location, the candidate’s combination of job-related knowledge, qualifications, skills, education, training, and experience.

Location: Remote – On site Travel to Mountain View, CA.

Salary Range: $140,000 - 200,000

The actual salary offered is dependent on various factors including, but not limited to, location, the candidate’s combination of job-related knowledge, qualifications, skills, education, training, and experience