Power Electronics Engineer - Advanced Engineering
San Francisco, CA
Full Time
DD
Mid Level
Direct-hire opportunity for a Power Electronics Engineer to support an Advanced Engineering team. This role involves designing advanced HVDC and LVDC power systems and developing innovative thermal and magnetic solutions to enable reliable, high-performance GPU environments.
Location: San Francisco, CA
Salary: $200,000-$300,000 per year, depending on experience, skills, qualifications
Benefits: Retirement or pension plan, Health, dental, and vision, and PTO
Relocation assistance provided for the right candidate
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end power electronics development for HVDC/LVDC power architecture systems serving multi-gigawatt GPU computing loads, from circuit design through manufacturing.
- Design high-power, high-voltage control and protection circuits including SiC/GaN gate drivers, fault detection systems, and isolated sensing for DC power distribution platforms.
- Develop embedded control systems using microcontrollers, DSPs, and FPGAs for real-time power management, monitoring, and protection of high-frequency power electronics.
- Design auxiliary power supplies for 800V-1500V DC inputs, isolated communications interfaces, and EMI/EMC compliant circuit architectures.
- Perform circuit simulation, PCB layout (Altium Designer, SPICE, PLECS), thermal analysis, and design verification for high-reliability power electronics assemblies.
- Lead reliability testing, manufacturing transfer, and field deployment support for power electronics serving mission-critical AI infrastructure.
Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in power electronics circuit design with deep expertise in high-voltage, high-current applications.
- Proven track record designing and bringing up complex digital and analog circuits for power management, control, and protection systems.
- Expert-level proficiency with PCB design tools (Altium Designer preferred), circuit simulation (SPICE, PLECS), and hands-on troubleshooting of high-voltage circuits.
- Strong understanding of wide-bandgap devices (SiC, GaN), gate driver design, isolated power supplies, and high-frequency magnetics.
- Experience with embedded systems programming (C/C++), FPGA development (VHDL/Verilog), and real-time control algorithms for power electronics.
- Deep knowledge of power conversion topologies, digital control loop design, soft-switching techniques, thermal management for power semiconductors, and high-voltage insulation coordination.
If you are interested in learning more about this role, please submit your resume for immediate consideration!
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