Engineering Manager - Power Electronics

Engineering Manager - Power Electronics South Ventura County, CA | $175,000 – $210,000 | Full-Time | Onsite | Monday–Friday Overview Join a well-established Electronics OEM of high-performance control solutions in South Ventura County. In this senior leadership role you will combine deep technical expertise in power electronics with people management – leading the electrical engineering team and driving product architecture from concept through production. What You’ll Do Lead and develop the electrical engineering and PCB engineering teams; provide organizational management for the mechanical engineering team Set technical direction for power electronics architecture, design methods, and hardware platforms Architect and review power stages for servo drives and AC/DC conversion topologies — component selection, derating, efficiency, thermal performance, and reliability Guide gate drive circuits, sensing, protection, and analog front-end conditioning Oversee analog control loop development and tuning for power conversion and servo amplifier functions Drive EMI/EMC filtering strategies and lead collaboration on grounding, shielding, layout, and packaging Oversee auxiliary and bias power supply design (isolated/non-isolated) Establish loss, thermal, and derating analysis standards; drive cooling requirements Lead design reviews, risk assessments, sustaining engineering, and design standards Partner with manufacturing and applications engineering on bring-up, debug, root-cause analysis, and customer escalations Required Qualifications 10+ years of electrical engineering and power electronics design experience (15+ preferred) including industrial motor drives and/or power conversion products Prior technical leadership or people management experience Strong background in analog closed-loop control design for industrial power supplies and motor drives Experience with mixed-signal power electronics up to ~800V and ~500A Hands‑on design of linear and switching power supplies and associated magnetics Proficiency with SPICE and MATLAB/Simulink or Mathcad Ability to lead PCB layout reviews for high power density and low EMI Required Education S. in Electrical Engineering required; Ph.D. is a plus Preferred Qualifications Experience leading engineering teams in a product development environment Familiarity with industrial safety and regulatory standards (UL/IEC) Motor control and servo drive experience Embedded/DSP control exposure Knowledge of power semiconductors (Si/SiC/GaN) and gate drive considerations Experience designing magnetics for power conversion Thermal management and cooling system design experience Benefits & Perks Medical, dental, vision, life & disability insurance Vacation and paid holidays 401(k) / Roth with company match #J-18808-Ljbffr