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Senior Power Electronics Circuit Design Engineer

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Hybrid
Austin, TX
88K-150K Annually
Senior level
Hybrid
Austin, TX
88K-150K Annually
Senior level
Design and test power electronics for military and commercial aircraft, conducting research, troubleshooting, and ensuring compliance with specifications.
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Job Description
At BAE Systems, we promote a strong, collaborative culture and provide our employees with the tools, skills and training they need to succeed. We are all about trust, camaraderie, and a shared mission on delivering world-class products to our commercial and military customers. We offer a flexible hybrid work environment and 9/80 work schedule. BAE Systems is ingrained in our community and determined to improve our future and protect our freedom.
The Controls and Avionics Solutions (CAS) business is experiencing unprecedented growth. Our two design centers in Endicott, New York and Austin, Texas are the home for our next generation technical solutions. Engineers will develop flight and mission-critical products for commercial and military customers. You will have the opportunity to help design and develop the next generation: Fly-By-Wire Flight Controls, Aircraft Engine Controls, Ground Vehicle Power Management Systems, Aircraft Electrification Systems, Advanced Air Mobility Systems, Autonomous Flight Systems, Flight Deck Systems, Cabin Management Systems, Weapon Control Systems, and Mission Systems for the world's most prominent aircraft and vehicle manufacturers.
When you become a member of our team, you will work across multiple disciplines and collaborate with Systems, Hardware, Software, Test, and Operations during all phases of the product development and production support lifecycles. These roles involve a combination of collaborative/in-person and independent work and will take the form of a hybrid work schedule, with time split between working onsite and remotely.
Position Summary
Join our team of Power Electronics Circuit Design Engineers who are tasked with the architecture, design, test, and verification of high-reliability DC/DC and AC/DC power electronics. In this position you will support the development and product support of advanced avionics, for both military and commercial aircraft, including engine control computers, flight control systems, aircraft propulsion systems, cabin and cockpit electronics.
As a Senior Power Electronics Circuit Design Engineer you will make impacts in the following ways:
  • Design, test and qualify DC/DC and AC/DC power electronics to support various military and commercial flight control and propulsion system applications.
  • Conduct internal research and development to push our power electronics technology forward and help provide innovative solutions for our customers.
  • Support aftermarket in troubleshoot and root cause corrective actions for field returns, production test failures, and product improvements.
  • Leverage and reuse existing designs within the CAS portfolio to reduce risk, schedule and cost of new development
  • Write, review and track hardware requirements to show overall compliance to customer and industry specifications
  • Collaborate with EMI/EMC Engineers and Systems Engineers to design robust and reliable power electronics
  • Own and execute the part selection, schematic capture, PWB layout, circuit performance analysis and simulation and design verification testing

Required Education, Experience, & Skills
  • BS in Electrical Engineering or equivalent with 5 or more years of industry experience designing and testing power electronics
  • Experience with isolated and non-isolated DC/DC and AC/DC power supplies with power levels up to 500W.
  • Experience with hardware troubleshooting and debug
  • Experience with design analysis tools such as LTSpice, PSpice, SIMPLIS, Matlab and MathCad.
  • Experience performing component level circuit stress and derating analysis
  • Experience in circuit tolerance analysis considering end of life and environmental limits
  • Experience in designing for EMI/EMC and Lightning Protection
  • Familiar with PWB design, component layout and trace routing constraints specific to switching power supplies

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills
  • MS/MEng in Electrical Engineering or equivalent with 8 or more years of aerospace industry experience designing and testing power electronics
  • Highly proficient in design analysis tools such as LTSpice, PSpice, SIMPLIS, Matlab, and MathCad
  • Experience with buck, boost, sepic, cuk, flyback, and forward converter topologies
  • Experience working in high voltage/high power lab environment
  • Experience in designing for and testing to MIL-STD-461 and DO-160 standards
  • Experience with Siemens Xpedition® EDM (engineering data management) tool suite
  • Experience with mitigating fault propagation and failure mode effect analysis (FMEA)
  • Experience in writing technical requirement specifications for avionic hardware
  • Some experience with analog, digital and mixed signal circuitry
  • Some experience with digitally controlled power converters and systems
  • Some experience in Model Based Engineering

Pay Information
Full-Time Salary Range: $88189 - $149922
Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.
Employee Benefits: At BAE Systems, we support our employees in all aspects of their life, including their health and financial well-being. Regular employees scheduled to work 20+ hours per week are offered: health, dental, and vision insurance; health savings accounts; a 401(k) savings plan; disability coverage; and life and accident insurance. We also have an employee assistance program, a legal plan, and other perks including discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance. Our leave programs include paid time off, paid holidays, as well as other types of leave, including paid parental, military, bereavement, and any applicable federal and state sick leave. Employees may participate in the company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards. Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics.
About BAE Systems Electronic Systems
BAE Systems, Inc. is the U.S. subsidiary of BAE Systems plc, an international defense, aerospace and security company which delivers a full range of products and services for air, land and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, security, information technology solutions and customer support services. Improving the future and protecting lives is an ambitious mission, but it's what we do at BAE Systems. Working here means using your passion and ingenuity where it counts - defending national security with breakthrough technology, superior products, and intelligence solutions. As you develop the latest technology and defend national security, you will continually hone your skills on a team-making a big impact on a global scale. At BAE Systems, you'll find a rewarding career that truly makes a difference. Electronic Systems (ES) is the global innovator behind BAE Systems' game-changing defense and commercial electronics. Exploiting every electron, we push the limits of what is possible, giving our customers the edge and our employees opportunities to change the world. Our products and capabilities can be found everywhere - from the depths of the ocean to the far reaches of space. At our core are more than 14,000 highly talented Electronic Systems employees with the brightest minds in the industry, we make an impact - for our customers and the communities we serve.
This position will be posted for at least 5 calendar days. The posting will remain active until the position is filled, or a qualified pool of candidates is identified.

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