Power Electronics Engineer for Space RF Systems

Northwood Space; New Mexico; Presencial; USD 104.000 - 153.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Northwood Space seeks an Electrical Engineer (Power Electronics) to own the power conversion and distribution electronics for Prism, our 2.4 meter parabolic antenna for high-throughput satellite links. You will design the power systems from architecture to prototype, testing and production with hands-on lab work.

This role requires experience in designing switched-mode converters, validating with simulations and test equipment, and coordinating interfaces with RF, digital, and motion control

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or a related discipline.
• 3-5+ years of power electronics hardware design experience.
• Hands-on experience designing switched-mode power converters (buck, boost, flyback, LLC, or similar) at hundreds of watts or more.
• Experience taking power hardware from schematic and layout through bring-up, characterization, and debug in the lab.
• Proficiency with circuit simulation tools such as LTspice, PLECS, or SIMetrix.
• Comfort with power electronics test equipment, including oscilloscopes with differential and current probes, electronic loads, and power analyzers.

Responsabilidades

• Design power electronics for Prism, including AC-DC and DC-DC conversion, power distribution, and the supplies that drive high power RF amplifiers
• Define Prism's power architecture and drive system trades across efficiency, thermal load, reliability, cost, and deployment speed
• Design load switching, sequencing, and power path protection schemes, including fault detection and recovery
• Perform schematic capture, PCB layout oversight, and bring-up of power hardware
• Build circuit and system models to analyze and verify power system performance, including stability, transient response, and efficiency
• Define interfaces between the power system and Prism's RF, digital, and motion control loads
• Qualify designs through environmental and EMI/EMC testing

Conocimientos

Power electronics design

High-power converters

Schematic capture

PCB/layout oversight

Lab bring-up

Test & measurement

Thermal management

EMI/EMC testing

Simulation tools

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's or PhD in EE (preferred)

Herramientas

LTspice

PLECS

SIMetrix

Descripción del empleo

Northwood Space seeks an Electrical Engineer (Power Electronics) to own the power conversion and distribution electronics for Prism, our 2.4 meter parabolic antenna for high-throughput satellite links. You will design the power systems from architecture to prototype, testing and production with hands-on lab work.

This role requires experience in designing switched-mode converters, validating with simulations and test equipment, and coordinating interfaces with RF, digital, and motion control