Responsibilities
- Lead and build a multidisciplinary engineering organization spanning electrical, mechanical, firmware, system integration, validation, and test disciplines — hiring and developing a team of 15+ from the ground up.
- Own the full scope of special projects, validation, and test functions — establishing strategy, processes, and execution frameworks across all workstreams, with particular emphasis on power electronics validation and test.
- Drive high-priority, time-sensitive special projects that fall outside standard product development tracks — including advanced power electronics development for Solid State Transformer systems — partnering with senior leadership to scope, resource, and deliver end to end.
- Apply deep power electronics expertise to guide topology selection, magnetics design, device selection, and controls architecture across the team's programs.
- Establish and own the validation and test strategy across hardware and software systems, including test infrastructure, validation frameworks, and integration test environments.
- Oversee system integration efforts ensuring seamless interplay between electrical, mechanical, firmware, and software subsystems.
- Define org structure, roles, and career development paths; mentor and grow engineers across multiple disciplines.
- Develop frameworks for work breakdown, requirements decomposition, and design acceptance criteria.
- Partner closely with Controls and Software engineering leadership to align on shared milestones and cross-functional dependencies.
- Drive continuous improvement of test efficiency, coverage, and automation.
- Lead complex root-cause investigations across hardware, firmware, sensing, and validation domains.
Qualifications
- PhD in power electronics or a closely related field strongly preferred; Master's degree in electrical engineering or power electronics required.
- 12+ years of engineering experience with at least 5 years in a people leadership role managing multidisciplinary teams.
- Deep power electronics background — hands-on expertise in power conversion design, topology optimization, magnetics, device selection, and controls.
- Proven experience building engineering teams from scratch in a high-growth or startup environment.
- Strong track record in validation, test strategy, and systems integration in a hardware/software power electronics environment.
- Demonstrated ability to develop frameworks for requirements decomposition, design acceptance criteria, and program execution.
- Exceptional cross-functional communication skills — comfortable working with both IC-level engineers and senior executives.
- Entrepreneurial mindset with a bias toward informed action and the ability to lead new initiatives with limited resources.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
- Willingness and ability to travel up to 10%, including internationally.
Please note: This role requires working on-site 5 days a week. We do not offer hybrid or remote options.
