Senior Engineer, Electrified Propulsion Aircraft Drives

Role and Responsibilities:

• Lead continued development and certification of electrified propulsion aircraft motor-controller drive units

• Manage power electronics and controller hardware suppliers

• Refine strategy, manage, and execute development and certification of FAA DAL-compliant DO-178C software including in-house and support contractors

• Lead powertrain integration and experimental testing of drive units on dyno, iron birds, and flight aircraft

• Plan, manage, and execute in-house and contracted drive certification tests

• Support FAA-certification documentation

• Lead troubleshooting of complex EMI challenges and ensure robust system performance

• Lead the development and integration of other motor controllers, inverters, rectifiers, and DC/DC converters for hybrid and electric aircraft applications from lab to flight test and commercialization

• Manage Ampaire’s R&D power electronics programs with partner universities

• Prepare detailed documentation for system design, testing, and certification

• Manage suppliers for powertrain components to ensure on performance, schedule and budget requirements are met

• Position based at Long Beach HQ facility

• Reports to Powertrain Lead

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant engineering discipline
• 5 years of increasing responsibilities in aerospace, or equivalent, motor drive projects for 400V , 100kW PWM-driven multi-phase inverters
• Expert knowledge of DO-178 software development process
• Proficient with Math Works Simulink code-generation tools

Desired Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in relevant engineering discipline
• 10 years of relevant experience
• Executed DO-178 software development projects through certification
• Experience with DO-254 development projects
• Proficient with hybrid electric powertrain engineering
• Proficient with NXP microprocessors and NXP-based microcontrollers