Principal Electrical Engineer

Survival Systems Staffing; Village of Great Neck (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Survival Systems Staffing is seeking a Principal Power Electronics Engineer to lead the design and development of inverter platforms from 1 kW to 100 kW. This senior role owns architecture decisions from concept to production, defining topology and control strategy while guiding hardware and firmware teams.

You will mentor engineers, drive EMI/EMC compliance, and collaborate across firmware, mechanical, and manufacturing teams to deliver production-ready, high-power power electronics products.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering; Master’s or PhD preferred.
• Minimum 6 years hands-on experience designing power electronics with inverter products 1 kW–100 kW.
• Understanding of two-level and multilevel inverter topologies, PWM techniques, and high-frequency switching behavior.
• Familiarity with embedded control platforms such as TI C2000, STM32, or FPGA-based control.
• Prior experience leading or mentoring a design team.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture and design of three-phase inverters from 10 kW to 100 kW, including topology selection, power stage design, and thermal and mechanical integration.
• Design and optimize power stages using Si IGBT, SiC MOSFET, and GaN devices, including gate drive design, dead-time optimization, and switching loss analysis.
• Develop and validate control strategies such as FOC, grid-following and grid-forming control, PLL design, and current and voltage loop tuning.
• Perform loss modeling, thermal analysis, and reliability analysis to meet efficiency, power density, and lifetime targets.
• Design magnetics, including inductors and filter components, and specify DC-link capacitors and EMI filters.
• Drive EMI/EMC compliance and safety certification efforts.
• Lead design reviews, FMEA, and DFM/DFT activities, and support transition from prototype to production.
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers and set technical standards for the power electronics team.
• Collaborate with firmware, mechanical, systems, and manufacturing teams to deliver integrated, production-ready products.
• Support bring-up, test, and debugging of high-power prototypes in the lab.

Skills

Power electronics

Inverter design

Three-phase inverters

Gate drive design

Thermal analysis

EMI/EMC compliance

FMEA

Leadership

Mentoring

Embedded control

PWM techniques

High-power testing

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Master’s or PhD preferred

Tools

TI C2000

STM32

FPGA-based control

Job description

Principal Power Electronics Engineer to lead the design and development of inverter platforms in the 1 kW to 100 kW range. This is a senior technical leadership position with ownership of architecture decisions from concept through production release. You will define topology and control strategy, guide hardware and firmware teams, and serve as the technical authority on power conversion across the program.

Responsibilities

Lead the architecture and design of three-phase inverters from 10 kW to 100 kW, including topology selection, power stage design, and thermal and mechanical integration

Design and optimize power stages using Si IGBT, SiC MOSFET, and GaN devices, including gate drive design, dead-time optimization, and switching loss analysis

Develop and validate control strategies such as FOC, grid-following and grid-forming control, PLL design, and current and voltage loop tuning

Perform loss modeling, thermal analysis, and reliability analysis to meet efficiency, power density, and lifetime targets

Design magnetics, including inductors and filter components, and specify DC-link capacitors and EMI filters

Drive EMI/EMC compliance and safety certification efforts

Lead design reviews, FMEA, and DFM/DFT activities, and support transition from prototype to production

Mentor junior and mid-level engineers and set technical standards for the power electronics team

Collaborate with firmware, mechanical, systems, and manufacturing teams to deliver integrated, production-ready products

Support bring-up, test, and debugging of high-power prototypes in the lab

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field; Master’s or PhD preferred

Minimum of 6 years of hands-on experience designing power electronics, with demonstrated ownership of inverter products in the 1 kW to 100 kW range

understanding of two-level and multilevel inverter topologies, PWM techniques, and high-frequency switching behavior

Familiarity with embedded control platforms such as TI C2000, STM32, or FPGA-based control

Prior experience leading or technically mentoring a design team