CesiumAstro
Senior Power Electronics Engineer
$133K–$161K
Westminster, CO · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 19, 2026
- Experience
- Minimum 5 years of industry or university research experience in board-level power electronics design, analysis, and test.
- Education
- Bachelor of Science (BS) degree or higher in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, conditional resident, asylee or refugee (protected individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
About the job
Develops power electronics for aerospace and space systems, owning designs from concept through testing, qualification, production transition, and support.
What you'll do
- Design, analyze, lay out, test, and qualify power converters and power management circuits; support their transition to production.
- Create verification and qualification plans, lead system integration and qualification campaigns, and present design reviews to customers and executives.
- Mentor junior engineers and research power electronics technologies and industry trends.
What they ask for
- Bachelor of Science (BS) degree or higher in Electrical Engineering from an accredited university.
- Experience owning power electronics or power subsystem design, including architecture, requirements, trade studies, component selection, and detailed design.
- Experience with complex analog and power electronics PCB layout, laboratory testing and troubleshooting, and design verification or qualification.
- Direct experience designing high-reliability electronics for automotive, space, or defense applications, including part derating, worst-case analysis, and thermal constraints; strong written and verbal communication skills.
Nice to have
- Experience delivering board or subcircuit designs to production and deployment; proficiency with PCB design tools such as Altium, OrCAD/Allegro, PADS/Xpedition, or similar.
- Experience with board-level power integrity simulation or designing for space radiation environments.
Pay
USD 133,000–161,000 per-year-salary (base salary)
Tools
Altium Designer, SPICE, LTSPICE, SIMetrix/SIMPLIS, PLECS, Simulink, MATLAB, MathCAD
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