Senior Space Power Electronics Engineer

Space Kinetic; El Segundo (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity-based compensation

401(k) with 3.5% company match

Generous PTO

Paid holidays + winter break

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Performance-based bonus opportunities

Job summary

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

You will interact across electrical, mechanical, controls, software, and systems teams to translate requirements into robust architectures and flight-ready hardware.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Controls Engineering, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in embedded systems, motor controls, or power controls.
• Strong embedded firmware development skills in C/C++.
• Experience with BLDC/PMSM motor control, commutation, and closed-loop control.
• Experience with microcontrollers, PWM, ADCs, and real-time embedded systems.
• Experience integrating firmware with motor drives and power electronics.
• Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. 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 systems.
• 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, electrical interfaces, and hardware specs.
• Lead hardware bring-up, debugging, characterization, and qualification testing.
• Collaborate with controls and embedded systems engineers on interfaces and control strategies.
• Support vehicle integration, environmental testing, and flight hardware development.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship while remaining hands-on.

Skills

Embedded systems

Motor controls

Power controls

C/C++

Microcontrollers

PWM

Real-time systems

BLDC/PMSM control

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer/Controls Engineering

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

RTOS

FPGA controls

Hardware-in-the-loop testing

Job description

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

You will interact across electrical, mechanical, controls, software, and systems teams to translate requirements into robust architectures and flight-ready hardware.