Hire Power Electronics Engineers

Time to shortlist is typically 2 weeks from scoping call. Total time to placement (shortlist through offer acceptance) is typically 4–6 weeks. Power electronics is one of the tightest electrical labor pools in aerospace and electrification — sitting engineers rarely leave mid-qualification, and we manage notice periods around test campaigns as part of the search. If you have an EMI lab slot or a CDR on the calendar, tell us on the call and we prioritize candidates who can start inside the window.

Most US Power Electronics Engineers with two to six years on qualified hardware land between $115K and $160K base depending on metro and platform. Senior, staff and principal engineers who own a platform's power architecture and defend it at CDR typically run $160K–$220K base plus bonus or equity at venture-backed electric aviation, space and defense-tech companies. SiC and GaN design at high power and space-qualified hardware command a premium. These are market bands; we confirm live market bands for your program during scoping. See our avionics engineer salary guide for adjacent bands.

A Power Electronics Engineer owns switched-mode conversion and drives — topology, magnetics, gate drive, control loop, thermal and EMI at the board and unit level. An Electrical Engineer is the broader board and system discipline and may never touch a switching stage. A Power Systems Engineer on our site is a facility and utility-scale discipline — switchgear, generators, medium-voltage distribution — not vehicle hardware. If the hire has to design what sits between the battery and the motor, hire the power electronics profile.

A Hardware Engineer owns mixed-signal and digital boards — processors, FPGAs, sensors, interfaces — and usually treats the power stage as a purchased module. An Avionics Engineer owns the flight computer and its boxes at the system level. A Power Electronics Engineer designs the converters and drives those boxes and motors depend on. Small teams often start with one power electronics hire supporting both; programs above a few kilowatts, or with an HV bus, need a dedicated seat.

No certification exists for power electronics design, and we do not screen on one. Most candidates hold a BS or MS in electrical engineering, and a strong BS with qualified hardware ownership outranks an advanced degree with simulation-only work. We verify degree, U.S.-person status where ITAR applies, high-voltage safety training where the seat touches energized HV hardware and any active clearance, then weight reference-verified hardware ownership above all of it.

Yes. Most power electronics seats in space and defense-tech are ITAR-controlled. We screen for U.S.-person status where the program requires it, document any active clearance held, and verify prior work under ITAR, CUI, DoD, NASA or FAA oversight. We do not shortlist candidates who cannot meet the access requirements set on your call.

Yes. Every Power Electronics Engineer placement carries a replacement guarantee. Guarantee terms are confirmed in writing at engagement start. The guarantee applies across retained, direct-hire, embedded and RPO engagements alike.

Yes. Multi-hire builds (power electronics lead plus converter, drive, BMS and EMI engineers, with Hardware Engineers, FPGA Engineers, Thermal Engineers and Integration and Test Engineers alongside) route through aerospace and defense engineering search, embedded recruiting or RPO. Heads of power systems and chief electrical engineers route through executive search.