Sr. System Engineer (Power systems)

Role: System Engineer

Location: San Mateo, CA (4 days onsite, 1 day remote)

Type: Contract-to-hire

Description:

Roles & Responsibilities

• Participate in design and development of digital and analog electronics to control high-power electronics systems.
• Product level electrical design including component selection, circuit design, subsystem design and schematic capture and PCB layout in Altium.
• Prototypes bring-up and debugging, hardware bug tracking, functional verification, and signal characterization.
• Work with product management to convert product requirements into engineering specifications.
• Generate electrical design specifications for subsystems and oversee end-to-end product introduction activities.
• Develop and execute hardware and system test plans and perform tests for pre-compliance, environmental and reliability.
• Work directly with Contract Manufacturers in Asia and component suppliers to ensure quality deliverables.
• Collaborate with mechanical engineers to optimize system level electro-mechanical design including thermal management.
• Participate in DFMEAs, Design for Quality (DFQ) and Design for Reliability (DFR) and assist in defining process objectives.
• Develop numerical simulations and data analysis techniques to support the creation of control algorithms and decision-support software, making extensive use of field and laboratory experimental data.
• Develop numeric models and simulations of hierarchical control schemes for decentralized microgrids in time domain.
• Define aggregation methods for multiple distributed energy systems compatible with industry gateway standards (e.g., IEEE 2030).
• Develop peer-to-peer energy sharing and demand-response schemes.
• Prototype preventive maintenance decision-support software.
• Prototype methods for long-term battery health management and estimation.
• Develop methods to size energy systems under demand uncertainty.
• Develop fault diagnosis and failure prognosis algorithms.

Key Qualifications

• Bachelor s degree in electrical engineering, Physics or Mathematics. PhD preferred.
• 5 years of Electrical design experience with digital and analog electronic and power electronic systems and architecture
• Strong understanding of electric power principles including Distribution networks, Dynamics and control, and Electric power conversion
• Knowledge of power electronics and real-time digital simulation (HIL). Understand the XIL product development framework (MIL, SIL, PIL and HIL)
• Deep knowledge of electric power conversion systems (converter, rectifier and inverter concepts). You master modeling and simulation techniques for distributed energy applications and are attuned to the industry technical and regulatory trends.
• Experience with power electronics performance measurements and testing procedures including some familiarities with test standards (UL, UN, IEEE, CE and etc.).
• Hands-on experience in microgrid control
• Extensive hands-on experience with lab instruments such as oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, electronic loads, and signal generators
• Experience in development of digital and analog interfaces for PC-based test systems, especially (Labview, Matlab-Simulink-Simscape, Altium, PLECS, Python) and signal conditioning and conversion, Discrete semiconductor design and mixed-signal design
• Highly skilled in numerical simulation software.
• Highly trained in computational intelligence such as Machine learning, Expert systems and Control theory
• Expert systems wizard. You swim in large datasets with ease and can teach a computer to see patterns and react to signs of anomalies.
• Technical intuition. You can smell when the behavior of a complex system doesn t add up and come up with efficient ways to get to the bottom of things.
• Experience with wireless technologies, such as Cellular, WiFi or Bluetooth
• Familiarity with EMI/EMC design and mitigation techniques
• Familiar with international safety and EMC regulations, such as UL, ISO, IEC FCC, and NEC related to product safety
• Strong desire to be part of a start-up / high growth company with an entrepreneurial spirit and a fast-paced, results oriented culture
• Excellent written and verbal communication

Physical Requirements

• Ability to lift and carry items weighing up to 25 pounds.
• Ability to stand, walk, and move around for extended periods.
• Ability to climb ladders or stairs and work at heights.