Avionics Engineer III – Power Systems

Avionics Engineer III – Power Systems

Requirements

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Typically, 6 years of professional experience designing power electronics from ~1 to 1000W, including maximum power point tracking.
• Experience with thermal design for power electronics.
• Experience designing PCBAs using Altium Designer or similar ECAD design software.
• Experience with PDN and converter design for microcontrollers, microprocessors, and similar low-power electronics.
• Experience with PCBA bring-up and performance testing.
• Experience with common laboratory equipment such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, power supplies, spectrum analyzers, and data acquisition systems.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills (English).

Responsibilities

• Designing the power architecture and power conversion electronics for Inversion’s next-generation spacecraft, Arc.
• Power distribution architecture design, operational power analysis, power budget management, and requirements generation.
• Implementing DC-DC and MPPT converters on PCB designs.
• Designing battery packs and battery management systems.
• Testing designs for performance and environmental tolerance.
• Specifying, testing, and integrating solar cells/panels to be flown in space.
• Impacting power supply or conversion across all electronics designs on the flight vehicle and on custom ground support equipment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Experience specifying, testing, and integrating solar cells.
• Experience designing hardware for spaceflight.
• Experience with radiation-tolerant power electronics.
• Experience with fault-tolerant design.
• Experience with FMEA of power electronics.
• Prior experience working in startups and on small, independent teams.