Power Electronics Engineer

SpaceX

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Work type: On-site
Location: Hawthorne, CA
Salary: $105,000–$140,000 / yr
Posted: 79 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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About SpaceX

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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The Power Electronics Engineer (Starship) joins the Starship electrical hardware development team to build advanced electronics for orbital flight and space travel. This role involves rapidly developing high-reliability electronics for rockets and spacecraft, specifically designing, analyzing, and testing DC-DC power converters and power distribution products for harsh environments. Daily responsibilities include driving system trades, requirements capture, component selection, schematic capture, prototyping, bring-up, debugging, documentation, manufacturing, and testing. Candidates should possess skills in circuit board layout, switching power converters, power magnetics, analog control loops, solid state load switches, motor inverters, EMI/EMC compliance, and sensor signal conditioning. The work focuses on solving technical challenges related to high voltage devices, lithium ion batteries, power distribution optimization, and spacecraft electrical power systems while ensuring design for fault tolerance and reliability.

Skills

Power Electronics Circuit Board Layout Schematic Capture Power Distribution Analog Control Loops EMI/EMC Compliance lithium ion batteries Planar Magnetics Signal Conditioning Motor Inverters Voltage and Current Mode Control Scripting Simulation Radiation Effects design-for-manufacturing Impedance Measurement

What you'll do

Rapidly develop high-reliability electronics for rockets and spacecraft.
Drive system trades, requirements capture, component selection, and schematic capture.
Design, analyze, and test DC-DC power converters and power distribution products for harsh environments.
Perform prototyping, bring-up, debugging, documentation, manufacturing, and testing of hardware.
Develop requirements and design trades for electrical power systems and sub-systems.
Implement changes to improve system efficiency, manufacturability, and reliability.

What we're looking for

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or similar discipline.
1+ years of experience designing, building, or testing circuit boards or other electronics.
Ability to work extended hours or weekends as needed for mission critical deadlines.
Must be a U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, asylee, or eligible for required Department of State authorizations.
Master’s degree in electrical engineering or related field (preferred).
Experience with circuit board layout, switching power converters, or high-speed digital applications (preferred).
Experience designing switching power converters, power magnetics, analog control loops, or EMI/EMC compliance (preferred).
Experience in modeling, simulation, and testing of power electronics (preferred).

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