Senior Space Power Engineer — Autonomous Spacecraft

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

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Health insurance

Dental

Vision

HRA/HSA options

PTO and paid holidays

401K

Parental Leave

Job summary

True Anomaly is seeking a Staff Power Engineer to lead the design, analysis, and validation of spacecraft electrical power systems across programs. You will own power architecture decisions, drive design trades, and mentor junior engineers while collaborating with avionics, systems, software, and propulsion teams for seamless integration.

Based onsite at our Centennial, CO or Long Beach, CA facilities, you will oversee PDR/CDR reviews, develop comprehensive power budgets, and shape test

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 8+ years of professional experience in spacecraft or high-reliability electrical power systems design.
• Experience leading PDR/CDR for power or electrical subsystems.
• Experience with radiation effects on power system components and radiation-tolerant design.
• Proficiency with power system modeling, analysis, and simulation tools.
• Experience with spacecraft power budgeting across all mission phases.
• Familiarity with lab/test equipment including power supplies, oscilloscopes, ECAD tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead 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, ensuring designs meet requirements.
• Develop and maintain spacecraft power budgets across all mission phases.
• Perform power system modeling/simulation of on-orbit generation, eclipse cycling, and load analysis.
• Design and analyze power conversion and regulation circuits, including DC/DC converters and fault protection schemes.
• Conduct derating and worst-case analyses for power electronics per standards.
• Perform radiation and reliability analyses for power system components.

Skills

Solar arrays

Battery technologies

Charge control

DC/DC converters

Peak power tracking

Power distribution

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

Altium Designer

SPICE

MATLAB

Job description

True Anomaly is seeking a Staff Power Engineer to lead the design, analysis, and validation of spacecraft electrical power systems across programs. You will own power architecture decisions, drive design trades, and mentor junior engineers while collaborating with avionics, systems, software, and propulsion teams for seamless integration.

Based onsite at our Centennial, CO or Long Beach, CA facilities, you will oversee PDR/CDR reviews, develop comprehensive power budgets, and shape test