Power Electronics Engineer

Title: Power Electronics Engineer

Industry: Space Technology 

Department: Power Electronics Team 

Location: Ahmedabad

Role Type: Full-time

Experience: 1 – 3 years

About The Role

Are you passionate about shaping the future of space technology? Join PierSight Space! PierSight Space is a young startup building the world’s largest constellation of Synthetic Aperture Radar and AIS satellites for most extensive surveillance of oceans. The startup is backed by investors like Alphawave Global (Investor in SpaceX), Elevation Capital, All in Capital and Techstars (In collaboration with NASA and US Space Force).

We are seeking a motivated and hands-on Power Electronics Engineer to drive the development of advanced electrical power systems and power conditioning hardware for our satellite platforms. You will play a critical role in designing, analyzing, building, and validating space-grade power electronics systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and Development of Electronics Power Conditioners for Synthetic Aperture Radar; schematic and layouts, based on system requirements and working with both internal team members and external vendors.
• Development of Electrical Power System for complete satellite platform.
• Analyse and understand Satellite level Hardware Architecture; predict design performance using Simulation tools, Analytical Skills etc.
• Build and test electronics prototypes and final designs.
• Design of custom magnetics (transformers, chokes, inductors, etc.), Component selection based on system requirements.
• Safety critical design including design for EMC, fault mitigation, tolerance and stress analyses, reliability predictions.
• Thermal management of major heat dissipating elements in vacuum condition.
• Work along with PCB manufacturers and assembly houses to test the Hardware and find the Root Cause for Design failures.
• Collaborate with mechanical team, layout, and firmware engineers to successfully develop and validate the hardware designs.
• Actively participate in design reviews and continuous improvement initiatives.
  
  

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics or a related field.
  
  

• Experience in DC-DC converter design.
• Strong background in Wide Band Gap (WBG) devices, particularly GaN-based power devices, including selection, gate driving, layout considerations, and high-frequency design challenges.
• Electronics theory, including component knowledge; Analog and Digital circuitry expertise.
• ECAD software knowledge for schematics and layout design.
• Demonstrated ability to work hard, under demanding schedule in Startup Environment.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively within multidisciplinary teams.