Senior Electrical Engineer - Power Electronics

RFA Engineering

$90K — $120K *
Energy & Utilities
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering and 5+ years of experience in power electronics hardware development.
  • Experience in designing and validating high-power systems like inverters and converters.
  • Strong understanding of IGBT and SiC devices, gate driver design, and thermal management.
  • Proficient in power electronics PCB design, debugging, and laboratory testing with high-speed equipment.
  • Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills for cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

  • Design and troubleshoot power electronics hardware for high-power applications.
  • Create electrical schematics and review PCB layouts while selecting critical components.
  • Develop validation plans and perform laboratory testing for system commissioning.
  • Analyze power losses and thermal behavior using oscilloscopes and power analyzers.
  • Investigate hardware failures and implement reliability improvements.
  • Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to support product development and ensure manufacturability.

Benefits

  • Health and Dental Insurance
  • Health Savings Account
  • Virtual Health Care through TelaDoc
  • Company Paid Life and Long-Term Disability Insurance
  • Retirement Savings Account with Traditional and Roth 401(k) options
  • Flexible Spending Plan for Dependent Care
  • Education Assistance
  • Paid Time Off and Holidays
Full Job Description
Senior Electrical Engineer - Power Electronics

The selected candidate will support the development of advanced medium-voltage and utility-scale power conversion systems. In this role, you will design, validate, and troubleshoot power electronics hardware used in high-power inverter and converter applications. You will work closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams to develop reliable, high-performance hardware while supporting projects from concept through production.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop, and troubleshoot power electronics hardware, including gate driver boards, power boards, sensing circuits, and protection circuitry for high-power applications.
  • Create electrical schematics, review PCB layouts, and select components such as IGBT and SiC power devices, isolated gate drivers, sensors, and power supplies.
  • Develop and execute validation plans by performing laboratory testing, including double pulse testing, switching characterization, thermal testing, fault analysis, and system commissioning.
  • Analyze switching performance, power losses, thermal behavior, and protection circuit operation using oscilloscopes, power analyzers, thermal cameras, and other laboratory equipment.
  • Investigate hardware failures, perform root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions to improve reliability and performance.
  • Collaborate with controls, mechanical, manufacturing, validation, and supplier teams to support prototype builds, product development, and production readiness while promoting Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Testability (DFT) best practices.


Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering with at least five years of experience developing power electronics hardware.
  • Experience designing and validating inverter, converter, motor drive, battery energy storage, renewable energy, or similar high-power systems.
  • Strong knowledge of IGBT and SiC power devices, gate driver design, power converter topologies, switching behavior, thermal management, and protection circuits.
  • Experience designing and debugging power electronics PCB assemblies and performing laboratory validation using high-speed measurement equipment.
  • Strong analytical, troubleshooting, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.


Preferred Qualifications
  • Master's degree in Electrical Engineering with an emphasis in Power Electronics.
  • Experience with medium-voltage power conversion systems and tools such as MATLAB/Simulink, PLECS, LTspice, or Altium Designer.
  • Knowledge of Double Pulse Testing (DPT), EMI/EMC mitigation, UL and IEC standards, DFMEA, reliability engineering, and production launch support.

Visa sponsorship is NOT available for this position.

Pay Range: $90,000 - $120,000/yr - Commensurate with experience

Competitive Benefits
  • Health and Dental Insurance
  • Health Savings Account
  • TelaDoc: Virtual Health Care
  • Vision Insurance
  • Company Paid / Supplemental Life Insurance
  • Company Paid Long-Term Disability
  • Supplemental Short-Term Disability
  • Retirement Savings Account (Traditional 401k & Roth 401k)
  • Flexible Spending Plan Dependent Care
  • Bonus Plan (Exempt Employees Only)
  • Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • Paid Holidays
  • Bereavement Leave
  • Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
  • Education Assistance

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