Principal Electrical Engineer - Power Generation Products

Aviation Ground Equipment Corp

$120K — $145K *
Energy & Utilities
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering; Master's preferred.
  • 15+ years of experience in high-power conversion and generation systems.
  • Proven Systems Engineer with leadership in design outputs.
  • Strong technical ownership and urgency.
  • Effective communicator of technical product capabilities.
  • Experienced in end-to-end power systems product development.
  • Thrives in dynamic small business environments.
  • Hands-on experience from concept to validation testing.

Responsibilities

  • Lead technical development for power generation and conversion products.
  • Maintain knowledge of technologies to inform product strategy.
  • Direct system architecture and controls integration efforts.
  • Design power conversion and quality components, including transformers.
  • Utilize IGBT-based architectures for power conversion subsystems.
  • Conduct validation through hands-on hardware testing.
  • Ensure product performance aligns with cost and schedule objectives.
  • Guide teams in developing customer-focused engineering solutions.
  • Support all phases of new product development lifecycle.
  • Facilitate the transition of designs into reliable production.

Benefits

  • Opportunity for technical leadership in a specialized field.
  • Engagement with innovative power generation technologies.
  • Involvement in diverse projects with high-power systems.
  • Exposure to both hands-on and strategic engineering roles.
  • Collaboration with a skilled engineering team.
Full Job Description
Principal Electrical Engineer - Power Generation Products

What you will do:
  • Provide technical leadership for systems development of all AGEC power generation and power conversion products spanning 10kW • 200kW power levels, serving as a key interface with customers and business leadership.
  • Maintain a detailed, up-to-date understanding of power generation and power conversion technologies, translating technical knowledge into competitive product strategy and long-term development vision.
  • Lead system level architecture and controls integration, defining controls logic and HMI architecture while directing and interfacing with embedded software engineering.
  • Provide technical leadership while also performing hands-on, detailed design of power conversion and power quality components, including specialty transformers and custom magnetics for high-power systems up to 200 kW.
  • Perform systems engineering for power conversion subsystems utilizing modern IGBT-based active front-end (AFE) architectures.
  • Support AC and DC power systems, including 400 Hz and 270 VDC specialty subsystems.
  • Conduct hands-on hardware testing and system validation, ensuring all detailed performance and compliance requirements are met.
  • Utilize logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, and related diagnostic tools for troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
  • Work extensively in lab and production environments involving high-power electrical systems.
  • Serve as an electrical systems leader ensuring product performance, cost and scheduled objectives are achieved.
  • Collaborate with the engineering team to develop high-quality, customer driven solutions that align with internal requirements.
  • Support the new product development lifecycle, from concept and architecture through design, validation, production and product support.
  • Lead the successful transition of new designs into production, ensuring manufacturability, quality and long-term reliability.

What you will need:
  • Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering with an emphasis on electrical power systems minimum. Master's Degree preferred.
  • Minimum of fifteen (15) years• experience developing standalone, high-power conversion and generation systems.
  • Experienced Systems Engineer with demonstrated leadership driving engineering teams to desire design output.
  • An inherent demeanor of technical ownership & sense of urgency.
  • Possess a natural charisma for communicating product capabilities and technical vision to leadership as well as customers.
  • Highly skilled with ground up power systems product development.
  • Excels in small business, swift pace, and holistic technical work environment.
  • Hands-on from concept through validation testing.
  • Background with military or government product development and contracting is beneficial, but not required.
  • Enlisted military background is beneficial but not required.
  • Air Force with ground support equipment experience is a plus.
  • Travel 5-10%

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