Solar Array Responsible Engineer, Project Sunrise Orbital Data Centers

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Serve as the single-threaded owner and Responsible Engineer (RE) for the Power Regulator product, leading a multidisciplinary team and owning the product architecture, requirements, interfaces, and budgets from concept…
• Lead the hands-on technical design and analysis of high-voltage, high-frequency switching power converters, including topology selection, component sizing (semiconductors, magnetics), control strategy, schematic…
• Own the complete hardware verification and qualification strategy, from developing test plans for prototype and flight hardware to leading anomaly investigations and ensuring the product is fully validated for the…
• Drive the product's transition to high-rate manufacturing, championing Design for Manufacturability/Test (DFM/DFT), defining automated test requirements, and collaborating with production teams to achieve aggressive…

Job requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a closely related field.
• 8+ years of hands-on experience designing, testing, and debugging switching power converters (DC/DC, DC/AC, or battery charge/discharge regulators).
• Experience as a box, assembly, or product-level Responsible Engineer (or equivalent technical lead role) with accountability for an integrated multi-card unit through integration and test.
• Design experience with high-voltage power electronics above 100V, including bus architecture, protection circuits, and PCB layout with explicit consideration for creepage, clearance, and thermal management.
• Experience selecting and sizing power semiconductors (Si, SiC, and/or GaN), gate drivers, and magnetics.
• Proficiency in performing and documenting power electronics analyses, including worst-case analysis, derating, stability, power dissipation, transient response, and reliability.
• Hands-on experience leading or substantially contributing to a hardware qualification campaign, including test plan development and anomaly resolution.
• End-to-end product development experience, from requirements definition through qualification and production release.