Senior Power Electronics & Motor Controls Engineer

spacekinetic; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity-Based Compensation

401(k) retirement plan with a 3.5%公司匹配

Highly Competitive PTO

Paid holidays + winter break

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Performance-based bonus opportunities

Job summary

SpaceKinetic in El Segundo, CA, seeks a Senior Power Electronics Engineer to own the design, development and testing of power systems for payloads and spacecraft. You will drive high-performance conversions, distribution and control electronics across electrical, mechanical, and software teams, ensuring flight-ready hardware.

The role demands hands-on leadership and experience taking concepts to qualification and flight, with strong C/C++ firmware, real-time embedded systems, and motor control

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in embedded systems, motor controls, or power controls.
• Strong embedded firmware development skills in C/C++ for real-time platforms.
• U.S. Person required for access to export-controlled information or facilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and design of power electronics for spacecraft and electromechanical systems.
• Design high-power switching electronics, DC/DC converters, motor drives, and power distribution.
• Develop power architectures with energy storage, battery management, protection, and distribution.
• Perform electrical, thermal, efficiency, transient, and derating analyses.
• Select and qualify power semiconductors, gate drivers, magnetics, and other components.
• Develop schematics, PCB layouts, interfaces, and hardware specifications.
• Lead hardware bring-up, debugging, characterization, and qualification testing.
• Collaborate with controls and embedded systems for interfaces and control strategies.
• Support vehicle integration, environmental testing, and flight hardware development.
• Provide technical leadership while staying hands-on.

Skills

Embedded systems

Motor controls

Power controls

C/C++

Real-time embedded

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer/Controls Engineering

Tools

Microcontrollers

PWM

ADC

RTOS

FPGA

Job description

SpaceKinetic in El Segundo, CA, seeks a Senior Power Electronics Engineer to own the design, development and testing of power systems for payloads and spacecraft. You will drive high-performance conversions, distribution and control electronics across electrical, mechanical, and software teams, ensuring flight-ready hardware.

The role demands hands-on leadership and experience taking concepts to qualification and flight, with strong C/C++ firmware, real-time embedded systems, and motor control