Redwood Materials
Staff Power Systems Engineer, Hardware in Loop
$170K–$220K
San Francisco, California, United States · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 5, 2026
- Experience
- 3–5 years.
- Education
- MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, Controls, or a closely related discipline.
About the job
Develops and validates battery energy storage and inverter models, controls, and hardware-in-the-loop testing for grid-connected and off-grid applications.
What you'll do
- Design and validate power-system and inverter control strategies; build and maintain CHIL test platforms and automate tests.
- Develop real-time models and perform dynamic and transient studies of storage systems and related equipment.
- Troubleshoot integration issues and validate simulation models against RTDS/CHIL results and field performance.
What they ask for
- 3–5 years of power systems engineering experience, including hands-on RTDS/RSCAD, HIL/CHIL testing, or real-time simulation.
- MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems, Controls, or a closely related discipline.
- Experience developing and troubleshooting integrated hardware and software test environments.
- Ability to develop test automation, scripts, or control functions using Python, C, C++, or a similar language.
Nice to have
- Strong experience with PSCAD, MATLAB/Simulink, or comparable simulation platforms.
- Practical experience with communication networks, laboratory measurement equipment, and real-time simulation platforms such as RTDS, OPAL-RT, or Typhoon HIL.
Pay
$170,000 — $220,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
RTDS/RSCAD, Python, C, C++, PSCAD, MATLAB/Simulink, OPAL-RT, Typhoon HIL
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