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Power Electronics Engineer - High Voltage (Starlink)

Redmond, WA💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-30 → 2026-09-26

Core

Design and develop high-voltage DC-DC power converters and power supplies for traveling wave tube amplifier (TWTA) systems in SpaceX gateways.

Role type

Senior IC power electronics engineer (high voltage)

Builds

High-voltage power supplies and DC-DC converters for space communication gateways

Domain

Aerospace / Power Electronics

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

DC-DC converter design, magnetics design (custom transformers/inductors, planar magnetics), power electronics modeling and simulation, verification testing and analysis, electrical power system design trades, analog control design, discrete logic design, fault tolerance design, failure mode effects analysis, impedance measurement, loop-gain measurement

Preferred skills

Full-cycle hardware ownership, voltage and current mode control, DC-DC topology selection, design for reliability

Technologies

DC-DC converters, planar magnetics, TWTA systems, analog sensing, telemetry, system controls

Responsibilities

Own hardware from conceptual design through high volume production and ground station operation, Design power supplies supporting 10s of kilovolts and hundreds of watts, Lead comprehensive verification testing and analysis for electrical power systems, Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to define power electronics hardware, Rapidly iterate on designs, analysis and test to inform systems trades, Interact with digital embedded devices, analog sensing and telemetry, system controls

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