Senior Space Power Architect & Lead Engineer

Menlo Ventures; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision benefits

401K

Paid time off & holidays

Parental leave

Job summary

True Anomaly is seeking a Staff Power Engineer to lead spacecraft electrical power systems design and analysis across programs. You will own power architecture decisions from solar arrays to distribution, ensuring reliability for mission-critical space operations.

You will mentor junior engineers, drive PDR/CDR for power subsystems, and partner with avionics, systems engineering, software, and propulsion to enable seamless integration and robust space power solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 8+ years in spacecraft or high-reliability electrical power systems design.
• Strong background in solar array systems, battery technologies, charge control, DC/DC converters, peak power tracking, and power distribution.
• Experience with radiation effects on power system components and radiation-tolerant design practices.
• Experience leading preliminary and critical design reviews (PDR/CDR) for power or electrical subsystems.
• Proficiency with power system modeling, analysis, and simulation tools.
• Experience with spacecraft power budgeting across all mission phases (launch, eclipse, end-of-life).
• Advanced experience with circuit design tools (Altium) and analysis tools (SPICE, MATLAB).
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of spacecraft electrical power systems, including solar arrays, battery systems, power distribution units, and protection circuits.
• Own power architecture trades and drive technical decisions balancing performance, mass, thermal, radiation tolerance, cost, and schedule.
• Lead PDR/CDR for power subsystems to meet requirements.
• Develop and maintain spacecraft power budgets across all mission phases.
• Perform power system modeling, simulation, and analysis including on-orbit generation and eclipse cycling.
• Design and analyze power conversion and regulation circuits (DC/DC, peak power tracking, fault protection).
• Conduct derating and worst-case analyses for power electronics per standards.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers on the Power team.

Skills

Power engineering

Solar arrays

Battery tech

DC/DC converters

Power distribution

PDR/CDR leadership

Modeling & simulation

Orbital power budgeting

ECAD tools (Altium)

MATLAB / SPICE

Education

Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering

Master's in Electrical/Aerospace Eng (preferred)

Tools

Altium Designer

SPICE

MATLAB

Job description

True Anomaly is seeking a Staff Power Engineer to lead spacecraft electrical power systems design and analysis across programs. You will own power architecture decisions from solar arrays to distribution, ensuring reliability for mission-critical space operations.

You will mentor junior engineers, drive PDR/CDR for power subsystems, and partner with avionics, systems engineering, software, and propulsion to enable seamless integration and robust space power solutions.