Senior Electrical Engineer - Remote/Hybrid Power Electronics Lead

Insight Global; Lewisville (TX); Hybrid; USD 155,000 - 202,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

HSA, FSA, and DCFSA options

401k with employer matching

Paid time off

Job summary

Insight Global seeks a Senior Electrical Engineer to lead the design, development, and qualification of power conversion electronics for Battery Backup (BBU) and UPS systems. You will own designs from architecture and prototyping through testing and production release, focusing on BMS hardware, bidirectional DC-DC converters, charging/discharging, protection, and sensing.

Responsibilities include leading designs for BBU/UPS, developing robust protection and sensing circuits, and collaborating

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.
• 8+ years of power electronics hardware design experience.
• Hands-on experience with battery backup, UPS, energy storage, BMS, or DC-DC power conversion systems.
• Proven experience designing switch-mode power converters from concept through production.
• Experience with CAN, I2C, SPI, UART, RS-485, Modbus, or similar communication protocols.

Responsibilities

• Lead electrical design for BBU, UPS, and power conversion electronics from concept through production.
• Design and analyze bidirectional DC-DC converters, including buck/boost, half-bridge, LLC, dual active bridge.
• Develop battery charging/discharging and BMS hardware for Li-ion, LiFePO4, and lead-acid systems.
• Design protection circuitry for overvoltage, undervoltage, overcurrent, short-circuit, reverse-polarity, and thermal conditions.
• Own schematic design, component selection, and PCB layout direction for high-current/high-voltage power electronics.
• Test and debug prototypes using oscilloscopes, power analyzers, electronic loads, battery cyclers, and other lab equipment.
• Partner with firmware engineers on controls, telemetry, fault handling, and hardware/firmware integration.
• Support EMI/EMC, thermal, reliability, safety, and regulatory qualification efforts.
• Evaluate commercial BBU and third-party power electronics to support build-versus-buy decisions.

Skills

Power electronics design

Battery backup systems

BMS hardware

Schematic/PCB tools

Lab debugging

CAN/I2C/SPI/UART

High-current/high-voltage design

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Altium

OrCAD

KiCad

SPICE

PLECS

Job description

Insight Global seeks a Senior Electrical Engineer to lead the design, development, and qualification of power conversion electronics for Battery Backup (BBU) and UPS systems. You will own designs from architecture and prototyping through testing and production release, focusing on BMS hardware, bidirectional DC-DC converters, charging/discharging, protection, and sensing.

Responsibilities include leading designs for BBU/UPS, developing robust protection and sensing circuits, and collaborating