Antares Nuclear
Senior/Staff Space Systems Electrical Engineer
$160K–$235K
Los Angeles · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 20, 2026
- Experience
- Approximately 5+ years of relevant experience, or equivalent demonstrated ownership of complex electrical systems.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Controls Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicant must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee, or be eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
About the job
Own the system-level electrical architecture, requirements, interfaces, and verification strategy for space nuclear power systems and their development hardware.
What you'll do
- Define electrical architecture, operating modes, requirements, interfaces, and design documentation across vehicle electrical systems.
- Lead architecture trades and establish electrical verification, qualification, integration, and troubleshooting approaches.
- Support reliability, hazard, nuclear safety, and licensing analyses that affect spacecraft electrical design.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Controls Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Demonstrated ownership of electrical architecture, requirements, interfaces, or verification at subsystem or vehicle level.
- Strong fundamentals in power distribution, grounding and bonding, isolation, fault protection, instrumentation, signal interfaces, control systems, and electrical fault management.
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
Nice to have
- Spacecraft, launch-vehicle, or other flight electrical-system architecture.
- Master’s degree or higher in Electrical/Controls Engineering.
Pay
$160K – $235K USD base salary
Tools
PMAD, batteries, motor drives, power electronics, FMEA, ICDs
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