Sr. Power Electronics Engineer [Hardware]

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Long Beach, CA
In-Office
Senior level
Aerospace • Software
The Role
As a Senior Power Electronics Engineer, you'll design and validate high-voltage inverters and converters for aircraft, ensuring compliance with aerospace standards and collaborating on propulsion systems.
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About Odys

Our mission at Odys is simple - we build safe, sustainable aircraft to cut travel time in half on the world's busiest corridors. Our flagship aircraft Alta enables travelers to skip the big-airport hassle by using city helipads and local airports to connect cities less than 1,000 miles apart (approx 40% of flights). And on average cut CO2 by 76% on tens of billions of flight miles globally.

To get there, we start with our UAV called Laila for commercial logistics, medical transport, humanitarian aid, disaster relief, and defense missions. We’re deploying aircraft with launch partners (Fiji Airways, Honeywell, Aramex, US Navy) beginning in late 2025 and already have firm orders for aircraft under contract.

We’re a team of expert engineers from deep tech and aerospace that focus on fast iterations loops (completed transition flight faster than our peers) combined with mastery of the aircraft certification process. Previously, our team developed custom drones, brought multiple automotive platforms into production, and electrified transportation vehicles that magnetically levitate, that roll, that fly. Together, we’ve been learning, developing, building, testing, and preparing for this challenge our entire lives.

About The Role

Odys Aviation is pioneering next-generation hybrid-electric aircraft to make sustainable high-speed regional travel a reality. As a Senior Power Electronics Engineer, you will be at the core of our powertrain development, designing and optimizing high-voltage inverters, converters, and motor controllers for our UAV (Laila) and eVTOL (Alta) programs. This role is critical to advancing our high-power, high-frequency switching power electronics stage platforms, tightly coupled embedded controls and fault-resilient propulsion architectures.

You will be a hands-on engineer, independently driving hardware design from concept to prototype and validation, ensuring compliance with aerospace standards (ARP4754B, DO-178C, DO-254). Working closely with propulsion, embedded systems, and flight controls teams, you will lay the technical foundation for Odys’ powertrain systems and help scale the team as the company grows.

Responsibilities
  • Design & Develop high-voltage(400-800VDC) inverters, converters, motor controllers, power filters, and gate drivers for aircraft propulsion.

  • End-to-end hardware development, including characterization of high-power switching devices, designing double-pulse test setups, optimizing DC bulk capacitor selection, and developing thermal management and fault protection strategies.

  • Perform high-fidelity simulations using MATLAB/Simulink, PLECS, and SPICE to validate and optimize hardware designs.

  • Integrate hardware with embedded controllers, ensuring robust gate driver design, PMSM motor control, and real-time system monitoring.

  • Ensure compliance with aerospace certification standards (ARP4754B, DO-178C, DO-254) and document design decisions for regulatory approval.

  • Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to test, troubleshoot, and refine designs through iterative prototyping.

  • Lead hands-on validation efforts, including lab testing, debugging, and system integration with propulsion and flight hardware.

Requirements
  • Master’s degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Power Electronics, or a related field.

  • 5+ years of hands-on experience designing and testing high-voltage power electronics.

  • Deep expertise in SiC MOSFET-based inverter/converter design, gate driver circuitry, and HV system protection.

  • Strong understanding of PMSM motor control, embedded systems, and fault detection & mitigation.

  • Proficiency in MATLAB/Simulink, PLECS, and SPICE for powertrain analysis.

  • Ability to work independently, meet critical milestones, and drive projects from concept to hardware validation.

Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience in aerospace or eVTOL powertrain development and familiarity with aircraft certification processes.

  • Expertise in DO-178C (software) and DO-254 (hardware) compliance in regulated environments.

  • Strong background in HV system protection strategies, fault handling, and EMI mitigation.

  • Experience developing advanced control algorithms for PMSMs and high-performance electric motors.

  • Track record of delivering production-ready power electronics in cross-functional engineering teams.

  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills to drive data-driven decisions

Top Skills

High-Voltage Power Electronics
Matlab
Plecs
Pmsm Motor Control
Sic Mosfet
Simulink
Spice
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The Company
HQ: Long Beach, CA
40 Employees
Year Founded: 2019

What We Do

Odys Aviation designs, develops and manufactures sustainable, technologically advanced VTOL aircraft that solve global challenges for commercial airlines and private operators.

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