Power Systems Engineer I — Spacecraft Power Architect

Jet Propulsion Laboratory; United States; On-site; USD 99,000 - 119,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Wellbeing programs

Paid time off

Retirement plans

Rideshare support

Flexible schedule

Parental leave

Job summary

Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, seeks a Power Systems Engineer I to join the Avionics, Power, & Instrument Electronics Section. You will help develop and validate end-to-end power subsystem solutions across JPL missions, delivering hardware from concept to operation.

Responsibilities include requirements development, V&V planning, power architecture sizing, interface documentation, and coordination with power designers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related technical field with 1 year of experience, or Master's with 0 years.
• Experience with power electronic designs including schematics, reliability analysis, board layout, and testing.
• Experience delivering building and testing hardware.

Responsibilities

• Support the development and management of power system and electrical system requirements.
• Support the development and execution of V&V plans on JPL lead projects/missions.
• Support the development of power system architectures and power subsystem definition on new mission proposals.
• Support power system sizing & resource management.
• Define and document electrical interfaces across a spacecraft to ensure a self-compatible, robust design implementation and to support the fabrication of flight harnesses.
• Work effectively with power designers in defining optimum architectures.
• Contribute to architectural trades to optimize systems across technical, schedule, and cost constraints.
• Understand grounding diagrams in support of a compliant EMI/EMC approach.
• Produce detailed and accurate design products in support of hardware development and to document the as-built configuration.
• Present power system concepts to different levels of line management and project teams.

Skills

Analog Electronics

Controls

Power Systems Design

Systems Engineering

Electrical Systems Engineering

Reliability Engineering

Integration and Test

Grounding EMI/EMC

Solar Arrays & Batteries

Test Equipment

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's degree in a related discipline

Tools

Altium Designer

LTSPICE

PLECS

Job description

Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, seeks a Power Systems Engineer I to join the Avionics, Power, & Instrument Electronics Section. You will help develop and validate end-to-end power subsystem solutions across JPL missions, delivering hardware from concept to operation.

Responsibilities include requirements development, V&V planning, power architecture sizing, interface documentation, and coordination with power designers.