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Position Overview:

As a Power Electronics Engineer at Starcloud, you will play a critical role in designing and optimizing advanced power electronics systems for our space-based data centers. This dynamic and challenging position demands a highly skilled and innovative individual with deep expertise in power generation and converter development. You will work on a wide range of applications, from low voltage to high kV, powering a range of distinct systems.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and Development:
  • Lead the design, analysis, and testing of DC-DC power converters tailored for harsh space environments.
  • Conduct electrical power system and sub-system level design trades and develop comprehensive requirements.
  • Define and perform rigorous electrical power system verification testing and analysis.
  • Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams of design, test, and production engineers to create groundbreaking power electronics hardware.
• Optimization and Analysis:
  • Develop and optimize designs for power conversion systems, ensuring peak efficiency, reliability, and cost-effectiveness.
  • Address and resolve EMI/EMC challenges in power adaptors to ensure compliance with stringent regulatory standards.
  • Perform advanced modeling, simulation, and testing of power electronics to validate and refine designs.
• System Integration and Support:
  • Lead schematic capture and PCB layout design, ensuring robustness, manufacturability, and compliance with design specifications.
  • Oversee board bring-up, execute comprehensive test campaigns, and propose effective solutions to design challenges.
  • Develop efficiency, mass, and cost models for power electronics designs, exploring and implementing various topologies to enhance performance.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or a related STEM discipline.
• Minimum of 1 year of professional experience in power converter development.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s or PhD degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• Strong expertise in analog control and discrete logic design.
• Extensive experience in modeling, simulation, and testing of power electronics.
• Proficient in voltage and current mode control and compensation design.
• Strong understanding of DC-DC topologies, with the ability to select optimal architectures and components.
• Familiarity with failure mode effects and criticality analysis.
• Experience designing wire wound and planar inductors and transformers.
• Proficiency in power supply testing and packaging for harsh environments.
• Familiarity with spacecraft electrical power systems and knowledge of radiation effects.
• Experience designing and working with solar arrays as input power sources.
• Knowledge of lithium-ion battery handling, safety, and usage.

Compensation and Benefits:

Starcloud offers a competitive salary and benefits package, including:

• Power Electronics Engineer/Level I: $100,000 - $130,000 per year
• Power Electronics Engineer/Level II: $120,000 - $175,000 per year
• Potential for stock options, discretionary bonuses, and other long-term incentives.
• Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match.
• Short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, and paid parental leave.
• Generous paid vacation, holidays, and sick leave.