Power Electronics Engineer

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