Analog and Power Electronics Engineer
The Analog and Power Electronics Engineer will participate in both flight spacecraft system development and research projects in collaboration with science and engineering staff. This is a hands-on rapid prototyping electrical engineering role that requires theoretical understanding and practical application of power electronics, high frequency switching systems, high voltage systems, circuit design, rapid prototyping, and related disciplines. The ideal candidate has 4 plus years of design and development experience and an Electrical Engineering BS, MS, or PhD.
Key Responsibilities:
- Specify, architect, design, and develop innovative analog and mixed-signal electronic systems, especially high voltage power electronics systems.
- Produce system level, sub-system level, and block level design including circuit architecture, circuit element selection, circuit and sub-system simulations.
- Develop and use mixed-signal behavioral models and behavioral simulation techniques and tools to verify sub-system and system functionality and performance.
- Contribute to package selection/evaluation and validation of board and packaging design.
- Create validation plans and scripts, and collect and assess validation results.
- Support cross-functional teams including digital design, product engineering, test engineering, and production engineering
- Create clear and thorough documentation of design and product development activities to ensure high quality designs and to support dissemination of important design information to cross-functional teams
Education & Work Experience
- Minimum: BS plus 4 years design experience,
- Preferred: BS, MS, or PhD in Electrical Engineering plus 8 years analog and power electronics design and verification experience
Basic Qualifications:
- Experience throughout the engineering lifecycle (system definition, design, build, test and deployment)
- Experience designing Analog Electronic circuitry or Electromechanical systems
Desired Skills:
- Experience preparing and leading major engineering design reviews throughout the development lifecycle with an outward facing role to the customer.
- Experience in various phases of the aerospace electronics component development cycle.
- Knowledge of front-end product development, including generating requirements, mechanical and thermal packaging, analog and digital design, and transition to production
- Working knowledge of electronic component qualification requirements, including EMI/EMC and survivability.
- Electrical circuit simulation (ORCAD, PSPICE, LTSPICE)
- Electrical circuit analysis
- High reliability electronics development
- Prior spacecraft electrical engineering experience, especially high voltage systems
- Working knowledge of electronics product acceptance test methodologies and special test equipment.
- Strong technical communication skills
- Good written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience adapting and modifying ground based COTS system for space qualification is a big plus
Key features of the job include
- High level of empowerment and autonomy to build, test and fly hardware in under a year from concept to flight based on proprietary technology
- Stock options in a highly valued venture funded startup
- Membership in a dynamic team of gifted and intellectually diverse professionals
- Excellent benefits and bonus structures
Salary and option compensation is commensurate with experience and training and competitive with Series A level Silicon Valley space startups but with exceptionally good benefits. This is a full time position in Santa Clara California.This position requires access to export-controlled commodities, technical data, technology, software, and services. U.S. citizenship, U.S. legal permanent resident status, protected person status under 8 U.S.C. § 1324b(a)(3), or U.S. Government export authorization is required.