Redwood Materials
Power Electronics Engineer, Energy Storage
$125K–$200K
San Francisco, California, United States · Full-time · Posted Dec 16, 2025
- Experience
- 1–2 years in electrical engineering, with a strong focus on power conversion or energy-storage products; ideally for mass production.
- Education
- MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering, with a focus on power electronics.
About the job
Designs and validates power conversion systems for utility-scale and data-center battery energy storage, taking hardware from concept through production.
What you'll do
- Design high-voltage, high-power converters and evaluate topology, efficiency, cost, power density, and manufacturability trade-offs.
- Develop power stages, gate drivers, magnetic components, low-voltage subsystems, EMI filters, and high-power PCB layouts.
- Collaborate across engineering and manufacturing teams to define requirements, validate designs, and support industry certifications.
What they ask for
- MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering, with a focus on power electronics.
- Experience with power semiconductor selection, gate-drive design, and hardware protection circuits.
- Understanding of AC/DC and DC/DC power electronics topologies and fundamentals.
- Proficiency with circuit simulation, FEA simulation, CAD tools, and lab equipment.
Nice to have
- Experience with high voltage up to 25kVdc and 34.5kVac for SST.
- Experience designing power conversion or energy-storage products for mass production.
Pay
$125,000 — $200,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
Simulink, LTspice, Ansys Maxwell/Q3D, Altium Designer, Si/SiC MOSFET
AI focus
Designs energy-storage converters for utility-scale and data-center applications; the posting does not state that the role develops AI.
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