VerdeGo Aero – Electrical Engineer

ABOUT VERDEGO AERO, INC.

VerdeGo Aero is an aircraft propulsion technology company committed to powering the highest performance electric aircraft of all sizes. The VerdeGo team is passionate about enabling hybrid-electric powerplants to create a next generation of flying machines. This is not an incremental change but rather the 3rd major revolution of aircraft propulsion in the 120-year history of powered flight, disrupting the industry in ways not seen since the advent of the jet engine 75 years ago. Innovations in propulsion always lead to step changes in aircraft design. Aircraft and missions that were previously only seen in Sci-Fi fiction like flying taxis and airliners that take off vertically are becoming a reality through environmentally friendly high performance hybrid systems. VerdeGo’s hardware centric, reality bound philosophy has already delivered flight ready systems for R&D flight test applications. VerdeGo is one of the few companies in this technology space that has both product-based customer revenue and strategic investment. VerdeGo Aero’s headquarters is at the “World’s Most Famous Beach”, in warm and relaxed Daytona Beach, Florida. Daytona Beach is the home of the Daytona 500 NASCAR race, bike weeks, jeep week and the collegial environment of the largest university focusing on aviation and aerospace, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.

Personal Attributes

• Experience and enthusiasm for testing in a real-world environment with electrical and electronic hardware, software, and systems.
• Experience with product development and interface with mechanical, electrical, thermal, and manufacturing disciplines
• Ability to break down large tasks into actionable steps, to visualize the path to completion, and either execute each step or seek the internal or external support and expertise to get there
• Team skills to build trust, accept responsibility, contribute and interact with a fast-moving team of young enthusiastic superstar engineers
• Strong communication skills in English, to work with teammates, suppliers, partners and some limited exposure to customers and investors

Skills / Experience

• Application of microcontrollers including selection, physical integration, software coding, and troubleshooting. Similar skill also with FPGAs is a bonus.
• Testing of microcontrollers and software with hardware in the loop – bench testing, troubleshooting, project-related real-world experience.
• Experience with design and manufacture (internal or outside via contract) of surface mount (compact) PCBs and similar integrated hardware. Target here is compact, lightweight, and reliable electronic equipment.
• Experience with proper bonding and grounding, system testing and troubleshooting, identification and mitigation of EMI, RFI and other potential forms of unwanted system noise.

Experience with high-voltage (up to 800 VDC) and high-speed switching (Power electronics design) is a valuable bonus skill.

Minimum Qualifications

• An accredited bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a closely related field
• Masters preferred if it included substantial hands-on project work
• 3 – 5 years+ of industry experience working with integrated electronic and mechanical systems
• The ability to work hands-on, with test and measurement instrumentation such as voltmeters, oscilloscopes, and bus readers
• The ability to work with ITAR information on cutting-edge projects
• A desire to enable the next generation of novel aircraft

Bonus Qualifications

• Programming experience in C++, Python, Java, and other object-oriented languages
• Experience with digital data buses such as CAN and ARINC
• Working knowledge of Matlab and Simulink
• Experience with certification of aviation products; software and hardware
• Exposure or interest in FAA certification standards such as DO-178C, DO-254, and DO-160G among others