Senior Power Electronics Engineer: High-Power DC/AC Converters

Accelevation LLC; Sterling (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and performance

Paid time off

401(k) retirement plan with company

Comprehensive health, dental, and VIs

Collaborative, high-energy workplace

Job summary

Accelevation is seeking a Senior Power Electronics Engineer in Sterling, VA to design, develop, and validate high-power power conversion hardware for industrial and data center applications. This hands-on role requires expertise in power converter design, prototype bring-up, debugging, testing, and production support.

You will lead design of AC/DC and DC/DC converters, perform loss, thermal, and EMI analysis, review schematics, and collaborate with embedded, mechanical, test, and manufacturing

Qualifications

• Master’s or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Power Electronics, or related field.
• 5+ years of industry experience in power electronics hardware design.
• Strong hands-on experience with high-power AC/DC and/or DC/DC converters.
• Experience with SiC MOSFETs, IGBTs, gate drivers, sensing, protection, and DC-link design.

Responsibilities

• Design high-power AC/DC and DC/DC power converters.
• Select converter topologies, power semiconductors, gate drivers, sensing, protection, and DC-link components.
• Perform electrical, loss, efficiency, thermal, and component stress calculations.
• Develop and review schematics and support high-voltage/high-current PCB layout.
• Lead prototype bring-up, debugging, and hardware validation.
• Develop and execute functional, thermal, transient, and fault testing.

Skills

Power electronics

AC/DC converters

DC/DC converters

High-voltage PCB design

Prototype bring-up

Hardware troubleshooting

Education

Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering

PhD in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

LTspice

MATLAB/Simulink

PLECS

PSIM

Job description

Accelevation is seeking a Senior Power Electronics Engineer in Sterling, VA to design, develop, and validate high-power power conversion hardware for industrial and data center applications. This hands-on role requires expertise in power converter design, prototype bring-up, debugging, testing, and production support.

You will lead design of AC/DC and DC/DC converters, perform loss, thermal, and EMI analysis, review schematics, and collaborate with embedded, mechanical, test, and manufacturing