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Starpath Robotics · Hawthorne, CA · Electronics · first seen 2026-07-16
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The Role

Starpath's Starlight team develops the lowest cost and highest performance space solar technology to power new satellites and all equipment deployed on the Moon and Mars. You will design, qualify, and bring to scaled production high voltage power conversion systems for array conditioning.

Key Responsibilities

  • Design, qualify, and bring to scaled production high voltage power conversion for array conditioning
  • Flow down system requirements, conduct trade space analysis, and execute design from system topology through 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
  • Manage hazardous high voltage testing

Required Qualifications

  • Undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering
  • 2+ years of experience building, testing, and debugging PCBAs
  • Ability to learn skills and theory quickly to meet project requirements

Preferred Qualifications

  • 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 for terrestrial PCBs (e.g. IPC) and spaceflight (e.g. NASA STD)
  • Capability to develop hardware on rapid timelines and own hardware from prototype to production
  • Capability to build test support hardware and facilitate test campaigns

Employment Details

  • Location: Hawthorne, CA
  • Employment Type: Full-time
  • Travel: Occasional

Export Control

You must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident, Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.