Job Description
This role involves designing and validating power subsystems for Planet's satellites, including schematic entry, PCB layout oversight, and ensuring space environment qualification, to support the company's satellite constellation and data services.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and schematic entry of power subsystems including MPPTs, electronic propulsion PPUs, power regulation, and distribution for satellites
- Oversee PCB layout process and release drawings for manufacturing
- Perform PCBA bring-up, debugging, and functional verification
- Qualify designs for EMI/EMC compliance, thermal performance, and space environment survivability
- Define automated test procedures in collaboration with manufacturing test engineering
- Respond to anomalies and troubleshoot systems for on-orbit spacecraft
Requirements
- 10 years of experience designing PCBs, with 5 years focused on power electronics
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or similar field
- Advanced experience designing high voltage 500V switching power converters
- Proficiency with high voltage power component selection, in particular with compound semiconductor technologies SiC, GaN
- Cross-functional design experience with mechanical thermal and packaging constraints
- Familiarity with analog design, digital design, mixed-signal design ADCs DACs
- Experience in embedded systems design
- Knowledge of PCB layout techniques for optimized power and ground routing and EMI mitigation
- Hands-on expertise with EE tools such as oscilloscopes, network analyzers, signal generators, etc.
- Experience with simulation tools for power electronics
- Advanced proficiency with Altium Designer for schematic capture
- Advanced proficiency in Python or other scripting languages to control and automate test equipment, power supplies, solar array simulators, electronic loads
- Application of export-controlled information access, with the ability to meet EAR ITAR requirements
Benefits & Perks
Comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision plans
Health Savings Account (HSA) with a company contribution
Generous Paid Time Off in addition to holidays and company-wide days off
16 Weeks of Paid Parental Leave
Wellness Program and Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Home Office Reimbursement
Monthly Phone and Internet Reimbursement
Tuition Reimbursement and access to LinkedIn Learning
Equity
Commuter Benefits if local to an office
Discretionary short-term and long-term incentives bonus and equity
US base salary range of 182,900 - 228,600 USD (may vary by location and experience)
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