Head of Power Electronics

American Turbines • San Francisco, CA

5d • $150,000 - $200,000

About The Position

The Head of Power Electronics will own everything between the generator shaft and the customer's bus. The machine is designed from a blank sheet around a high-voltage DC architecture, that architecture is one of our core bets. You will define the power conversion system end to end: conversion, protection, controls interfaces, and the schemes that let hundreds of units run as one plant. You will make the build-versus-buy call for every block and defend it with numbers. Much of this system will be developed with partners and suppliers, the EV and industrial supply chain has spent a decade maturing the hardware we need. You will lead that work: select the partners, write the specs, qualify the hardware, integrate it, and stand behind it on the test stand. As in-house scope grows, you will hire and lead the power electronics team.

Requirements

• Deep hands-on experience in high-voltage DC power conversion.
• Experience in the EV industry: traction inverters, 800 V platforms, onboard chargers, DC fast charging.
• Design experience with wide-bandgap semiconductors, SiC and GaN, at real power levels.
• Experience taking converters from schematic through layout, magnetics, thermal, and EMC into production.
• Understanding of what kills converters in the field.
• Knowledge of when a converter is a commodity to buy and when it's a differentiator to build.
• Comfortable owning supplier relationships, writing source-control specs, and running qualification testing.
• Ability to move fast between architecture and detail without losing rigor.
• Experience seeing hardware run and understanding what simulation gets right and wrong.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with electric machine design.
• Experience with control systems, from converter control loops to embedded platforms.

Responsibilities

• Define the power conversion system end to end: conversion, protection, controls interfaces, and the schemes that let hundreds of units run as one plant.
• Make the build-versus-buy call for every block and defend it with numbers.
• Lead the development with partners and suppliers: select partners, write specs, qualify hardware, integrate it, and stand behind it on the test stand.
• Hire and lead the power electronics team as in-house scope grows.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed