Engineering Manager

Strativ Group; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

A scaling energy technology company is seeking a Senior Technical Leader to architect high-power conversion platforms for critical infrastructure. The role involves optimizing AC/DC and DC/DC systems, leading engineering teams, and influencing technical standards across product releases. Ideal candidates will have an MSEE or PhD, deep experience in power electronics, and a strong understanding of wide-bandgap devices. Join us in shaping the future of energy technology at a company with an engineering-led culture and a clear product roadmap.

Qualifications

• Strong depth in power electronics essential.
• Demonstrated ownership of field-deployed platforms required.
• Expertise in grid-interactive systems is highly valued.
• Strong intuition for switching loss tradeoffs and system efficiency at scale.

Responsibilities

• Architect high-power AC/DC and DC/DC conversion platforms.
• Lead topology selection and system-level studies.
• Optimize high-frequency transformer designs.
• Validate concepts from simulation through hardware bring-up.
• Align DFM/DFT with New Product Introduction.

Skills

Power electronics expertise

System efficiency optimization

Leadership in engineering

Experience with wide-bandgap devices

Technical autonomy in engineering

Education

MSEE or PhD

Job description

A scaling energy technology company is developing next-generation high-power conversion platforms deployed into critical industrial and digital infrastructure environments.

We are hiring a senior technical leader to architect and scale advanced grid-interactive and DC-based power systems operating in the 50kW to 500kW+ range. This role sits at the center of converter architecture, system definition, and long-term platform evolution.

What You Will Own

• Architecture of high-power AC/DC and DC/DC conversion platforms
• Topology selection and system-level trade studies including interleaved, DAB, LLC, phase-shifted full bridge, and multilevel structures
• Switching strategy across Si, GaN, and SiC technologies
• Magnetics design strategy including high-frequency transformer optimization and planar approaches
• High-voltage, high-current layout architecture with focus on parasitic control and low-inductance design
• Mixed-signal power PCBA development in high-noise, high-density environments
• Thermal system architecture and cooling strategy at platform scale
• EMC and industrial compliance strategy
• Requirements definition with full traceability from concept through deployment
• Validation from simulation through hardware bring-up and full system testing
• DFM and DFT alignment through New Product Introduction

You will influence technical standards across product families and guide architecture decisions that shape future releases.

What We’re Looking For

• MSEE or PhD with strong depth in power electronics
• Demonstrated ownership of industrial, field-deployed platforms
• Deep experience with wide-bandgap devices in production environments
• Strong intuition for switching loss tradeoffs, magnetics optimization, and system efficiency at scale
• Experience leading senior engineers and complex cross-functional programs

Experience in grid-interactive systems, medium-voltage front ends, or DC-based infrastructure platforms is highly valued.

The Environment

• Engineering-led culture with strong technical autonomy
• Clear product roadmap and long-term deployment strategy
• Direct integration into critical energy and infrastructure systems
• High ownership, low bureaucracy

This role sits at the intersection of grid evolution, high-density power, and large-scale electrification. The work ships into real infrastructure environments and operates at power levels needed for the next-gen of mission critical infrastructure.