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Senior Power Electronics Engineer Verified today

Apex Spacecraft · Los Angeles, CA · Electronics · first seen 2026-07-16
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About the Role

Apex is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to lead design of avionics, flight computers and power systems for commercial satellite buses. You will drive clean-sheet design, inform coupled trades across vehicle architecture, and push the limits of design performance.

Responsibilities

  • Provide engineering expertise in design, analysis, and testing of DC-DC power converters for harsh environments.
  • Work on electrical power system and sub-system level design trades and develop requirements.
  • Define and perform electrical power system verification testing and analysis.
  • Work with multidisciplinary teams of design, test, and production engineers to create new power electronics hardware.
  • Drive system and electrical architecture trades, product requirements, component selection, design analysis, schematic capture, prototyping, bring-up, design documentation, manufacturing planning, and production test.
  • Provide technical leadership across the organization, manage related risk and change across the program and drive new technology introduction.

Requirements

  • U.S. Person status required (access to export controlled data).
  • 6+ years of spacecraft electronics experience.
  • Experience across multiple spacecraft programs.
  • Bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering or related field. Master's degree preferred.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, able to convey decisions and conclusions to multiple audiences.
  • Extensive experience in spacecraft design, launch, and operation across all phases of the development lifecycle.
  • Experience in integrated software/hardware verification and testing.

Compensation

Salary: $165,000 to $195,000 annually.

What We Offer

  • Equity in Apex.
  • 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision for you and dependents, plus $100k life insurance at no cost.
  • 15 days vacation growing to 20+ days annually, plus 10 paid holidays.
  • 401(k) plan: 100% match on first 3%, 50% on next 2%.
  • 8 weeks paid parental leave plus childcare reimbursement up to $350/day for work-related travel.
  • Daily catered lunch and unlimited snacks.
  • Monthly office socials, pickleball tournaments, run club, and family gatherings.
  • Full workspace setup provided.
  • In-person collaboration at Playa Vista office with work-life flexibility.

ITAR Requirements

Apex's work is governed by U.S. export control laws including ITAR and EAR. Applicants must either qualify as a U.S. Person (U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee) or be able to obtain required export authorizations from U.S. government agencies.