Power Electronics Engineering Manager

POWER ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING MANAGER

We're seeking a hands-on Power Electronics Engineering Manager to lead our electrical engineering team and provide deep technical leadership for the architecture, design, and release of high-power, high-density motor drive and power conversion products-from concept and modeling through validation, production launch, and sustaining engineering.

In this role you will combine people leadership with strong subject-matter expertise in power electronics, including power stage architecture, analog controls, magnetics, thermal design, and EMI/EMC performance. You will lead the electrical engineering function, oversee PCB engineering, and provide organizational management for the mechanical engineering team, which operates with a high degree of independence. You will partner closely with firmware, test, manufacturing, quality, and applications teams to deliver robust products that meet efficiency, thermal, cost, schedule, and reliability targets.

Required Responsibilities

· Lead and develop the electrical engineering team, with oversight of PCB engineering and organizational management responsibility for the mechanical engineering team.

· Set technical direction for power electronics architecture, design methods, and hardware platforms, aligning execution with company priorities, product roadmaps, and business goals.

· Architect and review power stages for servo drives and AC/DC conversion topologies, including component selection, derating, efficiency, thermal performance, and reliability.

· Guide design of gate drive circuits, sensing (current/voltage), protection, and analog front-end conditioning for accurate control and safe operation.

· Oversee development and tuning of analog control loops and filters for power conversion and servo amplifier functions; ensure stability across operating conditions.

· Drive differential and common-mode filtering strategies to meet EMI/EMC goals, and lead collaboration on grounding, shielding, layout, and packaging constraints.

· Oversee auxiliary and bias power supply design (isolated/non-isolated) supporting both power and control domains.

· Establish expectations for loss, thermal, and derating analysis; drive cooling requirements and verify design margin through test.

· Lead design reviews, risk assessments, sustaining engineering decisions, and design standards to improve product quality, manufacturability, and development consistency.

· Perform trade studies and provide analytical guidance for internal and external stakeholders on cost, performance, risk, and schedule impacts.

· Own staffing, prioritization, and execution across the electrical and PCB engineering functions, while coordinating management oversight of the mechanical engineering team.

· Partner with manufacturing and applications engineering to support bring-up, debug, root-cause analysis, and customer escalations as needed.

· Additional job duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

· Minimum 10 years of electrical engineering and power electronics design experience (15+ years preferred), including industrial motor drives and/or power conversion products, with prior technical leadership or people management experience.

· Strong background in analog closed-loop control design (stability analysis, compensation, filtering) for industrial power supplies and motor drives.

· Experience with mixed-signal power electronics up to ~800 V and ~500 A, including protection, sensing, and safe operating area considerations.

· Hands-on design of linear and switching power supplies (on-board and offline; isolated and non-isolated) and associated magnetics/components.

· Proficiency with analysis and simulation tools such as SPICE and at least one of MATLAB/Simulink or Mathcad to model power circuits and control loops.

· Ability to lead electrical and PCB hardware development, including design reviews, cross-functional coordination, and execution, while providing organizational oversight for the mechanical engineering team.

· Ability to lead PCB layout constraints and reviews for high power density and low EMI (creepage/clearance, current return paths, dV/dt, and thermal considerations).

· U.S. Citizenship or Lawful Permanent Residency required to meet ITAR Registration requirements.

· This is a full-time position located at our Camarillo, CA manufacturing facility, Monday through Friday 8:00am to 5:00pm, with additional hours/days as required.

Required Education

· Minimum: M.S. in Electrical Engineering; Ph.D. is a plus.

· Strong technical foundation in power electronics, controls, and/or hardware system design.

· Relevant coursework or demonstrated expertise in linear control theory, electromagnetics, power electronics, thermal design, or related hardware disciplines.

Preferred Qualifications

· Experience leading and developing engineering teams in a product development environment.

· Familiarity with industrial safety and regulatory standards (e.g., UL/IEC) and compliance-driven design practices.

· Motor control fundamentals and practical experience with servo drive systems.

· Embedded/DSP control exposure (concepts, interfaces, and hardware/firmware integration).

· Working knowledge of C and common embedded toolchains (helpful for lab bring-up and debug collaboration).

· Deep knowledge of power semiconductors (Si/SiC/GaN), gate drive considerations, and device physics.

· Experience designing magnetics and understanding magnetic materials for power conversion.

· Thermal management and cooling system design experience (heatsinks, interface materials, airflow/liquid cooling).

· Systems-level design experience working across electrical, mechanical, firmware, test, and manufacturing teams.

Pay Range: $175,000 to $210,000 annual salary.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, or military or veteran status. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with state and local laws, including the California Fair Chance Act, City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, and San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.