Power Electronics Engineer, Satellites
SpaceX
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SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft with the mission of enabling humans to become a multi-planetary species. It operates the Falcon 9, Falcon Heavy, and Starship launch vehicles, as well as the Starlink satellite internet constellation.
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Power Electronics Engineer, Consumer Hardware & Gateways (Starlink) joins the Starlink team to design and test highly reliable power electronics for hardware communicating with satellites. The role involves developing AC/DC and DC-DC converters ranging from watt-class boards to multi-kW racks, ensuring ground station antenna hardware withstands harsh environments or powering consumer-facing devices. Key responsibilities include owning schematic capture, magnetics specification, control-loop design, and layout constraints through prototype bring-up. You will architect system-level power distribution and perform verification for efficiency, thermal, EMC, and reliability. Required skills include experience with power electronics, converters, magnetics, or power stages. Preferred expertise includes analog control, discrete logic, fault tolerance, power factor correction, and modeling. This role solves technical challenges in high-power distribution for global satellite internet infrastructure.
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