Power Electronics Engineer

Vast is looking for a Power Electronics Engineer, reporting to the Manager, Power Electronics, to support the development of the systems that will be required for the design and build of artificial-gravity human-rated space stations.

This will be a full-time, exempt position located in our Long Beach location.

Responsibilities:

• End-to-end ownership of power electronics specification, architecture, simulation, schematic capture, PCB design, mechanical packaging design, board-level bring-up and validation, environmental qualification, and integrated system-level validation.
• Design circuits to implement functions such as power conversion, load switching, hot-swapping, power conditioning, inrush control, over-current fault detection, and more.
• Perform failure modes and effects analyses and drive reliability design and validation plans at the system level.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in electrical engineering.
• 2 years of experience in developing power electronics.

Preferred Skills & Experience:

• Ability to creatively solve problems and bring multiple disciplines together while assessing risk and making design and development decisions with incomplete data set.
• Experience working in collegiate project teams (e.g. Formula SAE, Hybrid Electric Vehicle) and/or professional experience
• Professional experience with instrumentation and data acquisition (e.g. SPICE, SQL, and/or National Instruments hardware).
• Experience with software programming: Matlab, Python, C/C++, etc.
• Experience with vehicle and instrumentation buses such as Ethernet, CAN, SPI, and I2C, as well as serial I/O (RS232/422/485).
• Experience with full-lifecycle product development.
• Experience with designing electronics for spaceflight environment, verifying workmanship and operability through environmental test (random vibration, shock, thermal, burn-in, and TVAC).
• Strong sense of accountability and integrity with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to thrive at an early-stage startup where you will have the opportunity to help create and optimize key systems and processes.

Additional Requirements:

• Willingness to work overtime, or weekends to support critical mission milestones.

Pay Range:

• Power Electronics Engineer II: $110,000-$140,000
• Senior Power Electronics Engineer: $135,000-$175,000