Power Electronics Engineer: PPU Lead for Electric Propulsion

General Galactic; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

General Galactic, located in Los Angeles, is seeking a Power Electronics Engineer to design and analyze critical electronic systems for spacecraft like Seldon and Dreadnought. You will have ownership over the Power Processing Unit (PPU) for electric propulsion systems, collaborating with a technical team across multiple disciplines.

This role requires extensive experience in power electronics development, circuit design, and strong programming skills. Join us to redefine space exploration and build the future of transportation to Mars.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of hands-on experience in development of power electronics for spacecraft.
• Demonstrated ability with schematic and PCB layout design tools.
• Proven track record of designing, building and testing isolated DC-DC converters.

Responsibilities

• Define and own power electronics architecture and converter topologies.
• Take circuit designs from concept through completion.
• Build, bring up and test hardware on the bench and with electric thrusters.

Skills

Power electronics development for spacecraft

Schematic and PCB layout design tools (Altium, KiCad)

DC-DC converters design and testing

Circuit simulation (LTSpice)

Programming in C++ and Python

Startup environment experience

Radiation tolerant component selection

Problem solving with incomplete information

Tools

Altium

KiCad

LTSpice

Job description

General Galactic, located in Los Angeles, is seeking a Power Electronics Engineer to design and analyze critical electronic systems for spacecraft like Seldon and Dreadnought. You will have ownership over the Power Processing Unit (PPU) for electric propulsion systems, collaborating with a technical team across multiple disciplines.

This role requires extensive experience in power electronics development, circuit design, and strong programming skills. Join us to redefine space exploration and build the future of transportation to Mars.