Mainspring Energy

Electrical Engineer, Power Electronics

Mainspring Energy

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Menlo Park • California • United States

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Salary

💰 $114,400 - $153,000 per year

About the role

  • Design custom power electronics hardware that enables key functions of our Linear Generator
  • Bring-up, validate, and qualify your power electronics designs
  • Troubleshoot complex hardware issues that arise in the test lab, production floor, and fielded units
  • Collaborate with the new production introduction team and external suppliers to improve designs for manufacturability and testability
  • Partner with reliability engineers to further drive up electrical hardware reliability
  • Serve as an expert on the hardware systems that you own

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree, or higher, in Electrical Engineering
  • 2-5 years of experience developing power electronics technologies
  • Excellent electronics design fundamentals; ability to take concept level design details, select components, and produce a schematic
  • Examples of taking ownership of a power electronics design project
  • Circuit board design experience
  • Familiar with schematic capture and power converter circuit modeling/simulation tools
  • Knowledge of power electronics control theory
  • Proficiency with EE tools (Oscilloscopes, Power Analyzers, Network Analyzers, Signal Generators etc.)
  • Experience with power semiconductor selection, gate drive, and protection circuit design
  • Proven ability to work independently on an electronics design project
  • Clear verbal and written communication skills
  • A passion for hands-on hardware development
  • A “collaborate-first” mindset and have successfully communicated across a range of teams and personalities
Benefits
  • pre-IPO stock options
  • benefits
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
power electronics designcircuit board designschematic capturepower converter circuit modelingpower electronics control theorypower semiconductor selectiongate drive designprotection circuit designelectronics design fundamentalstroubleshooting
Soft Skills
ownershipindependent workclear communicationcollaborationproblem-solvingpassion for hardware developmentinterpersonal skillsteam communicationadaptabilityattention to detail