Electrical Engineer

Allocor Tech•Crozet, VA

15d•$100,000 - $140,000•Onsite

About The Position

Allocor.tech designs and manufactures mission-critical power electronics and avionics including motor controllers, battery management systems, power distribution, flight control, and flight termination systems for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAS/UAM) and unmanned maritime platforms. Our customers are leaders in advanced air mobility, uncrewed aircraft, and electric watercraft. The team brings deep experience from organizations including Northrop Grumman, L3Harris, Sierra Space, and Aurora Flight Sciences. We are a team of approximately 35 people generating roughly $10M in annual revenue. We recently closed a $6.0M Series A and are projecting 100–200% revenue growth over the next year as we scale production, expand our customer base, and professionalize the business beyond its engineering-led roots. This is a pivotal moment: we are building the technical depth and process rigor required to support rapid, disciplined growth while protecting the speed and agility that got us here. The Mid-Level Electrical Engineer will own detailed hardware design for next-generation high-voltage power electronics, with a primary focus on our 800V-class inverter program. This is a hands-on role for an engineer who thrives in a fast-moving environment and wants real ownership of circuits that fly on customer platforms. You will design, analyze, document, and bring up safety-critical power electronics while helping establish the standards, processes, and documentation practices that will scale with Allocor.tech for years to come.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field (MSEE a plus).
3–6 years of hands-on power electronics design experience, with meaningful work on high-voltage (400V+) inverter or converter systems.
Strong proficiency with schematic capture and simulation tools (Altium, LTspice, MATLAB/Simulink, or equivalent).
Experience performing WCCA on safety-critical or high-reliability circuits.
Solid background in PCB design for high-voltage and mixed-signal systems, including impedance control, creepage/clearance rules, and thermal management.
Experience with EMI/EMC design techniques and pre-compliance testing.

Nice To Haves

Experience designing to aerospace or automotive standards (DO-160, AEC-Q, MIL-STD-810).
Background with SiC or GaN-based power stages.
Familiarity with functional safety standards (IEC 61508, ISO 26262) as applied to power electronics.
Prior work on 800V-class traction inverter or similar high-voltage programs.
Experience with motor controllers, flight control systems, or unmanned platforms.

Responsibilities

Design high-voltage power electronics circuits for the 800V inverter program, including topology selection, component derating, protection schemes, and power/thermal optimization.
Perform Worst Case Circuit Analysis (WCCA) and SPICE simulations for safety-critical circuits, producing clear, review-ready documentation.
Design mixed-signal systems with careful attention to noise isolation, signal integrity, creepage/clearance, and thermal management.
Support and execute impedance-controlled PCB layouts and high-speed signal integrity analysis for multi-layer power electronics boards.
Drive hardware-software integration for motor controller platforms, working closely with firmware engineers on register configuration, timing, and control loops.
Participate in and help run design reviews (schematic, layout, WCCA) and present clear trade studies to engineering leadership.
Support prototype bring-up, bench testing, and qualification testing.
Build and maintain design files, simulation models, and test reports in our engineering document control system — helping set the standard for how this work is done as the team and product line grow.