Amperesand
Staff Hardware Validation Engineer
$145K–$200K
Reno, Nevada, United States +3 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 1, 2026
- Location
- Reno, Nevada, United States
Sunnyvale, California, United States
Reno, Nevada, United States
Sunnyvale, California, United States - Experience
- 6+ years of hands-on experience in test, validation, or integration engineering, with substantial time spent on power electronics.
- Education
- BS or MS in Electrical or Computer Engineering.
About the job
Leads validation of a solid-state transformer subsystem from initial bring-up through production and sustaining, building test systems and ensuring hardware and firmware meet requirements.
What you'll do
- Own the subsystem validation strategy, plan, schedule, and automated regression suite.
- Develop and maintain high-voltage, high-current test systems; characterize electrical, thermal, and performance behavior and investigate failures.
- Define production test specifications, transfer test systems to manufacturing, and mentor teams on validation and high-voltage safety.
What they ask for
- BS or MS in Electrical or Computer Engineering.
- 6+ years of hands-on test, validation, or integration engineering, including substantial power electronics experience.
- Owned a product or subsystem through a full validation cycle, from bring-up and design validation to production and sustaining regression.
- Strong power electronics knowledge, high-voltage lab skills, component-level PCBA debugging, and experience with validation instrumentation and data analysis.
Nice to have
- Experience with grid-tied inverters, active front ends, or DC fast charging; insulation testing or standards; SiC or GaN characterization; EMC; grounding and shielding; or reliability testing.
- Experience automating systems with Golang, Rust, C, C++, or Python.
Pay
$165,000 — $200,000 USD (base salary); $145,000 — $175,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Golang, Rust, C, C++, Python, IEC 61800-5-1, UL 1741, IEEE 1547
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