Senior Power Systems Architect - High-Power DC/DC & AC/DC

US01 Wolfspeed, Inc.; Santa Barbara (CA); On-site; USD 250,000 - 385,000; Full time

Job summary

Wolfspeed is seeking a senior power electronics engineer to design, implement, and validate high-efficiency AC/DC and DC/DC converters for next-generation data center architectures. You will work with a team of systems and applications engineers to deliver high-power density solutions from kilowatts to hundreds of kilowatts, blending topology design with digital control.

Responsibilities include architec­ture of front-ends, interleaved PFC, LLC, and high-voltage bus layouts, hardware

Qualifications

• Education: Master’s or PhD in Electrical Engineering with power electronics specialization.
• 5+ years in high-power SMPS design or grid-tied conversion.
• Hands-on experience with SiC/GaN devices and their gate drivers.
• Experience programming microcontrollers for power electronics and using simulators.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build AC/DC front-ends and DC/DC converters from kW to hundreds of kW.
• Design high-density topologies (PFC, LLC, dual active bridge, etc.) for data center power delivery.
• Select components, optimize PCB layouts, and validate with debug and simulations.
• Design and model custom magnetics; work with vendors on manufacture.
• Develop and tune digital control loops for real-time power conversion and telemetry.
• Lead EMI/EMC mitigation and ensure compliance with safety standards.

Skills

Power electronics

SMPS design

SiC/GaN devices

Digital control

PCB layout

EMI/EMC

Microcontroller programming

Education

Master’s or PhD in Electrical Engineering

Tools

TI C2000

STM32

FPGA

Job description

Wolfspeed is seeking a senior power electronics engineer to design, implement, and validate high-efficiency AC/DC and DC/DC converters for next-generation data center architectures. You will work with a team of systems and applications engineers to deliver high-power density solutions from kilowatts to hundreds of kilowatts, blending topology design with digital control.

Responsibilities include architec­ture of front-ends, interleaved PFC, LLC, and high-voltage bus layouts, hardware