Electrical Engineer - Space Solar

The role

This person will design, qualify, and bring to scaled production high voltage power conversion for array conditioning. They will work on the Starlight team to improve space solar power.

What you will do

• Design, qualify, and bring to scaled production high voltage power conversion for array conditioning
• Flow down system requirements, conduct trade space analysis, and conduct design from system topology to schematic to layout
• Design, manufacture, and test prototype hardware on rapid iteration timelines
• Select manufacturing methods and equipment to achieve low cost scalability
• Interface with adjacent teams to package hardware into viable mechanical systems
• Define qualification and acceptance criteria to achieve reliability in the mechanical, thermal, and radiation environments of space
• Management of hazardous high voltage testing

Required qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering
• 2+ years of experience building, testing, and debugging PCBAs
• An ability to learn skills and theory quickly to meet project requirements
• A desire to make Humans a multi-planet species

Nice to have

• Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering
• Experience with high efficiency DC power converter design
• Experience in defensive design against high voltage effects including primary and secondary arcing, partial discharge, and insulation breakdown
• Experience harnessing economies of scale in space applications
• Experience with acceptance and qualification standards typically used both for terrestrial PCBs (e.g. IPC) and spaceflight (e.g. NASA STD)
• Desire and capability to develop hardware on rapid timelines
• Desire and capability to own hardware from prototype to production
• Desire and capability to build test support hardware (custom harnessing, fixtures, etc.) and facilitate test campaigns
• A strong desire to make Humans a multi-planet species

Benefits

• health, dental, vision, and retirement plans
• Paid time off, holidays, and flexible policies
• Professional growth opportunities through training and development
• The chance to own high-impact work that directly shapes the future of robotics & space!
• A collaborative, mission-driven culture where craftsmanship and innovation are celebrated

Before you apply

• To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, you must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv)

About the company

Starpath develops and manufactures the technologies that will enable humans to live on the Moon and Mars. They are building robotic systems that locally produce water, power, and oxygen.