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Key job responsibilities
Own the propulsion-to-electronics interface end to end: from initial definition to on-orbit performance monitoring that feeds back into design upgrades
Own the propulsion control electronics requirements set, translating thruster characterization and bus constraints into verifiable specifications for power, valve drive, telemetry, fault detection, and protection behavior
Lead system-level trade studies and first-principles analysis of thruster/electronics interactions, including discharge stability, negative-resistance loading, ignition, recycle events, and transient behavior.
Collaborate with PCU hardware and firmware engineers to evaluate architectures, design trades, control strategies, and protection approaches against propulsion-system performance needs.
Develop and execute propulsion-system experiments and integrated test setups to characterize thruster behavior, investigate electrical interactions, and validate operating assumptions; partnering with PCU design engineers to inform controller development.
Plan and lead thruster-integrated electrical characterization and vacuum chamber testing. Partner with EE and test teams during PCU bring-up, integrated verification, and environmental and EMC test activities.
Lead root cause investigations for electrical failures, anomalies, and non-conformances; own corrective action through closure
Work cross-functionally with experts in plasma physics, mechanical, thermal, structures, materials, and software as an accountable technical partner across the full product lifecycle
Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent
7+ years of technical engineering experience
Experience in motherboard design, PCB design including schematic capture, stackup and circuit board layout
Experience in developing functional specifications, design verification plans and functional test procedures
Master's degree or Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering or related field
Experience designing and testing propulsion control units or high-voltage supplies for electric propulsion, including isolated DC-DC topologies, magnetics design, and ignition and recycle handling
Experience with analog and digital control loop design, compensation, and stability analysis for switching converters
Proficiency with circuit simulation and analysis tooling (SPICE, PLECS, Simulink, or equivalent) and with schematic and PCB tools (Altium, Cadence, or equivalent)
Experience with spacecraft power systems practices: EEE part selection and derating, radiation and single-event effects, worst-case circuit analysis, FMEA, and single-point-failure elimination
Experience with EMI/EMC design and qualification, including conducted and radiated emissions and susceptibility
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USA, WA, REDMOND - 159,200.00 - 215,300.00 USD annually
