Director, Codes & Standards

Enphase Energy; Petaluma (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 259,000; Full time

Job summary

Enphase Energy in Austin, TX seeks a senior codes and standards leader to shape regulatory paths for the IQ SST platform. You will be the company voice on UL, IEEE, NFPA, ICC panels and work with product and certification teams to translate standards into actionable requirements.

This externally facing role builds networks with NRTLs, utilities, AHJs, and data center operators, drafts code changes, and guides certification strategies.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant experience in codes, standards, and power electronics.
• 5+ years of direct committee work on standards panels or similar bodies.
• BS in Electrical Engineering (MS or PE preferred) or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive Enphase's codes and standards strategy for the IQ SST platform, aligned with roadmaps and pilots.
• Represent Enphase on UL, IEEE, NFPA, ICC committees and leadership panels.
• Lead when standards do not yet exist; identify gaps and form new task groups.
• Engage data center industry bodies (OCP, NFPA) to align DC power architectures with standards.
• Draft change proposals, revisions, and ballot positions; build coalitions for adoption.
• Engage utilities and interconnection proceedings with policy teams.
• Shape certification paths with NRTLs and certification engineering; enable cost/time-to-market.
• Forecast code cycles and brief executives on changes and implications.
• Support AHJ interpretations and field outreach during early deployments.
• Travel up to 40% (primarily U.S.).

Skills

Standards leadership

Committee work

Regulatory affairs

Education

BS in Electrical Engineering or related field

MS or PE a plus

Job description

Description

Enphase Energy is a global energy technology company and a leading provider of solar, battery, and electric vehicle charging products. Founded in 2006, our innovative microinverter technology revolutionized solar power, making it a safer, more reliable, and scalable energy source. Today, the Enphase Energy System enables users to make, use, save, and sell their own power. Enphase is also one of the most successful and innovative clean energy companies in the world, with more than 80 million products shipped across 160 countries.

Enphase is now bringing its semiconductor-based, software-defined power conversion expertise to a new frontier: the IQ® Solid-State Transformer (IQ SST), a distributed solid-state transformer platform for converting medium-voltage AC to regulated AC and DC power.

About The Role

Solid-state transformers are ahead of the rulebook. The codes and standards that govern medium-voltage power conversion, high-frequency isolation, and DC power distribution in data centers are still being written — and whoever shows up to write them will define the certification path, the installation requirements, and ultimately who can sell into this market. Enphase intends to be that company.

We are looking for a senior codes and standards leader to own and drive Enphase's position across the regulatory and standards landscape for the IQ SST business. This is an external-facing influence role. You will be Enphase's voice on the committees, panels, and working groups where the rules for solid-state transformers and data center power are taking shape. You will anticipate what is coming, shape it before it lands, and translate it back into clear, actionable direction for our product, engineering, and certification teams. You will build and work a network of committee chairs, testing laboratories (NRTLs), utilities, AHJs, data center operators, and peer manufacturers — and you will already know many of these people on day one.

What You Will Do

• Define and drive Enphase's codes and standards strategy for the IQ SST platform — medium-voltage power conversion, high-frequency isolation transformers, DC distribution, and grid interconnection — aligned with our product roadmap and 2027–2028 pilot and volume timelines.
• Represent Enphase on the committees that govern this space, securing seats and leadership positions where it matters most, including: UL Standards Technical Panels for UL 1741 (including its medium-voltage revisions), UL 2877 and UL 347/347A (MV power conversion up to 38 kV), and UL 1562; IEEE working groups (IEEE 1547 series, IEEE PES Transformers Committee, emerging SST/power-electronics-transformer efforts); NFPA/NEC code-making panels covering Articles 450, 490, 705, and the data center articles (645/646); and ICC code development affecting data center construction.
• Lead where standards don't yet exist: identify gaps (e.g., high-voltage DC distribution in data centers, certification paths for SST architectures), initiate new standards projects or task groups, and drive industry consensus toward requirements Enphase products are designed to meet.
• Engage data center industry bodies — Open Compute Project (OCP) power workstreams, NFPA 75/76 fire protection requirements, and operator technical forums — so the DC power architectures our customers specify align with the standards we help write.
• Author and champion proposals: draft code change proposals, standards revisions, comments, and ballot positions; build coalitions to get them adopted; lead floor debate and comment resolution.
• Engage utilities and interconnection proceedings on medium-voltage service and grid-interface requirements for SST-powered facilities, in partnership with our policy and business development teams.
• Shape the certification path: partner with NRTLs and our certification engineering team to establish practical, repeatable evaluation schemes for SST products, reducing cost and time-to-market for each generation.
• Monitor, interpret, and forecast: maintain a forward radar of code cycles, standard revisions, and rulemakings; brief executives and product teams on what is changing, when it takes effect, and what we must do about it.
• Support AHJ and field acceptance: help resolve jurisdictional interpretation issues for early deployments and support training and outreach that smooth adoption.

Who You Are

• A recognized codes and standards professional in power electronics, medium-voltage equipment, transformers, or data center power infrastructure, with 10+ years of relevant experience, including 5+ years of direct committee work.
• Proven influencer: you hold or have held seats on standards technical panels, code-making panels, or working groups, and can point to specific proposals, ballots, or code changes you drove to adoption.
• Connected: an active network across UL, IEEE, NFPA, ICC, testing labs (NRTLs), utilities, and AHJs — ideally extending into the data center industry.
• Technically fluent: deep working knowledge of medium-voltage power conversion and transformer standards (UL 1741, UL 2877, UL 347/347A, UL 1562, IEEE C57 series), grid interconnection (IEEE 1547-2018/1547.1), and the NEC as it applies to equipment over 1000 V and data center installations. You can hold your own in a technical debate with test engineers and code officials alike.
• Comfortable in white space: you have experience driving requirements for technology that existing standards don't cleanly cover, not just complying with settled rules.
• An effective advocate and communicator: you write persuasive proposals and comment responses, present credibly in public forums, and distill complex regulatory developments into crisp executive guidance.
• Strategic and self-directed: you set the agenda, prioritize among concurrent code cycles and standards projects, and deliver results with minimal oversight.
• Willing and able to travel to committee meetings, hearings, and industry events (up to 40%, primarily U.S.).
• BS in Electrical Engineering or related technical field required; MS or PE a plus.

Bonus Points

• International standards experience: IEC 62477-2 (MV converters), IEC 62109, IEC 60076 series, CE marking pathways, and participation in IEC technical committees or national-committee mirror groups.
• Direct experience with solid-state transformer, MV drive, or MV UPS certification programs.
• Experience with DC distribution standards work (e.g., OCP, ±400 V/800 V DC architectures) or hyperscale data center power specifications.
• Leadership positions held (chair, vice-chair, task group lead) in standards bodies.

Why Enphase

Solid-state transformers for AI data centers are a market being created in real time, and the codes and standards are the critical path: certification for a product line in this space can run years and millions of dollars, and the rules that decide that are being written now. This role gives you real authority over that path, executive visibility, and the backing of one of the world's most successful clean energy technology companies as it enters its next major market.

Join our dynamic teams designing and developing next-gen energy technologies and help drive a sustainable future!

The base salary range for this role in Austin is $150,000 to $259,000 per year and may vary based on experience, skills, and location. This role is also eligible for equity, and benefits, with final compensation determined in accordance with applicable laws and internal equity.