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Salary: USD 135,000 - 250,000 / annual
True Anomaly is building autonomous spacecraft, advanced payloads, mission software, and space-based interceptors to secure the space environment and counter threats. As a Staff Power Engineer, you will be a senior technical leader on the Power team, owning the design, analysis, and performance of spacecraft electrical power subsystems across multiple programs.
You will drive power architecture decisions spanning solar arrays, energy storage, distribution, and protection systems. You serve as the technical authority ensuring power systems meet demanding reliability and performance requirements for operational space missions.
Key responsibilities include:
- Lead design and development of spacecraft electrical power systems, including solar arrays, battery systems, power distribution units, and protection circuits
- Own power architecture trades and drive technical decisions balancing performance, mass, thermal, radiation tolerance, cost, and schedule
- Lead preliminary and critical design reviews (PDR/CDR) for power subsystems, ensuring designs meet program and customer requirements
- Develop and maintain spacecraft power budgets, including generation, storage, distribution, and load analyses across all mission phases from launch through end-of-life
- Perform power system modeling and simulation including on-orbit power generation, eclipse cycling, battery state-of-charge, and transient load analysis
- Design and analyze power conversion and regulation circuits, including DC/DC converters, peak power tracking, charge controllers, and fault protection schemes
- Conduct and review derating analysis and worst-case circuit analysis for power electronics in accordance with EEE-INST-002 and applicable standards
- Perform radiation and reliability analyses for power system components, identifying risks and driving design mitigations for the orbital radiation environment
The role is fully onsite at True Anomaly's GravityWorks factory in Centennial, CO or Long Beach, CA. Work environment includes standard office settings and production factory environments. Physical demands may include frequent standing, sitting, walking, bending, and lifting or carrying items up to 20 lbs.
Compensation includes equity participation as part of total compensation. Benefits include 100% company-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and dependents with HSA/HRA options; flexible time off for exempt employees or accrued PTO up to 25 days for non-exempt employees plus 12 paid holidays; parental leave; sick leave; 401(k) retirement plan; fitness reimbursement; and dog-friendly office culture.
REQUIREMENTS:
To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including ITAR, you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.
