Early Power Electronics Engineer

The role

You will drive the architecture, development, and delivery of flight-critical power systems for spacecraft. This includes designing spacecraft power generation, storage, conversion, and distribution.

What you will do

• Design, analysis, and testing of spacecraft power systems including power generation, energy storage, distribution, and DC-DC conversion
• Work on electrical power system and sub-system level design trades and develop requirements
• Perform electrical power system verification testing and analysis
• Work with multidisciplinary teams to create new power electronics hardware
• Drive system and electrical architecture trades, product requirements, and component selection
• Perform schematic capture, prototyping, bring-up, and design documentation
• Manage manufacturing planning and production test for electrical designs
• Learn technical leadership and manage related risk and change across the program

Required qualifications

• U.S. Person status is required
• 1+ years of spacecraft electronics experience
• Experience across spacecraft power systems
• Bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering or a related field
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Extensive experience in spacecraft design, launch, and operation
• Experience in integrated software/hardware verification and testing

Nice to have

• Master’s degree

Benefits

• Equity in Apex
• 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision for you and your dependents
• $100k life insurance at no cost
• Starting at 15 days vacation, growing to 20+ days annually
• 10 paid holidays
• 100% match on first 3% and 50% on next 2% 401(k) matching
• 8 weeks paid parental leave
• Childcare reimbursement up to $350/day for work-related travel
• Daily catered lunch and unlimited snacks
• Monthly office socials, pickleball tournaments, run club, and gatherings

Before you apply

• U.S. Person status is required to access export controlled data
• Must qualify as a U.S. Person or be able to obtain required export authorizations

About the company

Apex manufactures satellite buses at scale using software, vertical integration, and hardware designed for manufacturing. The company is a fast-growing startup that has raised more than $500M in funding.