Principal Electrical Engineer - Power Systems Job Golden area,Colorado USA,Engineering

Are you passionate about shaping the future of humanity’s presence in space? Lunar Outpost, an industry leader in space robotics and planetary vehicles, invites you to join our team! Lunar Outpost is dedicated to creating a permanent presence in space, while also driving positive impacts here on Earth. This position focuses on the architecture, design, and integration of high-voltage power distribution, conditioning, protection, and control systems supporting energy storage systems, motor-driven loads, and vehicle subsystems.

The ideal candidate brings deep expertise in high-voltage, high-power electrical systems and thrives in a hands-on development environment where architectural thinking and detailed hardware execution are equally important.

Key Responsibilities:

Leader in the architecture, design, and development of the LTV Electrical Power System (EPS) and vehicle power electronics
Design and analyze 120V-class high-voltage power distribution, conditioning, protection, and control circuits, including switching devices, current sensing, insulation monitoring, fault management, and power distribution architectures.
Own electrical hardware development from concept through flight, including requirements development, architecture definition, schematic capture, PCB layout, design reviews, test, and integration
Develop vehicle-level power architectures supporting batteries, motor drives, power conversion, energy storage, charging interfaces, and mission-critical loads
Lead design efforts addressing motor-driven loads, regenerative braking energy management, transient suppression, back-EMF protection, and power quality
Perform trade studies and technical evaluations balancing performance, reliability, safety, mass, schedule, and cost
Collaborate closely with mechanical, thermal, software, systems, and harnessing teams to ensure robust electrical system integration
Perform PCB layout with attention to creepage, clearance, EMI/EMC performance, thermal management, high-current routing, and manufacturability
Develop analyses supporting power budgets, efficiency, thermal performance, fault response, derating, and system reliability
Support hardware bring-up, troubleshooting, verification testing, EMI/EMC testing, environmental testing, and vehicle integration activities
Define electrical requirements and verification approaches for high-voltage and high-power subsystems
Interface with suppliers and partners on power electronics, energy storage systems, motors, electromechanical devices, and related hardware
Provide technical leadership during system design reviews, flight readiness reviews, customer reviews, and technical interchange meetings
Mentor electrical engineers across the organization and help establish best practices for high-voltage power system development

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Electrical Engineering or a closely related field
Minimum of 1 2 years of professional experience designing high-voltage or high-power electrical systems
Demonstrated experience developing power electronics, power distribution systems, motor control systems, electric vehicles, aerospace power systems, industrial power systems, or other safety-critical electrical hardware
Strong experience with electrical system architecture, schematic design, and hardware development for power applications
Hands-on experience designing systems operating at 100

VDC or greater
Experience with high-current power distribution, protection schemes, fault detection, isolation, and power switching devices
Working knowledge of motor-driven systems, regenerative braking, back-EMF effects, transient protection, and energy management
Experience performing hardware integration, root-cause analysis, and troubleshooting of complex electrical systems
Proficiency with Altium Designer
Strong understanding of EMI/EMC principles and mitigation techniques for high-power systems
Ability to independently lead highly complex technical efforts and make sound engineering decisions
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Self-motivated, organized, and comfortable operating in a fast-paced development environment
U.S. Person

Preferred…