Power Electronics Engineer

About this role

About Us

Chariot Defense is a defense technology company that designs and manufactures a family of power products for the U.S. military and its allies. We believe that credible deterrence of armed conflict and winning if deterrence fails, requires more than just the best drones, sensors, weapons, electronic warfare systems, and command & control capabilities. Those critical components will require sustained electric power in austere and resource-constrained environments. Moreover, military units must be able to turn off the trucks and generators that generate this power to hide and survive. In other words, power generation must be decoupled from power consumption. Chariot Defense’s products enable exactly this capability, allowing U.S. and allied militaries to be more lethal and survivable. We hope you will join us on this mission.

About the Role

Power is the product. We're looking for a power electronics engineer who can own the electrical architecture of our power, conversion and energy systems, both on energy storage and vehicle/ automotive mobility from DC/DC and DC/AC conversion, protection and isolation circuits, and power distribution and management. You'll be one of the first power electronics hires and will directly shape what goes into our products across multiple platforms and sectors. This is a high-ownership, high-impact, highly interdisciplinary, prototype-to-production role at a company where the hardware actually matters.

Key Responsibilities

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Own full-cycle design of power electronics subsystems: DC/DC and DC/AC converters, protection logic, and power distribution units, managing low voltage and high voltage systems, as well as AC circuits.

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Design and incorporate: Next-generation GaN and SiC inverter systems for high-efficiency power conversion, using advanced power control schemes

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Design for: Low electromagnetic signature by minimizing conducted and radiated emissions to meet MIL-STD-461 requirements; this is core to our product, not an afterthought

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Develop schematics: Oversee PCB layout using Altium or equivalent, with particular attention to power density, thermal management, and EMI mitigation at the board level for DC and AC systems