HV Power Electronics Test Lab Leader

Amperesand PTE LTD; Reno (NV); On-site; USD 175,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Medical coverage

401k plan

PTO & holidays

Parental leave

Job summary

Amperesand is seeking a Test Engineering leader to own manufacturing test and product validation for its high-voltage power electronics. You will lead a team of experts, design and deploy test systems, ensure uptime, and collaborate with EE/ME design and firmware to scale testing for volume production.

The role emphasizes ownership, rapid troubleshooting, and a strong hands-on background in test engineering for power electronics, with travel up to 10% and on-site work requirements.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of engineering experience in test engineering, validation, or power electronics hardware development, with at least 4 years in a people-leadership role.
• Strong hands-on background in test engineering for power electronics, including high-voltage, high-current conversion systems.
• Solid understanding of PCBA schematics, hardware debug, and the use of oscilloscopes, multimeters, power analyzers, and other lab instrumentation.
• Proven track record leading the design, build, and deployment of manufacturing test systems and product validation programs, ideally from prototype through volume production.
• Demonstrated success running and scaling a test lab, including managing uptime, calibration, safety, and capacity.
• Strong collaboration skills with cross-functional partners in EE design, ME design, firmware, manufacturing, and program management.
• Track record of hiring, developing, and retaining strong technical talent; able to provide credible technical guidance to senior and staff engineers.
• Ability to drive action grounded in first-principles thinking, with entrepreneurial ownership in a high-growth environment.
• Willingness to travel up to 10%, including internationally.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of test engineers responsible for manufacturing test and product validation of high-voltage power electronics products.
• Provide technical guidance and set direction on test architecture, methodology, and execution while empowering engineers to own their domains.
• Own the end-to-end strategy and execution for manufacturing test and product validation, including test coverage, accuracy, cycle time, cost, and scalability for volume production.
• Oversee the design, build, validation, and deployment of test systems for high-voltage, high-current power electronics, ensuring systems are delivered on time and meet performance targets.
• Ensure high test system uptime across prototype labs, pre-production, and manufacturing environments. Design a structure to drive rapid response and root-cause resolution when testers go down and establish preventive maintenance and reliability practices.
• Own the test lab - its layout, equipment, calibration cadence, safety standards, capacity planning, and day-to-day operations.
• Drive the definition of manufacturing test specifications for volume production, partnering with operations, design, quality, and reliability teams.
• Partner with the program management team to plan resources and align on milestones, dependencies, and deliverables across the broader engineering organization.
• Collaborate closely with EE design, ME design, and firmware teams to influence DFT, investigate failures, and drive product improvements from first principles.
• Drive continuous improvement of test efficiency, coverage, and automation — championing investments in tooling and automated test infrastructure that scale with volume.
• Establish frameworks for test requirements decomposition, acceptance criteria, and program execution that scale with the company.

Skills

Test engineering leadership

Power electronics testing

High voltage systems

Team mentoring

DFT

Lab instrumentation

Uptime management

Education

BS or MS in Electrical Engineering

Advanced degree a plus

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Multimeters

Power analyzers

Test automation tools

Job description

Amperesand is seeking a Test Engineering leader to own manufacturing test and product validation for its high-voltage power electronics. You will lead a team of experts, design and deploy test systems, ensure uptime, and collaborate with EE/ME design and firmware to scale testing for volume production.

The role emphasizes ownership, rapid troubleshooting, and a strong hands-on background in test engineering for power electronics, with travel up to 10% and on-site work requirements.