Electrical Engineer II

What You’ll Do

• Contribute to the iteration of Katalyst’s spacecraft power system design, including schematics, board layouts, and interface definitions, to improve performance and complete feature upgrades.
• Support operation of power system hardware during qualification testing, working directly with test engineers to execute thermal vacuum and vibration qualification test campaigns.
• Help own integrated functional testing of electrical hardware with other spacecraft subsystems.
• Plan and execute targeted stress and performance testing, exercising hardware to design extremes through targeted performance testing.
• Help define and plan design changes for feature or architecture improvement of the spacecraft power system with respect to future mission requirements.

What We’re Looking For

• Pride in work: You hold yourself to a high bar. You produce designs, documentation, and analyses that are correct, detailed, and ready for scrutiny.
• Humility: You take on new challenges, learn from others, and grow. You seek out missing context, ask good questions, and course-correct quickly with new information.
• Technical intuition and mastery: You understand power electronics at the component level and how that integrates in and impacts spacecraft systems at the architecture level.

Your Ideal Background

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, or equivalent field
• 3+ years of experience designing, testing, or integrating power electronics or closely related high-reliability power systems
• Strong understanding of switch mode power supply design and DC/DC converter architectures
• Proficiency in Altium or similar ECAD tool for schematic and PCB layout design
• Exposure to common digital communication standards (SPI, I2C, UART, CAN, ethernet) and mixed-signal design best practices
• Hands-on experience with hardware bring-up, bench testing, and debugging
• Experience executing test procedures and documenting results
• Experience troubleshooting board- or component-level analog and digital electronics issues
• Experience integrating power electronics with other subsystems

Additional Requirements

• Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed.

Compensation and Benefits

• Your base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.
• The anticipated salary range for this role is $105,000 - $145,000 annually
• Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package at Katalyst. You will also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of the Employee Stock Option and Equity Plan, as well as a relocation bonus and other discretionary bonuses.
• You will also receive access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, and unlimited Paid Time Off.

Additional Information

• At Katalyst our work on projects involving the U.S. Department of Defense requires adherence to International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), 22 C.F.R. Parts 120-130, which requires compliance with U.S. export laws before allowing employees to perform certain positions.