Electrical Engineer - Space Solar

Location: Los Angeles (Hawthorne), CA

Employment Type: Full-time

Department: Starlight Solar

Travel: Occasional

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

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

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

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) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Starpath is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.