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Advanced Electrical Engineer
Apply- ID: 556483
- Posted: 1/9/2026
- Location: Cape Canaveral, FL
- Category: Pro - Engineering
- Job Type: Temp to Direct
- Duration: Contract to Di
ACARA Solutions and our client in Cape Canaveral, FL have a contract to hire position available
Electrical Engineer - Satellite Power Systems (2-5 years of experience)
Location: Cape Canaveral, FL
Employer: ACARA Solutions (onsite with our client)
Are you an Electrical Engineer looking to join one of the top companies in the Aerospace and Defense industry?
Are you ready to take your career to the next level?
Do you have experience in satellite or spacecraft Electrical Power System (EPS) design and some FPGA knowledge?
If so, we want to hear from you!
Key Responsibilities
Satellite Bus Development: Prepare and manage subsystem architecture and interfaces for a new satellite bus system.
Requirements & Documentation: Generate requirements, specifications, ICDs, analyses, and test plans. Document results in technical reports and presentations, and ensure accuracy across drawings, bills of materials, and engineering documentation.
Systems Engineering: Support mission, ground, and space vehicle systems engineering activities including requirements flow-down, tracking, verification, and interface control.
Integration & Testing: Support integration, testing, and operational readiness of spacecraft and payloads. Oversee spacecraft testing, review test results, and ensure subsystem compliance with requirements.
Power Systems: Develop and maintain system power budgets, validation and verification plans, and test plans for electrical components and assemblies.
Collaboration: Coordinate with systems, mechanical, manufacturing, quality, and program management teams to ensure design integrity.
Customer Interaction: Prepare and deliver technical presentations and reports to peers, management, and customers.
Quality & Culture: Adhere to Quality Management Systems standards and foster a respectful, collaborative team environment.
Experience with satellite or spacecraft electrical power systems (EPS) design and analysis.
Strong background in requirements generation, validation/verification, and testing of aerospace electrical systems.
Familiarity with spacecraft integration, testing, and power budget management.
Proven ability to document and present complex engineering results clearly.
Excellent teamwork and communication skills in a cross-functional engineering environment.
Here's what you'll get:
- Pay Rate: $45 - $50 /hr
- Hours: 8/40 Hrs/Wk.
- Length: Temp to Hire.
Sound like a good fit?
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About Acara Solutions
Acara is a premier recruiting and workforce solutions provider-we help companies compete for talent. With a legacy of experience in various industries around the world, we partner with clients, listen to their needs, and customize visionary talent solutions that drive desired business outcomes. We leverage decades of experience to deliver contingent staffing, direct placement, executive search, and workforce services worldwide.
- Bachelor's degree
- Minimum of 2-5 years of experience in Embedded design, to include microcontrollers, power supplies, and mid-level circuit design
- Minimum of 2-5 years of experience in satellite or spacecraft electrical power system (EPS) design.
- Minimum of 2-5 years of experience in AutoCAD Electrical with schematic and layout design.
- Minimum of 2-5 years' experience with integration and placement of common spacecraft subsystems, power systems (Solar Arrays, Batteries), avionics assemblies, harnessing ADCS elements, and electro-mechanical subsystems.
- Minimum of 2-5 years of experience with developing system and subsystem level acceptance and qualification testing of space flight hardware.
- Minimum of 2-5years experience with defining, developing, and delivering space-qualified hardware.
- Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering.
- Knowledge of satellite/spacecraft system reliability, contamination control, EMI, space environments (radiation, surface charging, corrosion), and human factors.
- Familiar with LEO space environments and mitigations.
- A solid understanding of requirements definition, decomposition, flow-down, architectural trade studies, architectural and interface definition, hardware specifications, interface control, analyses, and verification.
- Proficiency in Microsoft 365, including Excel, Word, Outlook, and Teams.
- Commitment to providing the highest-quality products and services that meet or exceed our customers' requirements and expectations, actively pursuing opportunities for continual service quality improvements.
- High-quality written and oral presentation skills
- Ability to work independently or as part of a team.
- Good interpersonal skills and a proven ability to communicate with other engineers, groups, and management are essential.
- High-level critical thinking and reasoning skills.
- Good organizational skills with a detail-oriented mindset.
- Ability to collaborate with many different teams/individuals to reach a common goal by building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation, maintaining positive and professional relationships, and contributing to a culture of inclusion.
Additional Information:
- Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check and a drug screen.
- In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.
- Under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), all employees assigned to this client must provide documentation verifying their status as a 'U.S. Person', as defined in ITAR clause 120.15. A U.S. Person is a protected individual under the anti-discrimination provisions of U.S. immigration laws.
- Sedentary Work - occasionally exerting up to 10 pounds of force to carry, lift, push, pull, or move objects.
- Sedentary work usually involves being stationary, sometimes requiring moving about the work center on concrete surfaces.
- Computer Work involves daily use of a laptop, computer monitor screen, keyboard, and mouse, sometimes utilizing a headset with microphone and speakers.