

Power Electronics Engineer
Location
Redwood City, CA
Level
Full-Time
Department
Automotive
Type
Salary
Job Description
Posted on:
2025-04-20
The role is for Power Electronics Engineers at Tau, a company focused on developing advanced power conversion systems for electrification. The engineers will work on modeling, designing, implementing, testing, and benchmarking power electronics for motor drives.
Responsibilities
- Design and build hardware for power electronics converters used in automotive and energy storage applications.
- Take ownership of hardware from specification to design, prototype, reliability validation, and high-volume manufacturing.
- Collaborate with mechanical, PCB layout, and firmware engineering teams to design, validate, and manufacture power converters.
- Develop new power converter topologies for improved performance.
- Advance Tau's intellectual property in power electronic systems.
Job Requirements
- 1-3 years of relevant industry experience, preferably in automotive.
- Familiarity with AC/DC, DC/DC, and DC/AC applications.
- Strong understanding of power electronics topologies and semiconductor selection.
- Experience with loss modeling and switching waveforms.
- Proficiency with tools such as PLECS, PSCAD/EMTDC, MATLAB/Simulink.
- Knowledge of analog/digital circuit design and power converter simulation tools.
- Desired: Masters or PhD in relevant engineering fields with a focus on power electronics.