Power Electronics Engineer
Location
Redwood City, CA
Level
Mid-Level
Department
Transportation
Type
Salary
$95,000 - $155,000
Job Description
Posted on:
2025-09-02
Responsibilities
- Design and build hardware of power electronics converters for 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 architecture and model new power converter topologies for improved performance.
- Advance Tau's intellectual property in power electronic systems.
- Conduct testing and benchmarking of power electronics for current and future applications.
- Participate in cross-disciplinary teamwork to tackle complex electromechanical system challenges.
Job Requirements
- 1-3 years of relevant industry experience.
- Familiarity with AC/DC, DC/DC, and DC/AC applications and control of variable frequency converters.
- Strong understanding of power electronics topologies and high voltage power semiconductor selection.
- Experience with loss modeling and understanding of switching waveforms and semiconductor losses.
- Proficiency with tools such as PLECS, PSCAD/EMTDC, MATLAB/Simulink.
- Knowledge of analog, digital, and mixed-signal design.
- Awareness of UL and CE electrical safety requirements relevant to power converter design.
