Senior Product Manager, Software (San Francisco)
Fulltime Senior Product Manager, Software
Company Overview
Amperesand is disrupting industrial power by bringing the first commercialized Solid State Transformer systems to market. Solid State Transformers systems 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.
Role Summary
We are hiring a Software Product Manager to own the development and delivery of sitelevel control software for Amperesand deployments. This includes everything from EMS integration to SCADA, site orchestration logic, and remote diagnostics.
Youll define and prioritize the roadmap for how our inverters, battery systems, and microgrid controllers interact with local site systems bridging edgetocloud telemetry, firmware integration, control algorithms, and customerfacing software.
This is a crossfunctional leadership role spanning embedded systems, cloud integration, customer onboarding, and compliance frameworks. You will work closely with engineering, field teams, and enterprise customers to drive the software stack that makes our systems responsive, intelligent, and dependable at scale.
If you're passionate about building impactful, valuecentric products and excited about building transformational products at the intersection of electrification, grid modernization, and digital controlthis is your opportunity to lead and we want to hear from you!
Responsibilities
- Own product requirements and roadmap for sitelevel software control systems, including orchestration, diagnostics, and external integrations
- Define functional requirements across:
- Distributed energy resource control (inverter, storage, load shedding)
- Thirdparty EMS/BMS/SCADA interfaces
- Local controller logic and software update pipelines
- Collaborate with embedded systems, cloud software, and firmware teams to deliver robust, scalable, and secure control products
- Drive alignment between software development and field performance needs (e.g., uptime, responsiveness, recoverability)
- Ensure featurelevel compliance with IEEE2030.5, Modbus, OpenADR, and security frameworks (e.g., ISO/IEC27001)
- Work directly with customers to onboard, configure, and tune site control logic to meet application needs (EV charging, data center redundancy, microgrids, etc.)
- Develop documentation, dashboards, and field tools that empower customer selfservice and remote troubleshooting
- Track and report KPIs for software performance, system stability, and user experience
Qualifications
- 5+ years in product management for control systems, industrial software, or energy software
- Strong understanding of distributed energy systems, inverter integration, or power systems control
- Experience with one or more of: EMS, BMS, SCADA, DERMS, or gridedge control systems
- Software architecture for realtime control and telemetry
- Modbus, CAN, OPCUA, REST APIs, or IEC61850
- Background working with hardware/software teams in complex, highreliability environments
- Exceptional communication and collaboration skills able to translate between technical, customer, and business contexts
- Passion for clean energy, system reliability, and building things that matter
Technical Skills
- Industrial Communication Protocols:
- Modbus (RTU/TCP)
- OPCUA, CANbus, REST APIs, GOOSE, SNMP
- Understanding of protocol mapping and interface abstraction layers
- Power Systems Integration:
- DER components (inverters, BESS, relays, metering)
- Site controller architectures and local supervisory logic for microgrid or distributed energy control
- Software & Control Architecture:
- Realtime systems, deterministic control loops, faulttolerant design
- Embedded/cloud control handoffs; experience with Linuxbased edge devices, gateways, or PLCs
- SCADA / EMS / BMS Interfacing:
- Requirements and integration management with customerside EMS, SCADA, and battery management systems
- Exposure to IEC61850, IEEE2030.5, DNP3, or similar
- Data Models & Telemetry:
- Telemetry data structures (time series, events, alarms)
- Logging, diagnostics, and performance KPIs for distributed assets
- Security & Update Management:
- OT/IT security models, software signing, update policies, and secure OTA updates
- Tooling & Documentation:
- Jira, Confluence, Git, Figma (or equivalent)
- Producing PRDs, integration guides, interface specs, and release documentation
- Energy Sector Knowledge:
- Experience on smart grid, renewable energy, or energy management platform projects (plus)