Lead Space Power Systems Engineer

Gravitics; Washington; On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company equity

Medical insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Generous PTO

Employee discounts

Job summary

Gravitics is seeking a Senior Power Systems Engineer to take full ownership of in-space electrical power systems from design to deployment. You will lead the development of robust, mission-critical power solutions for orbital hardware, ensuring performance under space conditions.

The role requires 5+ years in power conversion or electrical power systems, experience with 1–10 kW systems, and strong collaboration across multidisciplinary teams to meet demanding schedules.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or ABET-accredited field.
• 5+ years experience in power converter or electrical power system development.
• Proficiency in designing and testing of 1–10 kW power systems.
• Familiarity with power system packaging, integration, testing for space environments.
• Strong problem-solving and cross-disciplinary collaboration.
• Able to thrive in fast-paced environments with evolving priorities.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and test electrical power subsystems for flight hardware in orbital environments.
• Define and maintain power system requirements and perform architecture-level design trades.
• Analyze and validate power system performance through modeling, simulation, and testing.
• Perform solar array sizing, shading analyses for orbital missions.
• Assess radiation effects and develop mitigation strategies.
• Conduct fault tolerance, redundancy, and reliability analyses.
• Collaborate with structures, thermal, avionics, and GNC teams for integration.
• Support environmental qualification and acceptance testing (thermal-vacuum, vibration, leak tests).
• Interface with vendors, coordinating components and qualification to meet specs.

Skills

Power electronics design

Electrical power systems

Space mission requirements

Modeling & testing

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Master’s degree (bonus)

Job description

Gravitics is seeking a Senior Power Systems Engineer to take full ownership of in-space electrical power systems from design to deployment. You will lead the development of robust, mission-critical power solutions for orbital hardware, ensuring performance under space conditions.

The role requires 5+ years in power conversion or electrical power systems, experience with 1–10 kW systems, and strong collaboration across multidisciplinary teams to meet demanding schedules.