Engineering Project Manager

Engineering Project Manager

Alderbuck Energy Inc. – Dearborn, Michigan, United States

Alderbuck Energy is enabling the next wave of electrification and distributed energy by transforming how large loads connect to and interact with the grid. We are developing and commercializing advanced Solid State Transformer (SST) based power conversion solutions for the exponentially growing power demand for AI infrastructure, electrification, and grid modernization.

This position is located at our high‑power laboratory and manufacturing campus in Dearborn, MI. We are seeking an experienced Engineering Project Manager to lead compliance planning, certification readiness, and utility test program execution for next‑generation multi‑megawatt solid‑state transformer power conversion systems.

• Lead compliance engineering activities for 15 kV/35 kV class SiC‑based solid‑state transformer platform supporting data center and grid modernization applications.
• Establish and maintain the product compliance roadmap, including applicable UL, IEC, IEEE, NEC, utility interconnection, customer, and certification requirements.
• Translate applicable standards and utility requirements into actionable engineering verification tasks, acceptance criteria, test procedures, evidence packages, and design closure requirements.
• Define test infrastructure requirements, including MV input sources, grid simulators, transformers, switch gear, protection equipment, regenerative loads, DC load banks, energy storage, and safety systems.
• Develop and manage detailed compliance and performance test plans, design verification plans, qualification plans, and certification readiness matrices.
• Coordinate planning for tests related to electrical safety, dielectric withstand, insulation coordination, grounding, fault response, protection coordination, harmonics, power quality, thermal performance, EMC, partial discharge, surge immunity, thermal, and abnormal operation testing with external laboratories and UL certification engineers.
• Perform creepage, clearance, insulation coordination, and pollution degree analysis for MV power converter assemblies.
• Support power module design for EMI/EMC compliance, emissions mitigation and common‑mode current reduction.
• Interface with NRTLs, certification bodies, utilities, AHJs, test laboratories, and customer engineering teams to align test scope, documentation requirements, witness testing, and issue resolution.
• Coordinate test execution across internal engineering labs, external certification laboratories, utility witness tests, customer FAT/SAT events, and field pilot deployments.
• Work closely with mechanical, electrical, and firmware teams to develop test procedures, compliance matrices, risk assessments, and technical construction documentation, and resolve compliance non‑conformances during certification testing.
• Support design and certification of medium voltage high‑frequency transformer isolation systems and reinforced insulation structures.
• Evaluate thermal runaway, arc flash, grounding, and touch‑current risks in MV converter systems at modular and system levels.
• Conduct hazard analysis, DFMEA, and fault‑tree analysis for high‑power converter systems.
• Identify Medium Voltage (MV) and other system components that meet UL requirements.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Electronics, Power Systems, or a related engineering discipline.
• 10+ years of experience in medium‑voltage power conversion systems, grid‑connected equipment, solid‑state transformers (SST), SiC‑based converters, and grid‑connected energy systems.
• Demonstrated experience managing compliance, validation, certification, or utility acceptance programs for complex electrical hardware.
• Experience developing test plans for high‑power electrical equipment, including requirements traceability, acceptance criteria, instrumentation planning, safety controls, and test reporting.
• Experienced in UL, IEC, IEEE, and NEC compliance engineering, dielectric and EMC testing, safety analysis, and certification support for high‑power converters, MV drives, EV charging, and energy…