Electrical Engineer - Power

Department: Engineering

Location: Mountain View, CA

Compensation: $140K – $190K • Your level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.

Employment Type: FullTime

Logos Space is a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite system purpose-built to serve the connectivity needs of the commercial enterprise users and government users. We will help fill an important gap in the market, providing resilient, high-performance satellite-based connectivity services to enterprise and government customers worldwide. Business customers have contracts with agreed-upon performance standards for their broadband, and Logos will build these capabilities into the system from the beginning. Speed and reliability are the foundation of the system. Logos is designed to extend cloud and data center network connectivity anywhere in the world to fixed, seaborne, and airborne terminals.

Logos is led by a team of highly experienced engineers with proven track records in the networking and satellite industries.

Position Summary & Responsibilities

The electrical engineering team at Logos Space work on the design, development, flight validation, assembly, integration, test, and inflight success of the logos fleet of spacecraft. Electrical engineering is responsible for ensuring that flight avionics on the logos bus and payload are fully validated ensuring the success of our network via analysis and test. The development of suitable facilities and the required ground support equipment also falls within the purview of the electrical engineering team. Electrical engineers will support hardware design activities from the idea stage to flight.

You should be prepared to work and thrive in a fast moving environment where you are comfortable taking vague design ideas and turning them into tangible hardware ready for test and flight. We are seeking engineers who love to solve hard problems.

The full responsibilities include:

• Responsible for the overall electrical design (component selection, magnetics design, PCB design, etc. ) and analysis of flight avionics hardware

• Perform nominal and worst case analysis scenarios across applicable phases of hardware development

• Own product delivery timeline through entire lifecycle (design, development, prototyping, production build, system integration, and on-orbit operations)

• Generate and release technical drawings, specifications, test procedures, and reports in support of the hardware design and validation.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a STEM field (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math) with relevant electrical design and analysis work experience

• A minimum of 5 years experience in electrical design and analysis

• 3+ years experience with circuit simulation software such as Simetrix/Simplis and LTSpice

• Experience with worst case analysis (Monte Carlo) and parts stress analysis

• Professional experience with PCB design software packages such as Altium

• Strong understanding of parts derating and failure mode evaluation

• Experience with RF systems and EMI/EMC/ESD mitigations through design

• Experience with test hardware (oscilloscopes, power supplies, spectrum analyzers, etc.)

• Proven track record of working with electrical hardware systems through the entire product life cycle

• Working with contract manufacturers to build, troubleshoot and test PCBAs

• Self-motivated with strong organizational, written, and oral communication skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or a STEM field (Science, Technology, Engineering, or Math) with relevant electrical design and analysis work experience

• Experience with DC-DC and AC-DC power electronics design

• Familiarity with parts derating standards such EEE-INST-002 and ECSS-Q-ST-30-11C

• Familiarity with IPC standards relevant to PCB design (IPC-2221)

• Experience with highly accelerated life testing

• Knowledge of automation/scripting software such as Python and MATLAB

• Ability and willingness to attain a Top Secret Clearance

Logos Space Services is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering creativity, curiosity and diverse perspectives among employees. We seek to create an environment where everyone can reach their full potential and drive outstanding results. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, age, sex, religion, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, gender identity or expression, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal law. This policy applies with regard to all aspects of one's employment, including hiring, transfer, promotion, compensation, eligibility for benefits, and termination. Offers will be contingent on the candidate's ability to access export-controlled information under U.S. law.