Principal Power Electronics / PCB Design Engineer - Electric Propulsion
Fultonriver
Apply to this job Boulder, CO on site Until 8/22/2026 First posted March 22, 2025 Last posted March 22, 2025
Job description
Fulton River Partners is proud to be recruiting for a Sr/Principal Power Electronics Engineer, based out of their Boulder/Denver area office.
This company is at the forefront of innovation in the electric propulsion space where they aim to be the leaders across industries. You will be a key part of the core engineering team and will have a direct impact on the trajectory of the company.
About the Role:
- Requirements definition based on DO-160G and internal/customer specification
- Explore new architectures/technologies that will improve performance, safety, and reliability
- Schematic and PCB design in Altium
- Powerstage component sizing
- Circuit simulation in Simplex, MATLAB/Simulink, LTSpice
- Multiphysics simulation in Ansys Q3D for current density and parasitics analysis
- Low inductance DC Link design
- Design for EMC (Y capacitors, EMI filter, grounding)
- Design for DO-160G
- Supply chain management for DC link capacitors, busbars, PCBAs, SiC devices, sensors, EMC filter, and connectors
- Bill of Materials documentation management
- Create assembly files and build instructions for manufacturing team/partners
- Create Design Validation Plan and Report (DVP&R) for sub-systems as well as completed system
- Execute inverter testing and characterization on n-house dynamometer
- Post process test results, identify root-cause of potential issues and make design recommendations to meet the highest level of reliability and performance
- Testing for EMC and DO-160G
- Inverter reliability and partial discharge testing
- Support pilot customers with first builds and integration into vehicles. Travel and on-site visits will be required.
- Hire other world-class engineers to support your team
- Maintain prototype and testing equipment in lab
DESIGN AND ANALYSIS
PROTOTYPE AND MANUFACTURING
TESTING AND VALIDATION
INTEGRATION
OTHER
About You:
- High intelligence, high energy, and high integrity
- Masters or higher in Electrical Engineering
- 5+ years of professional experience with power electronics
- High level of proficiency with Altium, MATLAB, and PLECS/LTSpice
- Excellent written and verbal communicator to effectively share knowledge and build the collective mindshare of the company
- Organized and obsessive attention to detail: no room for oversight when designing flight critical systems
- Humble and open mind: willingness to accept feedback and learn, consistently improve upon yourself and the product you will be responsible for
- A high degree of emotional intelligence: ability to collaborate closely with coworkers in a respectful and empathetic manner
- Fundamentally curious and motivated my first principles
- U.S. Person status is required as this position needs to access export-controlled data.
- Experience with taking an inverter from concept to production in automotive or aerospace
- Experience with DO-160G / DO-254 / FAA Part 33 qualification
- Experience with EMI noise mitigation and testing
- Understanding of Field Oriented Control and PMSMs
- SolidWorks proficient
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
About this role
Summary
Design and analyze power electronics systems for electric propulsion applications.
Job title
Principal Power Electronics / PCB Design Engineer
Experience level
5+ years
Industry
electric propulsion
Location requirements
Located in Boulder, CO; remote work not allowed.
Salary
Not specified
Management role
Yes
Skills & keywords
Required skills
Electrical Engineeringpower electronicsAltiumMATLABPLECSLTSpicecommunicationattention to detailcollaborationU.S. Person status
Preferred skills
inverterDO-160GDO-254FAA Part 33EMISolidWorks
Specializations
power electronicsPCB designcircuit simulationEMCtesting
Locations
Structured locations inferred from the posting.
Boulder, CO, USA
On-site City