What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Staff, Power Electronics Architect position at Amperesand?
Job Location: Reno Nevada
Company Overview:
Amperesand is disrupting industrial power with the first commercialized Solid State Transformer systems. 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.
Responsibilities:
- Lead next generation power conversion system design applicable to Solid State Transformer Systems including optimized topology, device selection, magnetics, and controls
- Drive best in class solutions that balance efficiency, cost, safety, and reliability, and use cases to support key customer needs
- Own simulation and optimization of power conversion approaches to ensure various approaches are ranked by customer impact and figures of merit
- Ensure our power electronics roadmap leverages latest supplier SiC/GaN and magnetics capabilities
- Drive advanced power electronics packaging solutions along with mechanical/electrical teams
- Own design for EMC and compliance by building into architecture, requirements, and risk management of our programs
- Lead advanced controls development to unlock optimized technology for our products
- Lead power electronics technical requirements development and tracking through programs
- Participate in prototype development and validation of next generation power electronics concepts
Qualifications:
- Technical degree or equivalent experience in power electronics design and architecture.
- 10 years' experience in power conversion design
- Industry leading knowledge and proven execution of power conversion development
- Demonstration of design by simulation and figure of merit approach including topology, controls, devices, and magnetics
- Outstanding knowledge of EMC and HV related compliance
- Exceptional experience working with Sales, Design Engineering, Supply Chain, Applications and Compliance Engineering to drive harmonized and efficiently executed solutions for the customer
- Evidence of delivering strategic and tactical based power electronics solutions
- Entrepreneurial mindset with clear bias for informed action and leading new initiatives with limited resources and support
- Excellent written and verbal communications in English
- Willingness and ability to travel up to 10% including internationally
