Senior Power Electronics Engineer

SpaceX

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Work type: On-site
Location: Hawthorne, CA
Salary: $140,000–$205,000 / yr
Posted: 79 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
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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The Sr. Power Electronics Engineer (Starship) joins the Starship electrical hardware development team to build advanced electronics for rockets and spacecraft. This role involves rapidly developing high-reliability electronics, driving system trades, capturing requirements, and performing component selection, schematic capture, prototyping, debugging, and manufacturing. The engineer will specifically design, analyze, and test DC-DC power converters and power distribution products for harsh environments. Key technical skills include circuit board layout for switching power converters, power magnetics, analog control loops, solid state load switches, motor inverters, and EMI/EMC compliance. Candidates should possess experience with high voltage devices, lithium ion batteries, and planar magnetics. The work focuses on solving complex electrical power system challenges to ensure efficient, manufacturable, and reliable hardware for orbital flight and space travel.

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Power Electronics Circuit Board Layout Schematic Capture Power Magnetics Analog Control Loops EMI/EMC Compliance lithium ion batteries Power Distribution Simulation Scripting Impedance Measurement Loop-gain Measurement Radiation Effects design-for-manufacturing Signal Conditioning

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.
Develop requirements for electrical power system and sub-system level design trades.
Perform prototyping, bring-up, debugging, documentation, manufacturing, and testing of hardware.
Drive system changes to improve efficiency, manufacturability, and reliability.

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.
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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