Staff/Sr Staff System Test Engineer - Power Electronics

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Base pay range

$170,000.00/yr - $250,000.00/yr

Amperesand is disrupting industrial power with the first commercialized Solid State Transformer systems. Solid State Transformer 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 seek mission-driven team members who are 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:

At Amperesand, you own validation of power electronics, thermal systems, and firmware. You will build test systems, develop strategies, and ensure SST hardware and firmware work flawlessly.

Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain test systems for high-voltage power electronics.
• Validate electrical, thermal, and performance characteristics of our products across prototype, pre-production, and production stages.
• Conduct comprehensive regression testing to ensure that new iterations of the product meet the same standards of performance and reliability as previous versions.
• Define a manufacturing test specification for volume production.
• Innovate test system design to meet accuracy, cycle time, cost, and other performance factors.
• Collaborate closely with hardware design and firmware teams to understand the product and its functionalities. Investigate root causes of failures and drive product improvements.
• Participate hands-on during test hardware bring-up, system debugging, and help with software optimization.
• Incorporate design techniques to achieve ease of validation and maintenance.
• Challenge ideas and decisions with reasoning from first principles.
• Travel to different facilities worldwide to collaborate with teams and deploy our solutions.

Qualifications :

• BS or MS in Electrical or Computer Engineering.
• 8+ years of hands-on experience in test engineering, preferably in power electronics.
• Strong understanding of power electronics principles, including high-voltage, high-current systems, and power conversion technologies.
• Solid experience with PCBA schematics and debugging hardware components.
• Familiarity with using oscilloscopes, multimeters, power analyzers, and other test equipment.
• Experience using system-level languages (such as Golang, Rust, C, C++, etc.) to automate systems.
• Be engaged, proactive, and positive when taking on challenging tasks, owning assignments, and taking accountability for personal and overall team success.

Seniority level

• Seniority levelMid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment typeFull-time

Job function

• IndustriesElectric Power Transmission, Control, and Distribution

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