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Electrical Sustaining Engineer

Busek - we're hiring!
Natick, MA Full Time
POSTED ON 12/16/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 1/14/2026
Sustaining Electrical Engineer

As a Sustaining Electrical Engineer, you will have the opportunity to work on different challenging projects for Busek’s Electric Propulsion Systems. This exciting opportunity allows you to contribute directly to space flight programs supporting cutting-edge missions for NASA, other government agencies, and the commercial space sector. Success in this role requires experience in electrical circuits for complex systems, concept of operations, product development, and interfacing with customers/suppliers. The position requires 20% travel to attend different design reviews, technological interchange meetings, and flight hardware support at customer and supplier locations. You will have the opportunity to work closely and contribute to different product development cycles starting from concepts to flight. Join our team!

How You Will Make an Impact:

  • Collaborate with customers, suppliers, project managers, and subcontractors to lead robust space electronics development
  • Work with interdisciplinary teams to evaluate and understand the product design limits, reliability, design margins, and different possible failure modes and effects
  • Work with designers and test engineers to refine test plans/procedures to sift infant mortality, review general design and interface requirements, and support contract manufacturers during the volume production phase

Basic Qualifications:

  • Experience supporting Customer/Supplier design reviews, technical interchange meetings, failure investigations, root cause analysis with good illustration of charts, data analysis, and trend analysis for internal and external reports and presentation slides
  • Background in analog, digital, and mixed-signal design
  • Good communication and collaboration skills to work with internal and external interdisciplinary teams
  • Basic understanding of power converter concept of operation to successfully operate, debug, and optimize the electric propulsion system operation
  • Experience with circuit simulations (such as LTSpice)

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Detailed understanding of power converter design, layout, control parameters, and application
  • Strong understanding of MIL-STD-461 engineering standards
  • Prior Electrical Engineering experience in an aerospace environment
  • Expertise in Altium Designer, including schematic capture, PCB Layout principles, and library management
  • Experience with supporting RIDs and root-cause investigation for different non-conformances

Benefits:

  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • Paid time off and holidays
  • Retirement savings plan (401k)
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Collaborative and innovative work environment

What We Offer:

  • Opportunity to work on cutting-edge space propulsion technology
  • Hands-on experience with advanced manufacturing and dual-mode systems
  • Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package

ITAR Compliance:

To comply with U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), employment at Busek requires that applicants be one of the following:

  • A U.S. citizen
  • A lawful U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder)
  • A refugee or an individual granted asylum in the U.S
  • Or be eligible to receive the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State and/or the U.S. Department of Commerce, as applicable

For more information about ITAR regulations, visit this resource: DDTC Public Portal.

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