Power Electronics Engineer — Electric Propulsion

Industrious Ventures; El Segundo (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Vision Dental

PTO

401k

Stock options

Job summary

General Galactic Technologies Corporation in Los Angeles, California, seeks a Power Electronics Engineer to own the design and testing of the Power Processing Unit for electric propulsion across multiple spacecraft platforms.

You will take designs from requirements through prototyping, qualification and flight, collaborating with propulsion, software, avionics, and other teams, with opportunities to broaden scope as the company grows.

Qualifications

• BS in electrical or aerospace engineering and related field.
• 4+ years hands-on power electronics for spacecraft.
• Experience with schematic/PCB tools (Altium, KiCad).
• Strong background in DC-DC converter design and testing.

Responsibilities

• Define and own power electronics architecture and converter topologies for a kW-class PPU.
• Take circuit designs from concept to prototype, including component selection and PCB layout.
• Define PPU-to-spacecraft communication and power interfaces.
• Build, bring up and test hardware on bench and with electric thrusters.
• Qualify designs through vibration, thermal vacuum, EMI/EMC, and radiation testing.

Skills

Power electronics

PCB layout

Schematic design

LTSpice

Electrical engineering

System integration

C++

Python

Education

BS in electrical engineering

Tools

Altium

KiCad

Job description

General Galactic Technologies Corporation in Los Angeles, California, seeks a Power Electronics Engineer to own the design and testing of the Power Processing Unit for electric propulsion across multiple spacecraft platforms.

You will take designs from requirements through prototyping, qualification and flight, collaborating with propulsion, software, avionics, and other teams, with opportunities to broaden scope as the company grows.