Role Summary: At Amperesand, you own validation of power electronics, thermal systems, and firmware. You will build test systems, develop strategies, and ensure SST hardware and firmware work flawlessly.
Responsibilities: - Design, develop, and maintain test systems for high-voltage power electronics.
- Validate electrical, thermal, and performance characteristics of our products across prototype, pre-production, and production stages.
- Conduct comprehensive regression testing to ensure that new iterations of the product meet the same standards of performance and reliability as previous versions.
- Define a manufacturing test specification for volume production.
- Innovate test system design to meet accuracy, cycle time, cost, and other performance factors.
- Collaborate closely with hardware design and firmware teams to understand the product and its functionalities. Investigate root causes of failures and drive product improvements.
- Participate hands-on during test hardware bring-up, system debugging, and help with software optimization.
- Incorporate design techniques to achieve ease of validation and maintenance.
- Challenge ideas and decisions with reasoning from first principles.
- Travel to different facilities worldwide to collaborate with teams and deploy our solutions.
Qualifications:
- BS or MS in Electrical or Computer Engineering.
- 1+ years of hands-on experience in test engineering, preferably in power electronics.
- Strong understanding of power electronics principles, including high-voltage, high-current systems, and power conversion technologies.
- Solid experience with PCBA schematics and debugging hardware components.
- Familiarity with using oscilloscopes, multimeters, power analyzers, and other test equipment.
- Experience using system-level languages (such as Golang, Rust, C, C++, etc.) to automate systems.
- Be engaged, proactive, and positive when taking on challenging tasks, owning assignments, and taking accountability for personal and overall team success.
Please note: This role requires working on-site 5 days a week. We do not offer hybrid or remote options.
Compensation: $130,000-$155,000/annual + equity
Pay Disclosure & BenefitsCompensation will be determined based on experience, location, and other factors permitted by law.
The benefits outlined below apply exclusively to employees located in the United States.
- Competitive Salary + Incentive Stock Options
- Medical, vision, and dental benefits for employees and their dependents, effective from the start of hire
- Company paid Basic Life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance
- 401k retirement savings plan through Empower
- Employees receive paid time off (PTO), paid sick days, and paid company holidays
- 100% paid maternal leave (12 weeks) and paternal leave (6 weeks)
Singapore-based employees receive benefits in accordance with local government provisions.