Spacecraft Power Electronics Engineer (Early Stage)

Apex Technology, Inc.; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 88,000 - 121,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Healthcare

PTO

401(k) matching

Parental leave

Catered lunches

Playa Vista office

Job summary

Apex Technology, Inc. is seeking an Early Power Electronics Engineer to design and drive flight‑critical power systems for our spacecraft.

You will lead architecture, development, and delivery for power generation, storage, conversion, and distribution, with opportunities to work across Apex’s fleet of spacecraft platforms. You will collaborate with design, test, and production teams to push technology while ensuring compliance with ITAR and export controls, shaping the next generation of space

Qualifications

• U.S. Person status is required as this position needs to access export controlled data.
• 1+ years of spacecraft electronics experience.
• Experience across spacecraft power systems.
• Bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering or a related field. Master’s degree preferred but not required.
• Possess excellent interpersonal skills, able to work effectively within an organization and convey decisions, direction, and conclusions in a manner meaningful to multiple audiences.
• Extensive experience in spacecraft design, launch, and operation, including experience at all phases of the development lifecycle.
• Experience in integrated software/hardware verification and testing.

Responsibilities

• Design, analysis, and testing of spacecraft power systems, including power generation, energy storage, distribution, and DC‑DC conversion for harsh environments.
• Work on electrical power system and sub‑system level design trades and develop requirements.
• Perform electrical power system verification testing and analysis.
• Work with multidisciplinary teams of design, test, and production engineers to create new power electronics hardware.
• Drive system and electrical architecture trades, product requirements, component selection, design analysis, schematic capture, prototyping, bring‑up, design documentation, manufacturing planning, and production test for electrical designs.
• Learn technical leadership across the organization, manage related risk and change across the program and drive new technology introduction.

Skills

Spacecraft electronics experience

Power systems knowledge

Interpersonal skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering or related field

Master’s degree preferred

Job description

Apex Technology, Inc. is seeking an Early Power Electronics Engineer to design and drive flight‑critical power systems for our spacecraft.

You will lead architecture, development, and delivery for power generation, storage, conversion, and distribution, with opportunities to work across Apex’s fleet of spacecraft platforms. You will collaborate with design, test, and production teams to push technology while ensuring compliance with ITAR and export controls, shaping the next generation of space