Power Electronics Engineer - Hardware

Base pay range

$/yr - $/yr

Design the Hardware Behind High-Performance Systems
Based in Cypress, CA, we focus on engineering and manufacturing cleaner, greener power resources. Our products harvest and use energy safely for our ecosystem, servicing the Oil & Gas as well as Defense Industries with pumps, generators, and Turbo Expanders.

• Evaluate customer/project requirements and select appropriate topologies for DC/AC and DC/DC applications.
• Lead design engineering for power electronics products, covering all essential engineering analysis from initial planning through study, design, and test.
• Lead, design, develop and test advanced power electronics such as converters and inverters using medium to high power switching components (hundreds of kW).
• Select active semiconductor switching devices and passive components (capacitors, inductors, transformers, etc.) for converter power circuits.
• Lead verification testing on new designs and products.
• Analyze switching and transient behavior of devices to determine limits, proper gating, and operation.
• Perform design analysis including modeling, simulation, and control loops.
• Optimize designs for efficiency, density, and cost.
• Conduct design reviews and follow NPI process.
• Perform hands‑on lab work building and debugging prototypes.
• Perform electrical characterization, design validation, and qualification.
• Introduce the product into production.
• Provide technical support for production and field product issues.
• Lead projects and collaborate in cross‑functional teams.
• Prepare invention disclosures to protect intellectual property.
• Mentor junior engineers.
• Lead the activities and collaboration with contractors to outsource project tasks, track progress per project schedule, and report to management.

• BSc or MSc in Electrical Engineering with focus on power electronics and +8 years of industry experience (PhD is a plus).
• Strong understanding of power inverters operation and design.
• Strong understanding of 3‑phase power systems.
• Strong debugging skillset for power electronics circuits.
• Experience with space vector, sinusoidal, and/or discontinuous PWM schemes.
• Strong knowledge of digital, analog, and power electronic circuits design, test, and debugging.
• Experience with power electronics test equipment (scope, DC/AC electronics load, DC/AC power sources, current and voltage probes).
• Experience with SiC and GaN devices‑based power converter design.
• Strong circuit simulation experience (Matlab Simulink / PLECS / LTSpice).

• Perform power electronic circuit design (create schematic symbols and layout footprints, design schematic and layout, and create BOM) in Altium.
• Magnetics design and optimization.
• High‑frequency magnetics design knowledge.
• Ability to drive, understand, and adhere to product roadmaps, define new platforms, and extend products for power inverters (DC/AC).
• Ability to prepare test reports, conclude the outcome of test results, provide the next steps in test plan, and present to management.
• Create high‑density PCB layout with noise and EMI mitigation.

• 200‑250k Salary!
• Annual Bonuses!
• Flexible Work Schedules!
• 401K Matching!
• Accelerated Career Growth!
• Challenging Problems!

Not Applicable

Full‑time

Engineering and Information Technology

IT Services and IT Consulting and Software Development

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