Power Electronics Engineer
San Francisco, CA, United States
Power Electronics Engineer
As a Power Electronics Engineer, you will be tasked with conceptualizing, designing, testing, validating, and otherwise owning power converters and power systems. You will work with a range of multidisciplinary team members to engineer the best solution, trading size, weight, cost, power efficiency, thermal management, and other key requirements.
You will be joining an established team of experienced power engineers working to create the next generation of power conversion on our next generation satellites. Day-to-day will include simulations, schematic, layout, and hands-on board bring-up, debugging, and optimizing. Every day is a new exciting challenge to build what hasn't been built, and a new exciting opportunity to put your skills to the test engineering the future of the space industry.
Role
Design kW-level power systems for our satellites
Manage and control key components such as solar panel arrays, power regulation and distribution, and high-density batteries
Integrate these systems into the spacecraft by working closely with the rest of the team
Assist in recruiting, interviewing, and hiring additional teammates to our rapidly-growing team.
Requirements
Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent
A passion for hardware development, including working in a fast-paced environment and hands-on design and development
Experience with Altium or similar PCB design software
Experience in designing, building, and testing analog and digital circuits
Power electronics experience
PCB design experience
US Citizenship or Green Card
Bonus
Experience with designing for fault tolerance, especially to withstand a radiation environment
Experience with photovoltaics and MPPTs
Experience with Li-ion batteries and management systems
Experience with magnetics in power electronics
EMI/EMC experience
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