Space-Grade Power Electronics Engineer for Satellite Links

Northwood Space; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 104,000 - 153,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwood Space is seeking an Electrical Engineer (Power Electronics) to own the power conversion and distribution electronics for Prism, a 2.4 meter parabolic antenna for high‑throughput satellite links. You will design the power systems from architecture through prototype, testing, and production, with hands‑on experience in field‑ready hardware.

Responsibilities include designing AC‑DC and DC‑DC converters, defining power architecture, and ensuring reliability, efficiency, and proper

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or a related field.
• 3+–5+ years of power electronics hardware design experience.
• Experience designing switched‑mode power converters (buck, boost, flyback, LLC, etc.) at hundreds of watts or more.
• Experience taking power hardware from schematic through bring‑up, characterization, and debug in the lab.
• Proficiency with circuit simulation tools such as LTspice, PLECS, or SIMetrix.
• Comfort with power electronics test equipment, including oscilloscopes with differential/current probes, electronic loads, and power analyzers.

Responsibilities

• Design power electronics for Prism, including AC‑DC and DC‑DC conversion, power distribution, and the supplies that drive high power RF amplifiers.
• Define Prism’s power architecture and drive system trades across efficiency, thermal load, reliability, cost, and deployment speed.
• Design load switching, sequencing, and power path protection schemes, including fault detection and recovery.
• Perform schematic capture, PCB layout oversight, and bring‑up of power hardware.
• Build circuit and system models to analyze and verify power system performance, including stability, transient response, and efficiency.
• Define interfaces between the power system and Prism’s RF, digital, and motion control loads.
• Qualify designs through environmental and EMI/EMC testing.

Skills

Power electronics design

Switch‑mode converters

Circuit simulation

Lab debugging

EMI/EMC testing

Education

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering

Master's degree or PhD (preferred)

Tools

LTspice

PLECS

SIMetrix

Job description

Northwood Space is seeking an Electrical Engineer (Power Electronics) to own the power conversion and distribution electronics for Prism, a 2.4 meter parabolic antenna for high‑throughput satellite links. You will design the power systems from architecture through prototype, testing, and production, with hands‑on experience in field‑ready hardware.

Responsibilities include designing AC‑DC and DC‑DC converters, defining power architecture, and ensuring reliability, efficiency, and proper