Senior Power Electronics Director

Overview

Wright Electric, Inc. (Wright) is a U.S.

-based company developing the world’s first zero-emissions commercial aircraft. Wright is looking for a Senior Power Electronics Director with 10+ years of experience in designing and implementing power converters for electric motor drives. In this role, you will lead a team that designs, develops, and tests low and medium voltage power converters and inverters. You must be familiar with power electronics hardware and software, including wide bandgap semiconductor devices, variable frequency motor drives, and common power converter architectures while operating in a multi-disciplinary team.

• Minimum 10 years of actual professional power electronics design experience.
• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (Master of Science preferred).
• Experience designing circuits, including using LTSpice, Simulink or similar modeling environments.
• Experience working with PCB design software such as Altium.
• Ability to lead a team of Senior Engineers across departments.

• Experience in motor controls.
• Previous experience with wide band-gap semiconductors.
• Experience analyzing and defining inverter requirements.
• Proficiency in Simulink, Matlab, Python, or other similar programming languages.

This position requires the ability to obtain access to NASA, DoD and other government facilities (U.S. Government background investigation required).

• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance.
• PTO/paid sick time.
• Retirement benefits.

This position is located in the United States in Malta, NY. On-site presence is required.

Drug Free Workplace:
Wright Electric is a Drug Free Workplace where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in policies.