Senior Power Systems Engineer – Spacecraft Electrical Power

Job overview

The Senior Power Systems Engineer – Spacecraft Electrical Power role is onsite in Seattle, WA, with full-time employment; compensation is $130,000–$170,000 per year. Gravitics designs and manufactures large-scale orbital structures for commercial operations and defense and government missions. The engineer owns the lifecycle of an in-space electrical power system, from initial design through build, integration, and deployment. The work develops and validates reliable power subsystems for orbital missions and coordinates their compatibility with vehicle-level systems.

What you'll do

• Design, build, and test electrical power subsystems for flight hardware
• define and maintain power requirements and architecture trades
• model, simulate, and test system performance
• size solar arrays and analyze orbital power
• assess radiation effects and mitigation
• conduct fault tolerance, redundancy, and reliability analyses
• coordinate with structures, thermal, avionics, and GNC teams
• support environmental qualification and acceptance testing
• coordinate vendors, sourcing, and component qualification.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior power systems engineer

spacecraft power

full-time

seattle wa

electrical engineering

orbital systems

solar array sizing

power electronics

fault-tolerant design

environmental testing

$130k–$170k/year

gravitics

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Company equity
• medical benefits
• 401(k)
• generous paid time off
• employee discounts.

Why this role

Requires a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or a closely related ABET-accredited discipline, five or more years in power converter or electrical power system development, and experience designing and testing 1–10 kW systems. U.S. citizenship, permanent residency, protected individual status, or eligibility for required export authorizations is necessary.

About the employer

Gravitics, Inc is hiring for this role. Industry: Engineering Services. Sector: 54.