Sr Electrical Design Engineer

Designs, analyzes, tests, and documents space-qualified analog, digital, and power electronics hardware for spacecraft power and avionics systems.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering

• Minimum of 5 years of electronic circuit design experience

• Experience designing analog and digital circuits

• Experience designing DC/DC converters, switching regulators, and power-switching circuits

• Experience with isolated and non-isolated switched-mode power supplies

• Experience with common-mode and differential-mode power filtering

• Experience designing active filters, amplifiers, op-amp circuits, and comparator circuits

• Experience with high-side FET drivers using monolithic or discrete solutions

• Experience with GaN FETs or comparable high-efficiency semiconductor devices

• Experience with load switches and power-conditioning circuits

• Experience creating schematics with OrCAD X or comparable ECAD tools

• Experience coordinating PCB layout and design reviews with layout engineers

• Experience using SPICE-based simulation tools

• Experience performing worst-case, stability, load-regulation, and thermal analyses

• Experience supporting board bring-up, hardware validation, and troubleshooting

• Experience integrating electronic hardware with FPGA, microcontroller, or microprocessor-based interfaces

• Ability to travel up to 10%

Preferred Skills

• Master’s degree in electrical engineering

• Minimum of 8 years of power electronics design experience

• Experience developing power electronics boards for space-based electrical power systems

• Experience designing space-qualified or high-reliability electronic hardware

• Proficiency with OrCAD X, Allegro X, and Altium Designer

• Proficiency with PSpice, LTspice, or comparable circuit simulation tools

• Knowledge of spacecraft electrical power system architectures

• Knowledge of EMI and EMC design practices

• Knowledge of grounding, shielding, and signal-segregation methods

• Experience selecting components based on radiation tolerance, derating, reliability, and parts-stress requirements

• Experience with transient, steady-state, and power-integrity analysis

• Experience conducting unit-level and subsystem-level hardware verification

• Experience performing root-cause corrective action investigations

• Experience leading electronics design activities throughout the product lifecycle

• Experience preparing customer design reviews and technical data packages

Job Responsibilities

• Design space-qualified power electronics hardware

• Develop high-efficiency DC/DC converters and switching regulators

• Design power-switching and conditioning circuits using GaN FETs and related semiconductor technologies

• Design analog, digital, filtering, amplifier, and control-interface circuits

• Develop isolated and non-isolated switched-mode power supplies

• Design common-mode and differential-mode filtering circuits

• Develop high-side gate-drive and load-switching solutions

• Perform worst-case circuit analysis

• Evaluate loop stability, load regulation, transient response, and thermal performance

• Perform SPICE-based transient and steady-state simulations

• Create schematics and electrical design documentation using OrCAD X

• Coordinate PCB layout activities with layout engineers

• Review PCB layouts for power integrity, signal integrity, EMI/EMC, grounding, and manufacturability

• Select components for space environments based on electrical performance, derating, radiation tolerance, and reliability

• Perform parts-stress and component-reliability analyses

• Generate design descriptions, analysis reports, calculations, and review packages

• Support internal and customer architecture and design reviews

• Conduct board bring-up and hardware validation testing

• Develop and execute hardware test procedures

• Troubleshoot circuit, power, thermal, signal, and interface anomalies

• Perform root-cause analysis and implement corrective actions

• Support integration with spacecraft electrical power and avionics subsystems

• Coordinate electrical interfaces with systems, manufacturing, software, and test engineering teams

• Support unit-level and subsystem-level verification activities

• Verify hardware meets mission, performance, environmental, and reliability requirements

• Support design maturation, production readiness, and manufacturing transition

• Maintain schematics, PCB records, analyses, test data, and configuration documentation

Pay: 75-95/hr

Benefit offerings include medical, dental, vision, term life insurance, short-term disability insurance, additional voluntary benefits, commuter benefits and 401K plan. Our program provides employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. Available paid leave may include Paid Sick Leave, where required by law; any other paid leave required by Federal, State or local law; and Holiday pay upon meeting eligibility criteria. Disclaimer: These benefit offerings do not apply to client-recruited jobs and jobs which are direct hire to a client.

Pay Details: $75.00 to $95.00 per hour

Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, EAP program, commuter benefits and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable.

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