Senior Power Systems Engineer

Job overview

The Senior Power Systems Engineer role is onsite in Cape Canaveral, FL. The posting gives a salary range of $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. System design, analysis, testing, and cross-functional coordination help deliver reliable power for orbital missions.

What you'll do

• Design, build, and test electrical power subsystems for flight hardware
• define requirements and perform architecture-level design trades
• model, simulate, and test system performance
• size solar arrays
• 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
• contribute to vehicle layout and packaging
• coordinate with vendors and suppliers on sourcing and qualification.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior power systems engineer

space systems

electrical engineering

orbital power systems

flight hardware

solar array sizing

cape canaveral fl

onsite

$130k–$170k

full-time

export-control eligibility

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Company equity
• comprehensive medical coverage
• 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, 5+ years of power converter or electrical power system development, and experience designing and testing 1–10 kW systems. U.S. export-control eligibility requirements apply.

About the employer

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