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 - High Voltage (Starlink) The Power Electronics Engineer - High Voltage (Starlink) joins the traveling wave tube amplifier team to develop high-voltage power supplies for SpaceX gateways. This role involves owning the full hardware lifecycle, from conceptual design and prototyping to high-volume production and ground station operation. You will design, analyze, and test DC-DC power converters capable of supporting tens of kilovolts and hundreds of watts in harsh environments. Key responsibilities include performing electrical power system trades, defining verification testing, and interacting with digital embedded devices and analog sensing. Required skills include experience with magnetics, custom transformers, planar magnetics, and power electronics modeling. You will solve technical challenges in high-frequency, high-bandwidth amplification systems to provide reliable broadband internet from ground stations to the Starlink satellite constellation.
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