Power Electronics Engineer I

About the Role

The Power Electronics Engineer I will support JPL’s Power Electronics Group in designing, building, and testing next-generation space power hardware. This role contributes to the full development cycle of power electronics, from initial concepts and subsystem design to hardware fabrication, testing, documentation, and delivery. The position involves hands-on work with laboratory test equipment, collaboration with senior engineers and project managers, and ensuring high-reliability standards for flight hardware.

Key Responsibilities

• Design power electronics systems, subsystems, and test equipment.
• Coordinate the fabrication of prototype and flight hardware.
• Test prototype and flight hardware to verify and validate operation and requirement fulfillment, including environmental testing.
• Develop engineering documentation, including engineering drawings, circuit analyses, test procedures, and presentations for reviews.
• Collaborate with other engineers to solve technical problems during design and laboratory testing.
• Work with section and project managers to ensure appropriate schedule planning and adherence.
• Understand and ensure adherence to procedures and documentation development for high-reliability flight hardware delivery.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Electrical Engineering background.
• Experience testing and debugging circuits.
• Familiarity with design and simulation tools for power electronics.
• Bench Top Test Equipment: Including DMMs, high current power supplies, electronic loads, various measurement probes, and oscilloscopes.
• Ability to test and debug circuits in the lab, both independently and collaboratively.
• Knowledge of and experience with computer aided engineering software and tools for design and simulation of power electronics.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to work with a diverse group of people.

Preferred Skills

• Experience in the design, development, fabrication, assembly, and test of power electronics or analog hardware, particularly focused on space environments.
• Military, Aerospace & Space hardware development experience.
• Experience with LTSpice for simulation.
• Experience with Altium for schematic capture and PWB layout.
• Experience with test software and hardware, preferably using scripting languages like Python for automation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, or related technical subject area, with typically a minimum of 1 year of related work experience.
• Master’s degree in similar disciplines, with a minimum of 0 year related work experience.