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Senior-Staff Electrical Engineer (Power Systems)

True Anomaly

Skills

Required

  • circuit design tools
  • Altium
  • Designer
  • ECAD
  • SPICE
  • MATLAB
  • electrical power systems design
  • PDR/CDR
  • power or electrical subsystems
  • solar array systems

Preferred

  • fault management
  • autonomous protection schemes
  • spacecraft power systems
  • MIL-STD-461

As a Senior-Staff Electrical Engineer (Power Systems), you will be a senior technical leader on the Power team, responsible for the design, analysis, and performance of spacecraft electrical power subsystems. You will drive power architecture decisions, lead the design and development of spacecraft electrical power systems, and collaborate with various teams to ensure seamless integration of power systems.

About True Anomaly

  • True Anomaly, a pioneering company in the space security industry.
  • Conduire les décisions d'architecture de puissance, de la conception des panneaux solaires et du stockage d'énergie à la distribution et à la protection.

Responsibilities

  • Diriger la conception et le développement des systèmes d'alimentation électrique des engins spatiaux, y compris les panneaux solaires, les systèmes de batteries, les unités de distribution d'énergie.
  • Développer et maintenir les budgets d'alimentation des engins spatiaux, y compris la génération, le stockage, la distribution et les analyses de charge.
  • Demonstrated experience with radiation effects on power system components and radiation-tolerant design practices
  • Proficiency with power system modeling, analysis, and simulation tools
  • Experience with spacecraft power budgeting across all mission phases, including launch, tip-off, eclipse, and end-of-life
  • Experience designing, analyzing, and testing for spacecraft charging effects
  • Familiarity with lab test equipment including power supplies, oscilloscopes, electronic loads, and solar array simulators

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

  • Advanced experience with circuit design tools (Altium Designer or equivalent ECAD) and analysis tools (SPICE, MATLAB, or similar)
  • Minimum 8 years of professional experience in spacecraft or high-reliability electrical power systems design
  • Experience leading preliminary and critical design reviews (PDR/CDR) for power or electrical subsystems

Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

  • Strong technical background in solar array systems, battery technologies (Li-ion, LiFePO4), charge control, DC/DC converters, peak power tracking, and power distribution
  • Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related field
  • Experience with GEO, LEO, or other operational orbit regimes and their implications for power system design

Preferred

  • Experience with fault management and autonomous protection schemes for spacecraft power systems
  • Experience with EEE parts screening and qualification per EEE-INST-002 or NASA-INST-002
  • Familiarity with EMI/EMC qualification and mitigation per GSFC-STD-7000 (GEVS) and MIL-STD-461
  • Experience developing EGSE or HIL test environments for power subsystem validation
  • Knowledge of power supply stability analysis techniques
  • Experience working in a fast-paced, startup environment or a similarly dynamic setting

Pay

USD 135,000 - 250,000

Benefits

  • Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including 100% employer-sponsored healthcare, generous time off, equity options, 401k and Roth 401k options, and learning and development opportunities.