Senior Space Power Electronics Architect

Space Kinetic; El Segundo (CA); Vor Ort; USD 160.000 - 200.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Equity-Based Compensation

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

Highly Competitive PTO

Paid company holidays + winter break

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vis

Unique Performance-based bonus

Zusammenfassung

Space Kinetic is seeking a Senior Power Electronics Engineer to own design, development, integration, and testing of power electronics for payloads and spacecraft. You will lead high-performance conversion, distribution, and control electronics for flight-critical hardware.

You’ll collaborate across electrical, mechanical, controls, software, and systems teams to translate requirements into robust, flight-ready architectures while guiding a hands-on, high-urgency environment at our El Segundo HQ.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related STEM field.
• 7+ years of professional power electronics design experience.
• Experience with power conversion, switching electronics, and motor drives.
• Strong understanding of power semiconductors, gate drivers, and high-current/high-voltage circuit design.
• Experience with power distribution, electrical protection, and energy storage systems.
• Proficiency with schematic capture, PCB design, and electrical analysis.
• Experience troubleshooting and qualifying complex electrical hardware.
• Ability to independently lead technical development while working across multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government security clearance.

Aufgaben

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

Kenntnisse

Power electronics design

Power conversion

Motor drives

High-current/high-voltage design

Power semiconductors

Gate drivers

PCB design

Electrical analysis

Technical leadership

Security clearance readiness

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Schematic capture

PCB design

Jobbeschreibung

Space Kinetic is seeking a Senior Power Electronics Engineer to own design, development, integration, and testing of power electronics for payloads and spacecraft. You will lead high-performance conversion, distribution, and control electronics for flight-critical hardware.

You’ll collaborate across electrical, mechanical, controls, software, and systems teams to translate requirements into robust, flight-ready architectures while guiding a hands-on, high-urgency environment at our El Segundo HQ.