Staff Applications Engineer-Grid Integration

Company Overview   

Amperesand is reinventing how the world powers its most critical systems.

We are facing a once-in-a-generation opportunity for infrastructure disruption. Electricity demand is skyrocketing, driven by AI factories, electric vehicles, and modern industrial growth. Energy supply is shifting to incorporate a more diverse mix of resources – including solar, gas, and batteries – at a massive scale.

And yet the power infrastructure behind our latest mega-projects hasn’t meaningfully changed in nearly 100 years. Supply chains for today’s infrastructure equipment can’t match the pace and sophistication of critical energy projects. Amperesand is building hardware and software that rewrites this broken power infrastructure playbook to support a new era of energy abundance.

We’ve built a new class of intelligent, software-defined power infrastructure products leveraging a decade of advanced medium voltage Solid State Transformer research that’s now ready for commercial deployment.

Our products and solutions go far beyond the capabilities of traditional electrical equipment. We make power systems that are faster to deploy, dramatically smaller and more efficient, and capable of supporting modern, dynamic energy needs for tomorrow’s most demanding energy consumers.

Scalable in-house advanced manufacturing capability is our foundation for meeting timeline and quality expectation to serve infrastructure customers around the world.

Amperesand is led by breakthrough energy hardware development veterans and funded by top tier investors who share our vision of building a category-defining energy technology company.

With hubs in San Francisco, Reno, and Singapore, our global team is laser focused on building foundational technology to solve the most pressing problems in power infrastructure at scale.

Join us in building the power foundation of the future!

About Amperesand

Amperesand is building next-generation power infrastructure systems for Data Centers, EV charging platforms, and future energy applications. Our systems combine advanced power electronics, embedded controls, and scalable energy architectures to rethink how power is converted, controlled, and deployed.

About the Role

Amperesand is seeking a Staff or Sr. Staff Applications Engineer, Grid Integration to join the Deployment team as the primary technical authority on interconnection of Amperesand customer projects. You’ll be the primary Amperesand interface for any external organizations working on interconnection of Amperesand customer projects such as EPCs and Utilities. You’ll partner closely with the Product team and Controls team to validate and develop our PSCAD, PSSE, and other product electrical models.  You’ll utilize PSCAD, PSSE, and other product electrical models to study facility architectures and develop reference architectures.  You’ll own the customer-sharable electrical system model package, and guide customers in usage of the models.  Additionally, you’ll be a key customer interface in evaluating new product application opportunities and lead our investigation of intergration with (or obfuscation of) neighboring medium voltage electrical infrastructure. You’ll be the strategic lead identifying and defining product applications in the Utility sector while tracking Utility sector trends such as large load flexibility. You’ll partner with our Product and Compliance team to ensure Amperesand products meet applicable Utility/ISO/RTO requirements such as ride-through requirements.  You’ll interface with national laboratories and other researchers and author technical whitepapers. You’ll occasionally provide on-site oversight of product deployment to ensure product installation and integration success. In this role, you will set the direction and the strategy for chasing opportunities in your domain of ownership. You’ll enjoy high levels of autonomoy, responsibility, and leadership visibility.

What You’ll Do

• Act as Amperesand’s primary technical authority on all subjects related to grid intergration and interconnection, interfacing with Utilities, EPCs, and customer teams.
• Validate the PSCAD, PSSE, and other product electrical models produced by the Controls team, ensuring EMT models agree with EMS, ensuring they work for representative system architectures, and ensuring they meet the requirements set by the Product team.
• Utilize PSCAD, PSSE, and other product electrical models to study, develop, and optimize reference architectures applicable to Amperesand’s customer base.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive technical package including documentation, test results, and electrical system models to be utilized by Amperesand customers, EPCs, and Utilities. Guide these entities in the usage of the this technical package, ensuring smooth interconnection of all Amperesand projects.
• Interact with Utilities, National Labs, researchers to analyze the utility sector and be a leading strategic voice on how to address needs in the Utility sector.
• Partner with Amperesand’s Policy lead to track policy changes related to large load connections, including load flexibility requirements, and translate implications into technical and product guidance.
• Support Amperesand’s product team to catalog product requirements related to grid connections, including ride-through requirements, grid codes, etc.
• Partner with Amperesand Sales, Customer Programs, Product, Engineering, Compliance teams to land projects, then ensure product deployment excellence.

