Senior Director, High-Power Data Center Power Systems

Wolfspeed; Goleta (CA); On-site; USD 297,000 - 408,000; Full time

Job summary

Wolfspeed in Santa Clara, CA, is seeking a Senior Director of Power Systems Engineering to lead design, validation, and integration of high-efficiency AC/DC and DC/DC converters for data center architectures, from kilowatts to hundreds of kilowatts.

This role blends hardware topology with digital control, partnering with Device Engineering, System Applications, and Packaging to deliver power solutions for AI, GPU, and CPU hardware.

Qualifications

• Master's or PhD in Electrical Engineering with a power electronics focus.
• Experience in high-power switch-mode power supply design and grid-tied conversion.
• Hands-on with SiC/GaN devices and associated gate drivers, isolation, and sensing.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build AC/DC front-ends and DC/DC converters for kilowatt to hundreds of kW blocks.
• Innovate high-density topologies (PFC, LLC, dual-active bridge, phase-shifted bridges).
• Select components, optimize schematic capture, and multi-layer PCB layout with thermal awareness.
• Design and model discrete and planar magnetics; collaborate with vendors for magnetics.
• Develop and tune digital control loops for real-time power conversion and telemetry.
• Lead EMI/EMC mitigation and validate against grid and safety standards.

Skills

Power electronics

High-power SMPS

GaN/SiC devices

Digital control

Microcontroller programming

Topology design

EMI/EMC mitigation

Education

MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering

Tools

TI C2000

STM32

FPGA

PLECS

MATLAB/Simulink

LTspice

Simplis

Job description

Wolfspeed in Santa Clara, CA, is seeking a Senior Director of Power Systems Engineering to lead design, validation, and integration of high-efficiency AC/DC and DC/DC converters for data center architectures, from kilowatts to hundreds of kilowatts.

This role blends hardware topology with digital control, partnering with Device Engineering, System Applications, and Packaging to deliver power solutions for AI, GPU, and CPU hardware.