Jobot is hiring: Power Electronics Engineer - Hardware in Cypress

Design the Hardware Behind High-Performance Systems

Base Pay Range: $200,000.00/year – $250,000.00/year

Location: Cypress, CA

A Bit About Us

Based in Cypress, CA, our engineering efforts focus on developing cleaner and greener power resources. Our products harvest and use energy in the most environmentally safe way possible for our ecosystem. We serve the Oil & Gas and Defense industries, providing pumps, generators, and turboexpanders.

Why Join Us?

• 200‑250k Salary
• Annual Bonuses
• Flexible Work Schedules
• 401(k) Matching
• Accelerated Career Growth
• Challenging Problems

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Evaluate customer/project requirements and select appropriate topologies for DC/AC and DC/DC applications.
• Lead design engineering for power electronics products from planning through study, design, and test.
• Design, develop, and test advanced power electronics such as converters and inverters using medium to high power switching components (hundreds of kW) and associated protection and gating circuitry.
• Select active semiconductor switching devices and passive components required for converter power circuits (capacitors, inductors, transformers, etc.).
• Lead verification testing on new designs and products.
• Analyze switching and transient behavior of devices to determine limits, proper gating, operation, and implementation.
• Conduct design analysis including modeling, simulation, and control loops.
• Optimize designs with an eye toward efficiency, density, and cost.
• Conduct design reviews and follow NPI process.
• Perform hands‑on lab work building and debugging prototypes.
• Perform electrical characterization, design validation, and qualification.
• Introduce the product into production.
• Provide technical support for production and field product issues.
• Lead projects and collaborate in cross‑functional teams.
• Prepare invention disclosures to protect intellectual property.
• Mentor junior engineers.
• Lead collaboration with contractors to outsource project tasks, track progress per project schedule, and report to management.

Required Skills and Experience

• BSc or MSc in Electrical Engineering with focus on power electronics and +8 years of industry experience; PhD is a plus.
• Strong understanding of power inverters operation and design.
• Strong understanding of 3‑phase power systems.
• Strong skillset debugging power electronics circuits.
• Experience with space vector, sinusoidal, and/or discontinuous PWM schemes.
• Strong knowledge of digital, analog and power electronic circuits design, test, and debugging.
• Experience with power electronics test equipment such as oscilloscope, DC/AC electronic load, DC/AC power sources, current and voltage probes.
• Experience with SiC and GaN devices–based power converter design.
• Strong circuit simulation experience (MATLAB Simulink/PLECS/LTSpice).

Desired Skills and Experience

• Perform power electronic circuit design (create schematic symbols and layout footprints, design schematic and layout, and create BOM) in Altium.
• Magnetics design and optimization.
• High‑frequency magnetics design knowledge.
• Ability to drive, understand and adhere to product roadmaps, define new platforms, and extend products for power inverters (DC/AC).
• Ability to prepare test reports, conclude outcomes of test results, provide next steps in test plan, and present to management.
• Create high‑density PCB layout with noise and EMI mitigation.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Jobot is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide an inclusive work environment that celebrates diversity and all qualified candidates receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (40 and over), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Jobot also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories.