Senior Power Electronics Engineer

SpaceX

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Work type: On-site
Location: Hawthorne, CA
Salary: $140,000–$205,000 / yr
Posted: 33 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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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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TL;DR · Senior Power Electronics Engineer

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Sr. Power Electronics Engineer (Starship) joins the electrical hardware development team to build advanced electronics for rockets and spacecraft. This role involves driving system trades, requirements capture, component selection, schematic capture, prototyping, debugging, and manufacturing for high-reliability systems. The engineer will design, analyze, and test DC-DC power converters and power distribution products specifically for harsh environments while collaborating across departments to improve efficiency and manufacturability. Key technical skills include experience with circuit board layout, switching power converters, power magnetics, analog control loops, solid state load switches, motor inverters, EMI/EMC compliance, and sensor signal conditioning. Additional expertise includes high voltage devices, lithium ion batteries, power distribution optimization, and modeling of power electronics. The role addresses the technical challenge of developing robust electrical power systems for orbital flight and space travel applications.

Skills

Power Electronics Circuit Board Design Power Distribution Analog Control Loops EMI/EMC Magnetics Planar Magnetics lithium ion batteries Simulation Scripting Signal Conditioning Spacecraft Electrical Power Systems

What you'll do

Develop high-reliability electronics for rockets and spacecraft.
Design, analyze, and test DC-DC power converters and distribution products for harsh environments.
Drive system trades, requirements capture, component selection, and schematic capture.
Perform prototyping, bring-up, debugging, and documentation of electrical systems.
Manage the manufacturing and testing processes for new hardware.
Develop requirements and design trade-offs for electrical power subsystems.
Automate hardware development functions using scripting to accelerate analysis or simulation.

What we're looking for

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or similar discipline.
5+ years of experience designing, building, or testing circuit boards or other electronics.
Must be a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, refugee, asylee, or eligible for required export control authorizations.
Master's degree in electrical engineering or related field (preferred).
Experience with circuit board layout, switching power converters, high-speed digital applications, and power magnetics (preferred).
Experience designing switching power converters, analog control loops, motor inverters, or sensor signal conditioning circuits (preferred).
Experience with high voltage devices, lithium ion batteries, or power distribution optimization (preferred).
Experience in modeling, simulation, testing of power electronics, and automating hardware development functions (preferred).

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