Senior Power Electronics Architect - Energy Storage

Base Power; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Base is seeking a senior electronics design engineer to own the electrical architecture of our energy storage systems—from concept through high‑volume manufacturing and field deployment. This is a foundational leadership role that defines how we build reliable, cost‑effective batteries and inverters at scale.

You will set architecture, lead a team of engineers, drive LV embedded and power‑converter design, and collaborate with firmware, mechanical, test, reliability, and manufacturing teams to

Qualifications

• 10+ years of electrical system design experience in energy storage or high-power applications.
• Proven ability to take complex electrical products from architecture to production ramp.
• Strong PCB design and hands-on bring-up skills; soldering and debugging at bench level.
• Ability to run transient thermal simulations in MATLAB or Python.
• Embedded systems knowledge and scripting for test automation.

Responsibilities

• Set electrical architecture and technical direction for Base's full product line, including inverters and BMS.
• Build, mentor, and lead a team of electrical engineers with high design rigor.
• Drive LV embedded systems and power converter design across the portfolio.
• Collaborate with firmware, mechanical, test, reliability, and manufacturing teams.
• Own production end of line testers and qualification.
• Debug and resolve complex system-level electrical issues across power, control, and comms.
• Champion continuous product improvement using field data and manufacturing feedback.

Skills

Electrical system design

Power electronics

Team leadership

PCB design

Soldering / bring-up

Thermal simulation

MATLAB

Python

CAN / LIN / Ethernet

Mentoring engineers

DFM/DFT

Education

BSEE or higher, power electronics focus

Tools

Altium

Oscilloscopes

Power analyzers

Function generators

Programmable power supplies

Job description

Base is seeking a senior electronics design engineer to own the electrical architecture of our energy storage systems—from concept through high‑volume manufacturing and field deployment. This is a foundational leadership role that defines how we build reliable, cost‑effective batteries and inverters at scale.

You will set architecture, lead a team of engineers, drive LV embedded and power‑converter design, and collaborate with firmware, mechanical, test, reliability, and manufacturing teams to