Amperesand
Senior Power Electronics Control Engineer
$150K–$270K
Reno, Nevada, United States +4 · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 9, 2026
- Location
- Reno, Nevada, United States
Sunnyvale, California, United States
Reno, Nevada, United States
San Francisco, California, United States
Sunnyvale, California, United States - Experience
- 3+ years designing and deploying digital control for power converters.
- Education
- Technical degree or equivalent industry experience in Electrical Engineering or a closely related field.
About the job
Designs, models, implements, and validates control systems for advanced power converters used in low- and medium-voltage applications.
What you'll do
- Design digital control algorithms and converter models; analyze stability, compensation, and transient response.
- Implement real-time controls on embedded platforms and debug converters across simulation, firmware, hardware, and laboratory testing.
- Collaborate with hardware and firmware teams on converter performance and support validation, including stability, transients, and fault handling.
What they ask for
- Technical degree or equivalent industry experience in Electrical Engineering or a closely related field, focused on power electronics and control systems.
- Strong understanding of resonant power conversion and control across isolated and non-isolated architectures; solid control-theory foundation.
- Experience implementing real-time control algorithms on embedded platforms and hands-on laboratory debugging of power converters.
- Proficiency in embedded C for real-time control implementation and debugging.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with MATLAB/Simulink and PLECS.
- Exposure to medium-voltage power electronics, bidirectional power conversion, or product development through validation and deployment.
Pay
$170,000 — $270,000 USD (base salary); $150,000 — $250,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
MATLAB/Simulink, PLECS, embedded C, DSP, MCU, SoC
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