Senior Satellite EPS Design Engineer

Hikinex; Canada; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Hikinex is seeking an experienced Electrical Power System Engineer to support the concept, detailed design, analysis, verification and integration of EPS for satellites. You will collaborate with payload, bus, thermal, structural and mission‑systems teams to deliver high‑performance, reliable power subsystems for commercial, government and defense customers.

The role requires 8+ years of EPS design on LEO/MEO platforms, strong knowledge of power electronics, spacecraft bus subsystems and

Qualifications

• B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace or Physics with 8+ years of EPS system design experience on LEO/MEO platforms.
• Deep knowledge of spacecraft bus subsystems and their interactions.
• Experience with power-electronics design and power management hardware.
• Strong understanding of aerospace system engineering fundamentals
• Hands-on individual who can support systems integration processes and capability to test systems and resolve problems.
• Experience with Confluence and JIRA
• Demonstrated capability to efficiently work with little supervision
• Ability to distill complex problems to fundamentals to solve with analysis, similarity, or creativity.
• Demonstrate excellent written and oral communication skills in English; knowledge of French will be considered an asset (Contact with clients outside Quebec and work on deliverables in English).

Responsibilities

• Define EPS architecture satisfying mission power budget, mass, volume and reliability constraints.
• Perform trade-studies on solar cell type, battery chemistry, regulator topology.
• Generate system requirements, functional flow block diagrams.
• Develop Interface Control Documents (ICD) and Design Description.
• Perform requirement management and maintain bidirectional traceability throughout the program life cycle.
• Size solar arrays, power-conditioning units, battery packs, and power distribution units.
• Build and validate high-fidelity electrical models for satellite modes, FMECA, Fault detection…
• Conduct & maintain power budget models, load-flow, thermal-power coupling, and survivability analyses (e.g., eclipse, safe-mode, fault-tolerant).
• Present technical status, risk analyses, and trade-study results to senior management.
• Interface with spacecraft bus teams (power, thermal, structure, avionics).
• Develop/maintain high-fidelity power models for mission analysis (orbit raising, station-keeping, de-orbit).
• Develop tools for power efficiency & optimisation for the satellite.
• Support B&P (Phase 0 & pre-phase A).
• Author verification plans, test matrices, and validation procedures for unit & EPS subsystem tests.
• Support ground-test & integration campaigns, fueling, thermal vacuum, EMI/EMC, and spacecraft-level integration.
• Analyse test data, close out anomalies, and update design baselines.
• Support FSW integration

Skills

EPS design

Power electronics

System engineering

Communication skills

Confluence

JIRA

Education

B.Sc. in Electrical/Aerospace/Physics

Tools

Confluence

JIRA

Job description

Hikinex is seeking an experienced Electrical Power System Engineer to support the concept, detailed design, analysis, verification and integration of EPS for satellites. You will collaborate with payload, bus, thermal, structural and mission‑systems teams to deliver high‑performance, reliable power subsystems for commercial, government and defense customers.

The role requires 8+ years of EPS design on LEO/MEO platforms, strong knowledge of power electronics, spacecraft bus subsystems and