Senior Electrical Engineer – Space Power Systems

Position Details

Location: Los Angeles (Hawthorne), CA

Employment Type: Full-time

Department: Starlight Solar

About Starpath

Starpath develops and manufactures the technologies that will enable humans to live on the Moon and Mars. Today, we are building robotic systems that locally produce the essential commodities a lunar civilization will require at extreme scale: water, power, and oxygen. Our ultimate goal is to build and operate a self-sustaining city on Mars.

The Role

The Starlight team is focused on dramatically improving space solar power to support Starpath’s core mission and the greater space economy. Starlight manufactures the lowest cost and highest performance space solar ever, which will power the majority of new satellites built on Earth and all of Starpath’s equipment on the Moon and Mars.

This is a build-first, lead-by-doing role—high autonomy, high accountability, minimal bureaucracy.

Responsibilities

• Design and analyze electrical architectures for space solar panels and power interfaces

• Define electrical requirements and interfaces with customer spacecraft systems

• Support trade studies related to power generation, regulation, and distribution

• Collaborate with mechanical, materials, manufacturing, and reliability teams

• Support qualification and acceptance testing from an electrical perspective

• Contribute to future product roadmaps and power system concepts

Required Qualifications

• B.S. or higher in Electrical Engineering or related field

• 8+ years experience in electrical or power systems engineering

• Experience with high-reliability or aerospace hardware

• Strong fundamentals in power electronics, harnessing, and electrical interfaces

• Ability to operate in an early-stage, evolving technical environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct experience with space solar arrays, deployables, power systems packaging, or similar hardware

• EMI/EMC experience

• Startup / small-team environment experience

• Experience preparing hardware for environmental qualification (TVAC/vibe/radiation planning)

Compensation & Benefits

• Location: Los Angeles (Hawthorne), CA

• Salary base rate is $110-$180k/yr, plus equity package; compensation scales with candidate experience. Option for performance based incentives.

• PTO & health/dental/vision coverage included

EAR REQUIREMENTS:

• To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Equal Opportunity

Starpath is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.