Full-timeStaff Power Electronics Design Engineer

Bay Area, CA, United StatesElectrical Engineering$160,000$250,000

Company Overview

Amperesand is disrupting industrial power with the first commercialized Solid State Transformer (SST) systems. The SSTs are much more than a transformer replacement, enabling numerous advanced features to unlock solutions for data centers, EV charging, renewables, microgrids, and industrial installations. We are looking for mission driven team members passionate about making amazing products for worldwide electrification at maximum acceleration. Amperesand is building a global company and looking for talent across our geographies.

Responsibilities

Design and end-to-end development including design, layout, verification, reliability test, and manufacturing of core circuits.

  • High power, high voltage circuit design

  • Compute systems including microcontrollers, processors and FPGAs for high frequency converter control and protection

  • Auxiliary power supplies for 1kV+ inputs

  • Isolated SiC gate drivers and fault protection circuits

  • Safety-certifiable circuits for industrial I/O

  • Create documentation and drive testing for compliance with IEC and UL industrial and grid standards

Qualifications

  • Technical degree or equivalent industry experience in electronics engineering

  • 5+ years' experience in digital and analog circuit design

  • Extensive hands-on experience with advanced digital and HV circuit bring-up and troubleshooting

  • Proficiency with PCB CAD and simulation tools (preferably Altium Designer, *SPICE and/or PLECS)

  • Excellent written and verbal communications in English

  • Willingness and ability to travel up to 10% including internationally

Bonus

  • Shipped a power electronics PCBA in a high-volume product

  • Experience with magnetics design

  • Great understanding of signal integrity and EMC

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