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Staff Engineer, Power Electronics

Moog logoMoog$150,000–$185,000/yrPhoenix, AZ, United StatesFull-timePosted 1w ago

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About the role

Moog is a performance culture that empowers people to achieve great things. Our people enjoy solving interesting technical challenges in a culture where everyone trusts each other to do the right thing. For you, working with us can mean deeper job satisfaction, better rewards, and a great quality of life inside and outside of work.

Job Title

Staff Engineer, Power Electronics

Reporting To

Manager, Project Engineering

Work Schedule

Onsite – Phoenix, AZ

About the role

As a Staff Project Engineer, you’ll be the go-to technical authority for all spacecraft avionics programs. You’ll establish and enforce architecture standards, lead multi-program risk and schedule management, resolve the toughest technical challenges, and mentor project teams to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery of flight-grade hardware.

Key responsibilities

  • Define and enforce avionics architecture standards across programs (interfaces, performance budgets, power/system partitioning)
  • Oversee requirements management, traceability, and verification strategies company-wide
  • Chair and drive technical reviews (prelim, critical, qualification, and flight build gates) to closure
  • Lead multi-program risk management to include risk registers, and corrective-action plans
  • Serve as the escalation point for system-level anomalies, orchestrating root-cause investigations and corrective actions
  • Coordinate cross-functional teams (hardware, firmware/FPGA, software, test, manufacturing, suppliers) to harmonize processes and deliverables
  • Mentor and coach Lead and Senior Project Engineers - share best practices, conduct training, and foster continuous improvement
  • Improve project-engineering workflows: change-control (ECR/ECO), configuration management, earned-value reporting, and lessons-learned capture

Must-have qualifications

  • 7+ year s of hands-on systems engineering experience in spacecraft avionics or equally complex electronic systems – specific to power electronics at the circuit card and sub-assembly level.
  • Proven track record leading multiple concurrent programs, defining architecture, and delivering flight-grade hardware
  • Deep expertise in at least three of: requirements management, PCB/FPGA design & review, spacecraft electronics, complex system design, avionics testing
  • Strong proficiency with one or more program-management and requirements tools and methodologies (MS Project, JIRA/Confluence, EVMS, JAMA, Polarian, etc)
  • Demonstrated ability to lead technical reviews, drive risk-mitigation activities, and manage change-control processes
  • Exceptional communication skills - able to present to executives, write clear technical reports, and negotiate trade-offs
  • Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Degree or Similar

Nice-to-have

  • Hands-on experience with space standards and interfaces (SpaceWire, Ethernet, MIL-STD-1553, CAN, RS-422/TTL)
  • Background in environmental qualification (vibration, thermal-vacuum, EMI/EMC) and lab automation
  • Familiarity with quality systems (ISO 9001, ECSS) or advanced DFx methodologies
  • Advanced degree in Electrical Engineering, or related field

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Salary Range Transparency

Phoenix, AZ $150,000.00–$185,000.00 Annually

Salary Range Disclaimer

The base salary range represents the low and high end of the Moog salary range for this position in the given work location. Actual salaries will vary depending on factors including but not limited to location, experience, and performance. The range(s) listed is just one component of Moog's total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, employee stock purchase plan, an open paid time off policy, and many region-specific benefits.

This position requires access to U.S. export-controlled information.

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Copied from the listing Moog published, verified 31 Oct 2026.

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Moog's space business: METEOR and METEORITE satellite buses, spacecraft avionics, propulsion and mechanisms, built in New York, Colorado, Arizona and California.

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