Power Electronics Design Intern New

Amperesand, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 22,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentive Stock Options

Medical, Vision, and Dental benefits

401k retirement plan

Paid time off & holidays

Maternity/Paternity Leave

Job summary

Amperesand, Inc. in San Francisco, CA is seeking a Power Electronics Control Intern to contribute to the design, modeling, analysis, and validation of advanced power conversion systems, including AC-DC and DC-DC converters for LV and MV applications.

You will work with experienced engineers, performing analysis, simulations, and experimental evaluation under supervision. The role emphasizes control systems and laboratory validation, with opportunities to learn how control, hardware, and firmware

Qualifications

• Pursuing a degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• Academic coursework or project experience in power electronics or control.
• Fundamental understanding of power converter operation and control concepts.
• Familiarity with feedback, stability, and transient response.
• Hands-on lab work and supervision availability.

Responsibilities

• Modeling and analysis of power converters and control loops.
• Develop and evaluate control strategies for AC-DC and DC-DC converters.
• Characterize system behavior, stability, and transient response.
• Participate in laboratory testing, debugging, and validation.
• Collect and document experimental results; collaborate with hardware and firmware teams.
• Contribute to simulation and modeling activities using industry tools.
• Follow safe laboratory practices with high-voltage/high-power systems.

Skills

Power electronics

Control systems

Analytical thinking

Lab teamwork

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s/PhD in Electrical Engineering

Tools

MATLAB/Simulink

PLECS

PSIM

Oscilloscopes

Job description

Company Overview

Amperesand is reinventing how the world powers its most critical systems.

We are facing a once-in-a-generation opportunity for infrastructure disruption. Electricity demand is skyrocketing, driven by AI factories, electric vehicles, and modern industrial growth. Energy supply is shifting to incorporate a more diverse mix of resources - including solar, gas, and batteries - at a massive scale.

And yet the power infrastructure behind our latest mega-projects hasn’t meaningfully changed in nearly 100 years. Supply chains for today’s infrastructure equipment can’t match the pace and sophistication of critical energy projects. Amperesand is building hardware and software that rewrites this broken power infrastructure playbook to support a new era of energy abundance.

We’ve built a new class of intelligent, software-defined power infrastructure products leveraging a decade of advanced medium voltage Solid State Transformer research that’s now ready for commercial deployment.

Our products and solutions go far beyond the capabilities of traditional electrical equipment. We make power systems that are faster to deploy, dramatically smaller and more efficient, and capable of supporting modern, dynamic energy needs for tomorrow’s most demanding energy consumers.

Scalable in-house advanced manufacturing capability is our foundation for meeting timeline and quality expectation to serve infrastructure customers around the world.

Amperesand is led by breakthrough energy hardware development veterans and funded by top tier investors who share our vision of building a category-defining energy technology company.

With hubs in San Francisco, Reno, and Singapore, our global team is laser focused on building foundational technology to solve the most pressing problems in power infrastructure at scale.

Join us in building the power foundation of the future!

RoleSummary
As a Power Electronics Control Intern, you will contribute to the design, modeling, analysis, and validation of advanced power conversion systems, including AC-DC and DC-DC converters used in low-voltage and medium-voltage applications. This internship provides hands-on exposure to real-world power electronics development, with an emphasis on control systems, system-level behavior, and laboratory validation. You will work closely with experienced power electronics, firmware, and system engineers, contributing through analysis, simulation, implementation support, and experimental evaluation of advanced power converters under technical guidance.

Responsibiliti es:

• Assist in modeling and analysis of power converters and control loops using control-oriented
  techniques.
• Support development and evaluation of control strategies for AC-DC and DC-DC power converters.
• Help characterize system behavior, including stability, transient response, and operating limits.
• Participate in laboratory testing, debugging, and validation of power electronics hardware.
• Support data collection, analysis, and documentation of experimental results.
• Collaborate with hardware, firmware, and system engineers on power electronics
  development tasks.
• Contribute to simulation and modeling activities using industry-standard tools.
• Follow safe laboratory practices when working with high-voltage and high-power systems.

Qualifications:

• Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD degree in Electrical Engineering or closely related field.
• Academic coursework or project experience in power electronics, control systems, or related areas.
• Basic understanding of power converter operation and control concepts.
• Familiarity with control fundamentals such as feedback, stability, and transient response.
• Ability to analyze technical problems and learn new concepts quickly.
• Willingness to work hands-on in a laboratory environment under supervision.

Bonus Qualifications:

• Coursework or project experience involving power electronics converters or control systems.
• Exposure to modeling and simulation tools such as MATLAB/Simulink, PLECS, or PSIM.
• Basic programming experience in C/C++, Python, or MATLAB.
• Familiarity with laboratory instrumentation such as oscilloscopes and power supplies.
• Interest in advanced power conversion systems (e.g., medium-voltage, multilevel, or SST architectures).
  

What You Will Learn:

• Practical control-oriented modeling and analysis of power converters
• Hands-on experience validating control concepts on real hardware.
• Exposure to AC-DC and DC-DC converter architectures across LV and MV systems.
• How control, hardware, and firmware interact in real-world power electronic systems.
• Industry best practices for testing, debugging, and documentation

Please note: This role requires working on-site 5 days a week. We do not offer hybrid or remote options.

Candidate Confidentiality & Information Protection

As part of our commitment to protecting confidential and proprietary information, candidates should not disclose or provide Amperesand with any confidential, proprietary, or trade secret information belonging to a current or former employer or any other third party during the application or interview process.

Please do not submit or present employer-owned source code, schematics, designs, technical documentation, internal presentations, customer information, prototypes, or other confidential materials. Candidates should discuss their experience and accomplishments at an appropriate level and use only information and materials they are authorized to share.

Compensation will be determined based on experience, location, and other factors permitted by law.

The benefits outlined below apply exclusively to employees located in the United States.

• Competitive Salary +Incentive Stock Options
• Medical, vision, and dental benefits for employees and their dependents, effective from the start of hire
• Company paid Basic Life, AD&DD, short-term and long-term disability insurance
• 401k retirement savings plan through Empower
• Employees receive paid time off (PTO), paid sick days, and paid company holidays
• 100% paid maternal leave (12 weeks) and paternal leave (6 weeks)

Singapore-based employees receive benefits in accordance with local government provisions.

Amperesand is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information or characteristics, physical or mental disability, marital/domestic partner status, age, military/veteran status, medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Amperesand is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. Please let your recruiter know if you need an accommodation at any point during the interview process.