Senior Electrical Power System Engineer

The Exploration Company • Germany

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AI Summary

Design and develop the Electrical Power System for a modular and reusable space orbital vehicle. Collaborate with system engineering and mission requirements to ensure optimal power generation, storage, and distribution. Evaluate and select flight-qualified components and conduct worst-case, reliability, and redundancy analyses.

Key Highlights

Define Electrical Power System architecture

Evaluate and select flight-qualified components

Conduct worst-case, reliability, and redundancy analyses

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Key Responsibilities

Define the Electrical Power System architecture

Size and specify solar arrays, batteries, and power conditioning/distribution units

Ensure optimal power generation, storage, and distribution strategy across all mission phases and failure scenario

Conduct worst-case, reliability, and redundancy analyses

Define and execute Electrical Power System verification and validation plans

Support integration of Electrical Power System with other subsystems of the spacecraft

Technical Skills Required

Solar array systems Space-qualified batteries Power converters (DC/DC), MPPT, PCDU design Power distribution architectures (bus, switched, redundant) Simulation and software development tools (e.g. Github, Python) ECSS/NASA standards and derating rules for space hardware

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Benefits & Perks

Relocation assistance

Visa sponsorship

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Nice to Have

Experience with spacecraft platforms

Experience with Lithium-Ion Batteries

Experience with battery management systems (BMS) and Battery failure modes

Experience with solar arrays design and test for space applications

Job Description

Here at The Exploration Company, we are developing, producing, and operating Nyx, a modular and reusable space orbital vehicle that can eventually be refuelled in orbit and that can carry cargo - and potentially humans in the longer run.Key Responsibilities

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