Redwood Materials
Power Electronics Controls Engineer, Energy Storage
$160K–$252K
San Francisco, California, United States · Full-time · Posted Dec 16, 2025
- Experience
- MSc requires 3+ years of relevant industry experience; no years stated for PhD.
- Education
- MSc or PhD in Electrical Engineering with a specialization in Power Electronics Control Systems.
About the job
Designs and validates control systems for battery energy storage and mixed-asset energy sites, from modeling through hardware testing and deployment.
What you'll do
- Develop control algorithms and conversion schemes for BESS and multi-asset energy sites.
- Model power stages and grid behavior using digital twins; lead Hardware-in-the-Loop testing.
- Coordinate with battery, electrical, firmware, and thermal teams on resilient energy storage controllers.
What they ask for
- MSc or PhD in Electrical Engineering specializing in Power Electronics Control Systems.
- Expertise in power-conversion topologies, including LLC, CLLC, DAB, FC, and ANPC.
- Ability to design closed-loop controllers and implement them on DSPs or microcontrollers.
- Expert-level MATLAB/Simulink and PLECS; strong C proficiency; Python experience.
Nice to have
- PhD.
- Familiarity with grid-interconnection codes such as IEEE 1547 and UL 1741.
Pay
$160,000 — $252,500 USD (base salary)
Tools
PLECS, MATLAB/Simulink, Opal-RT, Typhoon, C, Python, DSPs, microcontrollers
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