Spacecraft Power Electronics Engineer — EPS & Power Systems

Katalyst Space; Broomfield (CO); On-site; USD 105,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options & equity

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

401(k)

Unlimited PTO

Catered lunches

Job summary

Katalyst Space is seeking a highly skilled Electrical Engineer to contribute to the design, testing, and qualification of spacecraft power systems. The role focuses on EPS hardware like power conversion, distribution, and interfaces, with emphasis on switch‑mode supplies and EMI‑aware layouts.

You will collaborate with test engineers to perform bench, thermal vacuum, and vibration campaigns, ensuring power interfaces perform across nominal and fault conditions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or equivalent field.
• 3-5 years of experience designing, testing, or integrating power electronics, spacecraft EPS hardware, battery/solar power interfaces, or closely related high‑reliability power systems.
• Experience designing or modifying schematics and PCB layouts for power electronics, including high‑current routing, grounding, thermal considerations, creepage/clearance, current sensing, and EMI/EMC‑aware layout practices.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the design, iteration, and qualification of Katalyst’s spacecraft Electrical Power System (EPS).
• Design, modify, and review schematics, PCB layouts, interface definitions, and analysis packages for spacecraft power electronics, with emphasis on switch‑mode power supplies and DC/DC converters.
• Support integrated operation of EPS hardware during functional, performance, and qualification testing with test engineers.
• Help own integrated functional testing of EPS hardware with avionics, flight software, mechanisms, payloads, and other subsystems.
• Plan and execute targeted stress, margin, and performance testing across design extremes.

Skills

Power electronics

Switch‑mode PSU design

DC/DC converter architectures

PCB layout review

EMI/EMC‑aware layouts

Schematic capture in Altium

Test and debugging with scopes

Telemetry and power interfaces

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering

3-5 years experience in power electronics or EPS hardware

Tools

Altium

Oscilloscope

Electronic loads

Job description

Katalyst Space is seeking a highly skilled Electrical Engineer to contribute to the design, testing, and qualification of spacecraft power systems. The role focuses on EPS hardware like power conversion, distribution, and interfaces, with emphasis on switch‑mode supplies and EMI‑aware layouts.

You will collaborate with test engineers to perform bench, thermal vacuum, and vibration campaigns, ensuring power interfaces perform across nominal and fault conditions.