Apex Space
Early Power Electronics Engineer
$88K–$121K
Los Angeles · On-site · Full-time · Posted Oct 1, 2026
- Experience
- 1+ years of spacecraft electronics experience; the posting also requests extensive spacecraft design, launch, and operation experience across all development lifecycle phases, without specifying years.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering or a related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicants must qualify as a U.S. Person or be able to obtain required U.S. export authorizations.
About the job
Designs, develops, verifies, and delivers flight-critical spacecraft power systems and power electronics hardware across Apex’s satellite platforms.
What you'll do
- Design, analyze, and test spacecraft power systems, including power generation, energy storage, distribution, and DC-DC conversion.
- Develop electrical power system requirements and perform architecture, subsystem, component-selection, and design trades.
- Conduct verification testing and analysis, and collaborate with design, test, and production teams on hardware development and production.
What they ask for
- 1+ years of spacecraft electronics experience.
- Experience across spacecraft power systems.
- Bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering or a related field.
- Experience in integrated software/hardware verification and testing.
Nice to have
- Master’s degree (preferred but not required).
Pay
$88K – $121K USD base salary
Tools
DC-DC conversion
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