Senior Motor and Power Controls Engineer

The role

You will own the design, development, integration, and testing of power electronics and electrical power systems for spacecraft and payloads. You will lead the development of high-performance power conversion, distribution, and control electronics.

What you will do

• Lead the architecture and design of power electronics for spacecraft and electromechanical systems.
• Design high-power switching electronics, DC/DC converters, motor drives, and power distribution systems.
• Develop power architectures incorporating energy storage, battery management, protection, and distribution.
• Perform electrical, thermal, efficiency, transient response, and component derating analyses.
• Select and qualify power semiconductors, gate drivers, magnetics, and other critical components.
• Develop schematics, PCB layouts, electrical interfaces, and hardware specifications.
• Lead hardware bring-up, debugging, characterization, and qualification testing.
• Collaborate with controls and embedded systems engineers on power electronics interfaces and control strategies.
• Support vehicle integration, environmental testing, and flight hardware development.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship while remaining hands-on with design and development.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Controls Engineering, or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience in embedded systems, motor controls, or power controls.
• Strong embedded firmware development skills in C/C++
• Experience with BLDC/PMSM motor control, commutation, and closed-loop control
• Experience with microcontrollers, PWM, ADCs, and real-time embedded systems.
• Experience integrating firmware with motor drives and power electronics.
• Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export-controlled information or facilities.

Nice to have

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• Experience with Field-Oriented Control (FOC) and motor-control optimization.
• Experience with isolated DC/DC converters, battery charging, and high-voltage power systems.
• Familiarity with CAN, SPI, I2C, UART, and embedded communication protocols.
• Experience with RTOS, FPGA-based controls, or hardware-in-the-loop testing.
• Experience developing controls for aerospace, spacecraft, robotics, or other high-performance electromechanical systems.

Benefits

• Equity-Based Compensation
• 401(k) retirement plan with a 3.5% company match
• Highly Competitive PTO
• Paid company holidays + winter break
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Unique Performance-based bonus opportunities

Before you apply

• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful, permanent resident, Refugee, or Asylee to conform to U.S. Government export regulations.

About the company

Space Kinetic is a dual-use space technology startup building a new architecture for space operations. The company aims to create a one-to-many system where satellites deploy multiple payloads at high velocities.