Technical Program Manager, Power Systems

Mountain View, CA

The Program Manager, Power Systems owns delivery of our power conversion programs from concept to certified, field-ready products. You will run schedule, budget, scope and risk for power conversion systems (PCS), bidirectional inverters and DC-DC converters used in utility-scale solar PV and battery energy storage (BESS).

• Lead power electronics projects through a stage-gate process: requirements, design, prototype, design validation (DVT), certification, production validation (PVT), and launch.
• Build and maintain integrated master schedules, work breakdown structures and resource plans across hardware, firmware and test.
• Own project budgets, including NRE, prototype builds, test equipment and certification fees; report variance monthly.
• Run design reviews and gate reviews with clear entry and exit criteria.

Technical coordination

• Translate customer, grid-code and site requirements into a controlled requirements baseline with traceability to test.
• Coordinate interfaces with BESS container, battery/BMS, EMS/SCADA and plant controller teams.
• Manage engineering change requests and configuration control across hardware and firmware releases.

Certification and compliance

• Plan and track certification programs with NRTLs and test labs (e.g. UL, TÜV, Intertek, CSA).
• Coordinate grid-compliance and interconnection testing, including model validation for utility studies.

Suppliers and manufacturing

• Manage key suppliers and contract manufacturers for power modules (IGBT/SiC), magnetics, cooling and enclosures.
• Track long-lead components and drive design-for-manufacture and production readiness.

Risk, quality and communication

• Maintain risk and issue registers; lead DFMEA follow-up and root-cause investigations for test and field failures.
• Report status, risks and decisions to engineering leadership and customer stakeholders.

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or a closely related field.
• 5+ years in hardware product development, including 3+ years managing power electronics projects (inverters, PCS, converters, drives or chargers).
• Delivered at least one power electronics product from development through certification and production launch.
• Working knowledge of power converter topologies, semiconductor devices, thermal management and control fundamentals, enough to judge technical trade-offs and schedule risk.
• Experience managing budgets above $2M and cross-functional teams of 10+ engineers.
• Proficiency with scheduling tools (MS Project, Smartsheet or Primavera) and issue trackers (Jira or equivalent).

• Master's degree in electrical engineering or an MBA.
• PMP, PgMP or equivalent certification; experience with hybrid stage-gate and agile methods for hardware/firmware teams.
• Direct experience with utility-scale solar inverters or BESS PCS (1 MW+ class, 1,500 VDC systems).
• Familiarity with key standards and grid codes: UL 1741 (incl. SB), UL 62109, IEC 62109-1/-2, UL 9540 system integration, IEEE , IEEE 1547.1, IEEE , NERC reliability guidelines
• Experience supporting interconnection model validation (PSS/E, PSLF, PSCAD) with utilities or ISOs.
• Background in grid-forming inverter programs or wide-bandgap (SiC) product development.

• Technical credibility: holds design reviews with power electronics, firmware and controls engineers, mechanical, and test engineers.
• Schedule discipline: builds realistic plans around prototype cycles, lab slots and certification lead times.
• Risk judgment: spots technical and supply risks early and forces decisions rather than tracking them passively.
• Supplier leadership: negotiates scope, cost…