Staff Electrical Engineer - Power Electronics

NextGenEnergyJobs; Menlo Park (CA); Remote; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Mainspring Energy designs and delivers fuel-flexible, low-emissions local power solutions that rapidly add capacity and deliver reliable, affordable electric power.

We are seeking an experienced power electronics engineer to own hardware design, lead bring-up and test, and troubleshoot complex issues across lab, production, and fielded units. The role requires independent work, strong communication, and a hands-on mindset.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or higher.
• 8+ years of experience developing power electronics technologies.
• Excellent electronics design fundamentals; ability to take concept to schematic.
• Ownership of power electronics design projects.
• Circuit board design experience.
• Familiar with schematic capture and power converter modeling/simulation tools.
• Knowledge of power electronics control theory.
• Proficiency with EE tools (oscilloscopes, analyzers, signal generators).
• Experience with power semiconductor selection, gate drive, and protection circuitry.
• Ability to work independently and communicate clearly.

Responsibilities

• Design custom power electronics hardware for the Linear Generator.
• Bring-up, validate, and qualify your power electronics designs.
• Troubleshoot hardware issues in test lab, production, and fielded units.
• Collaborate with NPI team and external suppliers to improve manufacturability and testability.
• Partner with reliability engineers to improve hardware reliability.
• Serve as an expert on owned hardware systems.

Skills

Power electronics design

Circuit board design

Schematic capture

Power converter modeling/simulation

Power electronics control theory

Hands-on hardware development

Independent work

Clear communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Oscilloscopes

Power Analyzers

Network Analyzers

Signal Generators

Job description

Mainspring Energy manufactures and delivers fuel-flexible, low-emissions local power solutions that rapidly add new capacity and deliver reliable, affordable, and sustainable electric power.

Responsibilities

• Design custom power electronics hardware that enables key functions of our Linear Generator
• Bring-up, validate, and qualify your power electronics designs
• Troubleshoot complex hardware issues that arise in the test lab, production floor, and fielded units
• Collaborate with the new production introduction team and external suppliers to improve designs for manufacturability and testability
• Partner with reliability engineers to further drive up electrical hardware reliability
• Serve as an expert on the hardware systems that you own

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree, or higher, in Electrical Engineering
• 8 years of experience developing power electronics technologies
• Excellent electronics design fundamentals; ability to take concept level design details, select components, and produce a schematic
• Examples of taking ownership of a power electronics design project
• Circuit board design experience
• Familiar with schematic capture and power converter circuit modeling/simulation tools
• Knowledge of power electronics control theory
• Proficiency with EE tools (Oscilloscopes, Power Analyzers, Network Analyzers, Signal Generators etc.)
• Experience with power semiconductor selection, gate drive, and protection circuit design
• Proven ability to work independently on an electronics design project
• Clear verbal and written communication skills
• A passion for hands-on hardware development
• A 'collaborate-first' mindset and have successfully communicated across a range of teams and personalities