Hardware Power Electronics Engineer (EV/Solar/Data Center)

Acara Solutions, Inc.; Franksville (WI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Acara Solutions, Inc. is seeking a Hardware Power Electronics Engineer to join its development team.

The role covers end-to-end product lifecycle leadership in high-power systems (1500–2000 V) for EV charging, solar, and data centers, with fast-paced deadlines. Candidates should have strong IGBT, SiC MOSFET, GaN design, FPGA control, and hands-on lab/testing experience, with 5+ years in power electronics and a Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering.

Qualifications

• Requires a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years in power electronics design, with understanding of high-frequency power stages, EMI/EMC, thermal, and protection.
• 3+ years lab testing experience and thermal testing.
• 2+ years Matlab/Simulink/SimPowerSystems experience.
• 3+ years of product development process experience.
• 2+ years experience with power electronics/control systems design.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end development of next-generation power electronics for EV, solar, and data center applications.
• Develop high-frequency bidirectional DC-DC converters, AC-DC grid-tie inverters, and resonant converters.
• Drive concept-to-productization timelines with a fast-paced team.
• Create and validate digital control algorithms and magnetics.
• Collaborate with PCB layout and mechanical teams for high-density power designs.
• Ensure UL/CE compliance and lead EMC activities.
• Assist in budgeting and drive quality and manufacturability improvements.

Skills

Power electronics

PCB layout

Thermal analysis

EMI/EMC

High voltage design

Digital control

Problem solving

Hardware-software interface

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering

Master’s Degree in Power Electronics

Tools

Matlab/Simulink

SimPowerSystems

FPGA tooling

Job description

Hardware Power Electronics Engineer (EV/Solar/Data Center)

Job Title: Hardware Power Electronics Engineer

Employment Type: Direct salaried employee with full benefits

Compensation: Wide open

About the Opportunity:

Join this decades old firm (240 employees) that is experiencing a growth spurt working on the latest energy storage, testing and power electronics technologies for the EV charging, solar and data center industries. They are looking for 2 seasoned (lead) engineers that can hit the ground running with full start-to-finish product lifecycle leadership experience - ideally with certification involvement. They are looking for candidates that enjoy a very fast-past environment. High power - 1500 volts to 2000 volts. They also have a 3rd opening - looking for full life cycle experience and 3+ years of experience. This is a very small team so the leaders need to have had full product engineering responsibility.

We are currently seeking a Hardware Power Electronics Engineer to join our development team to help expand our product offering. Our ideal candidate has a strong background in IGBT, Silicon Carbide MOSFET, GaN power conversion design and FPGA control experience.

What You’ll Do:

• Develop next generation power electronics for solar, energy storage, EV charging and Test applications using SiC and GaN mosfets.
• Opportunities to develop high-frequency bidirectional DC-DC converters, AC-DC grid-tie inverter and resonant converters.
• Requires the ability to develop in a very aggressive timeline with a team. We have huge opportunities, but very aggressive timelines associated with those opportunities.
• Lead development from concept to productization.
• Develop innovative digital control algorithms.
• Develop innovative magnetics.
• Work closely with PCB layout designers to implement high density power designs.
• Work closely with mechanical designers to develop the product design (sheet metal, heatsinks, bus bars, etc.).
• Achieve UL & CE compliance for the various products.
• Lead EMC compliance activities.
• Assist team members in achieving project level budgets on assigned projects.
• Participate in an environment of continuous learning and driving standardization and high quality in design with a focus on manufacturability.
• Ensure compliance with all safety and work rules and regulations. Ensure the maintenance of departmental housekeeping standards.

Job Requirements

What You’ll Bring (Requirements):

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering.
• Min 5 years of experience in power electronics design that includes a solid understanding of basic physics and electronics and a strong understanding of high frequency power stages, filtering, circuit protection, thermal and EMI/EMC considerations. PCB layout, DC-DC and DC-AC experience.
• Min 3 years of experience with lab testing tools and thermal testing experience
• Min 2 years of experience with Matlab / Simulink / Sim-power Systems skills
• Min 3 years of product development process experience.
• Minimum 2 years of related experience with power electronics and control systems design.
• Minimum 2 years of process orientation/discipline and demonstrated application of problem-solving tools (e.g. Paretto, 5-Why Analysis, 8-D's, six-sigma, etc.)

What Sets You Apart (Desired):

• Master's Degree in power electronics with more than 5 years of industry experience with power converter development as either NPD or R&D engineer
• FPGA control experience
• Data center DC-DC work experience (high current) and DC-DC solar optimizer experience
• 5 years of experience in design, testing, and debugging of DC-DC or 3phase AC-DC converters with voltage range 400-900V and power levels > 2kW.
• Experience in design and selection of power semiconductor parts, cooling mechanism, passive components, protection circuits, and sensing circuits.
• Understanding of PCB layout design for high voltages.
• Familiarity with UL1741 standards.
• Familiarity with typical Safety/EMI standards for power converter systems.
• Familiarity with EMC requirements and filter design.
• Understanding of hardware-mechanical interface as well as hardware-software interface.
• Understanding of fundamental analytical equations of high-frequency inductor and transformer design.
• Experience operating in a power-electronics and industrial packaging manufacturing environment.

Aleron companies (Acara Solutions, Aleron Shared Resources, Broadleaf Results, Lume Strategies, TalentRise, Viaduct) are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Race/Color/Gender/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Veteran.

Applicants for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This position does not meet the employment requirements for individuals with F-1 OPT STEM work authorization status.