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Power Electronics Engineer

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Figure

San Jose, CA, USA
Posted 6+ months ago

Figure is an AI Robotics company developing a general purpose humanoid. Our Humanoid is designed for corporate tasks targeting labor shortages and jobs that are undesirable or unsafe. We are based in Sunnyvale, CA and require 5 days/week in-office collaboration.

We are looking for an experienced Power Electronics Engineer to help us design and test critical hardware to power our Humanoid.

Responsibilities:

  • Develop conceptual power architectures and conduct trade studies to support key design decisions
  • Design and validate PCBAs for critical components of the humanoid like power converters and motor controllers
  • Support design reviews (schematics, layouts, etc)
  • Support system integration and test activities by contributing to test execution and debugging

Requirements:

  • Bachelor or graduate degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
  • 3+ years of industry experience
  • Knowledge of power converter topologies and control theory
  • Experience working with low voltage (<60V) DC/DC power converters or motor controllers
  • Experience sizing and designing discrete power electronics (controllers, gate drivers, MOSFETs, inductors, XFRMs, caps, sensing, etc)

Bonus Qualifications:

  • Experience with Altium
  • Experience with PCB layout, designing for power converters and EMC mitigations
  • Experience simulating power electronic circuits
  • Experience with high voltage applications and protection circuitry
  • Experience working with embedded control systems and/or digital power control
  • Strong knowledge of C or Python