Senior Power Electronics Control Engineer
About The Position
Amperesand is reinventing how the world powers its most critical systems by building hardware and software that rewrites the broken power infrastructure playbook. We are developing a new class of intelligent, software-defined power infrastructure products leveraging advanced medium voltage Solid State Transformer research. Our products are faster to deploy, dramatically smaller and more efficient, and capable of supporting modern, dynamic energy needs. We have scalable in-house advanced manufacturing capability and are led by breakthrough energy hardware development veterans, funded by top-tier investors. Our global team is focused on building foundational technology to solve pressing problems in power infrastructure at scale.
Requirements
- Technical degree or equivalent industry experience in Electrical Engineering or a closely related field, with a strong focus on power electronics and control systems.
- 3+ years of experience designing and deploying digital control for power converters, with demonstrated ability to own and execute complex technical tasks.
- Strong understanding of resonant power conversion principles and their control implications across isolated and non-isolated power converter architectures.
- Solid foundation in control theory, including loop compensation, stability margins, frequency-domain and time-domain analysis, and nonlinear system behavior.
- Proven experience implementing real-time control algorithms on embedded platforms.
- Hands-on laboratory experience debugging power converters.
- Ability to translate theoretical control concepts into practical, robust implementations.
- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills, with the ability to work through technically ambiguous challenges.
- Familiarity with modeling and simulation tools such as MATLAB/Simulink and PLECS.
- Proficiency in embedded C for real-time control implementation and debugging.
Nice To Haves
- Exposure to medium-voltage power electronics systems.
- Exposure to bidirectional power conversion and power flow control.
- Experience supporting products from R&D through validation and deployment.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement digital control algorithms for advanced AC-DC and DC-DC power converters across low- and medium-voltage applications.
- Develop small-signal and large-signal models to support stability analysis, loop compensation, and transient optimization.
- Support development of control strategies for advanced power conversion stages, including multilevel or resonant topologies and AC-DC / DC-DC stage interactions.
- Implement real-time control algorithms on DSP/MCU/SoC platforms.
- Lead hands-on debugging and root-cause analysis across simulation, firmware integration, hardware bring-up, and lab testing.
- Collaborate with hardware and firmware teams to optimize sensing, protection, and control-loop performance.
- Support validation activities including loop stability measurement, transient response testing, and fault handling verification.
- Own complex control subsystems and contribute to system-level design under technical leadership.
Benefits
- Competitive Salary + Incentive Stock Options
- Medical, vision, and dental benefits for employees and their dependents, effective from the start of hire
- Company paid Basic Life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance
- 401k retirement savings plan through Empower
- Employees receive paid time off (PTO), paid sick days, and paid company holidays
- Commuter Benefits
- 100% paid maternal leave (12 weeks) and paternal leave (6 weeks)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
Associate degree
