Staff Power Electronics Engineer

About the role

CesiumAstro is seeking a Staff Power Electronics Engineer to join our growing satellite communication (SATCOM) terminal development team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in power electronics and experience in developing power systems for military and commercial applications.

Job Duties And Responsibilities

• Lead the development of power system architectures and derive power subsystem requirements.
• Design DC-DC power converters, power supplies, and power distribution systems ranging from a few watts to more than 20 kW of power in the 0.8 V to 400 V range.
• Design single-phase and three-phase AC-DC power supplies and power distribution systems ranging from a few kilowatts to more than 20 kW.
• Perform comprehensive analysis of AC-DC and DC-DC power supplies including worst-case circuit analysis (WCA), stress analysis, small signal modeling analysis, failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA), reliability analysis, and power integrity analysis.
• Develop design verification test plans, requirement compliance matrices, system integration and qualification test plans, and production acceptance test plans for power converters and power supplies.
• Lead board bring-up and design verification testing of analog and power electronics circuits.
• Lead system integration, qualification campaigns, and production release of power supply modules and power systems.
• Mentor younger engineers and foster knowledge sharing.
• Lead a small team of power electronics engineers to drive project execution.

Job Requirements And Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science (BS) degree or higher in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience designing analog and power electronics.
• Experience working with electrical power systems and subsystems, including developing power architecture and power requirements, performing trade studies for size, weight, power, and cost optimization (SWAP-C), selecting power converter topologies, and defining power management and control blocks.
• Knowledge of control theory and stability of power electronics, including experience characterizing control loops and impedances in the laboratory.
• Experience designing, testing and qualifying single-phase and three-phase off-line AC-DC power supplies, and DC-DC power supplies for industrial, airborne, or military systems.
• Extensive hands-on experience with testing and troubleshooting electronics and power converters using laboratory instruments such as oscilloscopes, impedance analyzers, spectrum analyzers, electronic loads, and signal generators.
• Experience with analysis and simulation tools such as SPICE, LTSPICE, SIMetrix/SIMPLIS, PLECS, Simulink, MATLAB, MathCAD, ANSYS Q3D and SiWave, or HyperLynx.
• Experience with isolation and grounding, failure mode effects analysis and fault tolerant design, and thermal management of power electronics.
• Experience designing and testing power electronics units to meet industry standards and requirements in the automotive, industrial, aircraft, or military markets (e.g., FCC, CISPR, UL safety standards, ECSS, NASA, MIL standards).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Experience

• Experience designing and testing isolated and non-isolated DC-DC power converters (e.g. discrete linear regulators, Buck, Boost, Buck-boost, Flyback, Forward).
• Knowledge of power stage design and control methods for power factor correction (PFC) converters and active rectifiers.
• Experience generating statements of work and requirements for external vendors, vendor selection, and vendor management for power supply and power system rack developments.
• Experience with electronics schematic capture and printed circuit board (PCB) layout tools such as Altium, OrCAD, Allegro or Xpedition.
• Experience running board-level power integrity simulation using tools such as Ansys SiWave, or HyperLynx.
• Knowledge of soft switching and resonant power converter topologies (e.g. LLC, CLLC, series resonant, phase shifted full bridge, dual active bridge, etc.).
• Programming skills to support hardware test and data processing (Python, MATLAB, etc.).

Pay

$158,000 - $189,000 a year

Schedule

Full-time employment

Benefits

Full-time employment offers include company stock options and a generous benefits package including health, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, life, disability and retirement plans.

Equal Opportunity Employer

CesiumAstro is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.