Principal Engineer-Design (Aerospace)

Location: Garden Grove, California, United States; onsite role with 0%–25% travel.

Annual base salary: $75,000–$232,000, plus restricted stock units and quarterly bonus payments.

Company

Develops high-performance semiconductor modules and power management systems for space systems, flight-critical aviation, and other high-reliability applications.

What you will do

• Lead the development of power electrical converters and inverters for aerospace products from concept through production release.
• Perform detailed design and analysis of complex analog electronic circuits.
• Lead an electrical development team focused on power and mixed-signal design, mentoring early-career engineers and new graduates.
• Develop product verification test plans, requirements compliance matrices, qualification test plans, and production acceptance test procedures.
• Prepare technical proposals for aerospace customers and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders.

Requirements

• MS degree in Electrical Engineering, preferably with an emphasis on Power and Analog Engineering.
• 10+ years of electronic power conversion design experience, preferably in aerospace.
• Experience with space power systems.
• Experience designing power stages for isolated and non-isolated DC-DC converters, including Buck, Boost, Flyback, Forward, Half-bridge, Full bridge, and Resonant converters.
• Experience designing custom signal and power magnetics and power filters optimized for low noise and electromagnetic compatibility.
• Ability to collaborate with Mechanical Engineering teams on power converter designs optimized for electromechanical compliance requirements.
• Strong expertise in electrical analysis, modelling, and simulation, including worst-case circuit analysis, electrical stress and derating analysis, small signal analysis, and power integrity analysis.
• Experience with SPICE, LTSPICE, SIMetrix/SIMPLIS, MATLAB, or MathCAD.
• Experience with electronics schematic capture and PCB layout tools such as Altium or Xpedition.
• Knowledge of space radiation environments and radiation effects in electronics.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to present effectively to internal and external customers.
• Demonstrated employment stability, reliability, sustained accountability, teamwork, cross-functional collaboration, integrity, and accuracy in representing qualifications and credentials.
• Must provide proof of US citizenship, permanent US residency, or protected individual status under 8 USC 1324b(a)(3) due to US export control requirements.

Culture & Benefits

• Health benefits begin on the first day.
• Retirement savings plans and an employee stock purchase program with a two-year look-back feature.
• Restricted stock units and quarterly bonus payments are included in the compensation package.
• Professional development is supported through leadership and employee development programs.
• Work involves sitting, standing, walking, indoor activity, and working both independently and with others.