Senior Power Electronics Engineer — HV/FPGA, Equity

Critical Loop, Inc.; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Health insurance (medical, dental, and

Vision coverage

Job summary

Critical Loop is seeking a Senior Power Electronics Engineer to lead hardware development for next-generation energy-management systems. You will own architecture, schematics, PCB layouts, and production release, with hands-on responsibility across power electronics, mixed-signal design, and FPGA-based control.

Ideal candidates bring 3–7 years of hardware/product development experience, strong skills in DC-DC, motor drives, high-voltage systems, and proficiency with Altium, VHDL/Verilog, and lab

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or closely related field.
• 3–7 years of hardware/product development experience.
• Extensive hands-on experience designing power electronics (DC-DC, motor drives, high-voltage systems, energy-storage interfaces).
• Strong background in mixed-signal circuit development (analog conditioning, ADCs, sensors, filtering).
• FPGA development experience with VHDL/Verilog (simulation, synthesis, hardware validation).
• Proficiency with PCB design software (Altium) and engineering documentation (GD&T).
• Lab experience with advanced electrical test equipment and fault diagnosis.
• Experience coordinating with contract manufacturers and suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Own electrical hardware development from architecture to production release.
• Define system-level electrical architectures and protection strategies.
• Design high-voltage DC-DC/DC-AC, motor-drive, and power-management circuits.
• Develop FPGA-based control, timing, and integration with embedded platforms.
• Create production-ready schematics, BOMs, and PCB layouts for manufacturability.
• Lead design reviews, FMEA, and design-for-manufacturing activities.

Skills

Power electronics

FPGA (VHDL/Verilog)

Mixed-signal design

Altium

GD&T

Laboratory testing

Cross-functional collaboration

Documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Altium

VHDL/Verilog simulators

Job description

Critical Loop is seeking a Senior Power Electronics Engineer to lead hardware development for next-generation energy-management systems. You will own architecture, schematics, PCB layouts, and production release, with hands-on responsibility across power electronics, mixed-signal design, and FPGA-based control.

Ideal candidates bring 3–7 years of hardware/product development experience, strong skills in DC-DC, motor drives, high-voltage systems, and proficiency with Altium, VHDL/Verilog, and lab