Spacecraft Power Electrical Engineering Lead

Spacecraft Power Electrical Engineering Lead

The Spacecraft Power Electrical Engineering Lead will participate in all aspects of the development and test of power electronics hardware for XDLINX Space Labs satellites. The ideal candidate has 10+ years of experience in power and battery electronics design including schematic capture, PCB layout, and testing.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Own the development of a spacecraft solar battery charging system, battery management system electronics from clean sheet to flight.
• Develop and implement PCBA requirements, use-cases, and system integration.
• Schematic capture and PCBA layout for solar power, voltage regulation, load management, fault protection, power transmission, telemetry, and other circuits using Altium Designer.
• Circuit analysis including power related, SWaP, tolerance, and reliability related.
• PCBA design verification testing, qualification testing, and system integration testing.
• Collaborate on electro-mechanical design, test, qualification, and manufacturing of battery packs incorporating this BMS.
• BMS electronics design verification testing, qualification and acceptance testing, and system integration support.
• Lead design reviews for inter-disciplinary audiences. Manufacturing and flight support as needed.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Masters or bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, or equivalent.
• 10+ years of experience in power electronics design including schematic capture, PCB layout, and testing.
• 3+ years of experience in battery pack electrical design.
• Experience designing rigid-flex PCBs and general electro-mechanical design familiarity.
• Expertise in solar power, voltage regulation, load management, fault protection, power transmission, analog instrumentation, and digital circuits
• Expertise in battery management circuits such as fault protection, cell balancing, thermal management, power transmission, power supplies, and precision analog instrumentation.
• Awareness of battery pack manufacturing techniques including cell characterization and welding.
• Experience in implementation or sustainment of automated battery manufacturing and test systems.
• Skilled at schematic capture and layout of complex PCBs.
• Skilled at performing circuit analyses in SPICE and Excel.
• Proficiency with basic electronic lab equipment such as power supplies, oscilloscopes, DMMs, signal generators, soldering iron, etc.
• Demonstrated success working in a dynamic environment.
• Experience designing space environments including radiation impacts and mitigation is preferred.