Heron Power
Power Electronics Test & Validation Engineer
Scotts Valley · On-site · Full-time · Posted Nov 3, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years; domain-specific experience helps determine career level.
About the job
Own application-specific testing and pilot deployments of Heron Power’s solid state transformer for data centers, battery storage, and solar plants.
What you'll do
- Test the SST with battery systems and utility-scale BESS, including communications, grid-forming coordination, cycling, and efficiency.
- Write Python test automation and safely set up and operate high-power test equipment.
- Review pilot performance and work with software and firmware teams to address product gaps.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of hands-on experience in power electronics, energy storage, EV, grid, or a comparable hardware-intensive environment.
- Strong DC circuit fundamentals and ability to correlate test data with simulation results.
- Strong scripting and test-automation skills; working knowledge of power conversion and battery systems.
- Comfort with lab instrumentation and communications protocols such as CAN and Modbus TCP.
Nice to have
- Experience with solid state transformers or grid-forming inverters; utility-scale BESS commissioning or EMS integration.
- Hands-on experience with circuit and system simulation tools such as LTspice, Simscape, or PLECS.
Tools
Python, CAN, Modbus TCP, LTspice, Simscape, PLECS, SCADA, EMS
AI focus
Test SST applications for powering AI data centers, including AI load smoothing.
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