Senior Manager, Power Electronics Controls and Software

Redwood Materials • San Francisco, CA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Redwood Materials is hiring a Senior Manager for Power Electronics Software & Controls to lead the team developing software and controls for next-generation Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) and mixed-asset energy sites. This deeply technical player-coach will provide architectural direction while working closely with engineers on control stability, modulation, and real-time firmware performance. The role guides programs from initial concepts through production and field maintenance, combining advanced control theory with bare-metal embedded firmware so heterogeneous, second-life, and new battery assets can operate in synchronization at industrial scale.

The position is based in Redwood Materials’ San Francisco office and follows an onsite work model. It is full-time, with a California pay range of $222,000–$347,500 USD; compensation is commensurate with experience.

Requirements

• MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a closely related field specializing in Power Electronics, Control Systems, or Embedded Systems.
• 10+ years of industry experience shipping high-power conversion systems.
• 5+ years leading highly technical engineering teams.
• Deep theoretical and practical command of high-efficiency power conversion topologies, including DAB, LLC, CLLC, Flying Capacitor, and ANPC.
• Strong command of classical and modern control theory, including frequency-domain loop shaping, Bode/Nyquist stability analysis, state-space modeling, discrete-time z-domain implementation, and active damping.
• Proven architectural mastery of bare-metal firmware in C and/or Rust on ARM Cortex-R/M or real-time DSP platforms, including multi-core memory architecture, lock-free concurrency, peripheral drivers, and cycle-accurate profiling and debugging.
• Expert-level fluency with PLECS, MATLAB/Simulink, Python for data analysis and test automation, real-time HIL platforms such as Typhoon HIL or Opal-RT, and CI/CD build systems such as CMake and Git-based workflows.
• Demonstrated experience taking complex, high-power hardware/software systems from mathematical modeling and bring-up through regulatory certification, volume manufacturing, and long-term field support.

Responsibilities

• Own the software and controls technical roadmap and delivery across concurrent power electronics programs, from concept and topology selection through EVT/DVT/PVT, mass manufacturing, utility commissioning, and in-field diagnostics and OTA maintenance.
• Guide theoretical design, discrete-time synthesis, and optimization of closed-loop controllers for bidirectional DC/DC and AC/DC stages, including resonant and multilevel topologies.
• Direct development of grid-forming and grid-following algorithms, virtual synchronous machine dynamics, black-start capabilities, and active power and thermal balancing across heterogeneous battery arrays.
• Oversee real-time control firmware architecture for ARM Cortex-R, Cortex-M, and DSP targets, including deterministic execution, interrupt latency, PWM synchronization, ADC sampling, and hardware abstraction in Rust and C.
• Establish architectural standards for functional isolation, freedom from interference, memory protection, and fault-tolerant state machines, supporting compliance with UL 1741, UL 1973, and IEEE 1547.
• Partner with power electronics hardware, magnetics, thermal, and site-controller leaders on switching frequencies, dead-time compensation, thermal derating, and semiconductor loss balancing.
• Build feedback systems from field assets to R&D using fault capture and time-series telemetry to investigate grid-interaction anomalies and deploy fleet-wide control refinements.
• Recruit, mentor, and retain controls engineers and embedded firmware architects, fostering technical rigor, first-principles problem-solving, and high velocity.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior