Senior Staff Power Electronics Engineer Verified today

CesiumAstro develops communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and airborne platforms. The Skylark product line focuses on active phased array antennas (AESA) for terrestrial and airborne applications, including high-power ground terminals for missile defense and commercial airline and helicopter connectivity.

We are seeking a Senior Staff Power Electronics Engineer to lead the design, development, integration, and verification of power conversion and power distribution hardware. You will apply advanced power electronics principles, solve complex engineering challenges, and serve as a primary technical resource across multiple programs to improve efficiency, reliability, and mission success.

Responsibilities

• Develop complex power conversion architectures, voltage regulation solutions, and electrical power subsystems across multiple programs.
• Advance power electronics design methodologies by evaluating efficiency targets, thermal management, magnetics, switching topologies, and component selection.
• Lead complex engineering analyses, design reviews, and technical evaluations requiring ingenuity to resolve challenging power electronics issues.
• Lead highly complex power electronics integration, laboratory testing, hardware bring-up, troubleshooting, verification, and qualification activities.
• Evaluate electrical performance, efficiency, thermal behavior, laboratory measurements, and engineering risks while developing solutions that improve product reliability.
• Guide verification planning, qualification testing, root cause investigations, engineering changes, and design validation.
• Serve as a primary technical resource for power electronics engineering across significant development efforts requiring coordination between disciplines.
• Provide technical guidance through design reviews, engineering investigations, and complex problem resolution.
• Mentor engineers and support continuous improvement initiatives.
• Advance power electronics design practices, verification methodologies, and engineering processes across development programs.
• Identify opportunities to enhance efficiency, reliability, manufacturability, and design quality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, power electronics, electronics engineering, or related field with 12-15 years of related experience; or Master's degree with 8-12 years; or PhD with 5-8 years of experience in power electronics, electrical design, power conversion, hardware development, or related discipline.
• Advanced application of power electronics engineering principles, power conversion, analog circuits, and electrical power systems.
• Extensive experience developing complex power conversion architectures, voltage regulation solutions, and electrical power subsystems.
• Strong understanding of thermal management, magnetics, power semiconductor devices, electrical testing, qualification, and verification methodologies.
• Demonstrated ability to solve highly complex power electronics engineering problems requiring ingenuity across multiple development efforts.
• Sound judgment in guiding technical decisions, mentoring engineers, and advancing power electronics engineering practices.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Teams).
• Circuit simulation and power electronics design tools such as LTspice, PLECS, MATLAB/Simulink, Altium Designer, or equivalent.
• Engineering analysis, configuration management, and collaboration tools such as Windchill, Git, Jira, or equivalent.

Requirements

Applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, conditional resident, asylee, or refugee, or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State to conform with United States Government Space Technology Export Regulations.

Employment

Full-time position. Compensation and benefits determined based on role, experience, education, and key skills. Full-time offers include company stock options and benefits package including health, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, life, disability, and retirement plans.