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Systems Engineering, or a related field (advanced degree a plus).
• Proficiency with PSCAD and PSSE (and/or comparable EMT/phasor-domain simulation tools).
• Experience with MW-scale power electronics, grid-tie inverters, or renewable/storage integration, and MV electrical infrastructure design.
• Experience with grid interconnection processes for utility-scale generation or storage assets, including direct engagement with utilities and EPCs.
• Familiarity with relevant interconnection standards and grid codes (e.g., IEEE 1547, NERC reliability standards, regional utility interconnection requirements, ride-through requirements) and experience tracking evolving grid policy, including large load and load flexibility rules.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to serve as a senior technical liaison across internal and external stakeholders, including customer-facing settings.
• Ability to travel to customer/project sites as needed.

Nice to Have

• Experience working in a startup.
• Experience validating power system models against field or test data, with the ability to translate validation findings into actionable feedback for model developers.
• Experience working cross-functionally with sales, product management, and product design/engineering teams.

How We Work

Employment Type: Full Time

Location:
San Francisco / Sunnyvale / Reno

Work Model:
Onsite

Travel Requirements:
Occasional travel between U.S. offices.

Onsite Collaboration Rationale:
Given the highly collaborative and cross-functional nature of hardware, embedded systems, and product development, in-person partnership across engineering and product teams is critical to enabling rapid execution, technical alignment, and successful development outcomes.

SF Pay Range

$180,000—$220,000 USD

Reno Pay Range

$160,000—$180,000 USD

Please note : This role requires working on-site 5 days a week. We do not offer hybrid or remote options. 

While this role is listed for the location above, we may consider candidates in other locations on a case-by-case basis.

Onsite Collaboration Rationale:

Given the highly collaborative and cross-functional nature of hardware, embedded systems, and product development, in-person partnership across engineering and product teams is critical to enabling rapid execution, technical alignment, and successful development outcomes.

Why Join Amperesand

• Work on next-generation power infrastructure systems
• High ownership and visibility
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Opportunity to shape future products and infrastructure
• Fast-moving startup environment

Pay Disclosure & Benefits

Compensation will be determined based on experience, location, and other factors permitted by law.  

The benefits outlined below apply exclusively to employees located in the United States:

• Competitive Salary + Incentive Stock Options  

• Medical, vision, and dental benefits for employees and their dependents, effective from the start of hire  

• Company paid Basic Life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance  

• 401k retirement savings plan through Empower  

• Employees receive paid time off (PTO), paid sick days, and paid company holidays  

• Commuter Benefits  

• 100% paid maternal leave (12 weeks) and paternal leave (6 weeks) 

The benefits outlined below apply to employees located in Singapore :

• Competitive Salary + Incentive Stock Options
• Group medical, hospitalisation and surgical insurance, outpatient or GP coverage, group term life, dental and personal accident insurance
• Employer and employee Central Provident Fund contributions in accordance with the CPF Act (for Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents)
• Annual leave, paid sick leave, hospitalisation leave, and all Singapore public holidays, in line with or exceeding the Employment Act
• Commuter Benefits
• Government-paid maternity, paternity, shared parental, and childcare leave in accordance with prevailing Singapore statutory entitlements   

Additional benefits may be available depending on the role and employment type. Benefits are subject to the terms of applicable company policies and plans.

Candidate Confidentiality & Information Protection  

As part of our commitment to protecting confidential and proprietary information, candidates should not disclose or provide Amperesand with any confidential, proprietary, or trade secret information belonging to a current or former employer or any other third party during the application or interview process.  

Please do not submit or present employer-owned source code, schematics, designs, technical documentation, internal presentations, customer information, prototypes, or other confidential materials. Candidates should discuss their experience and accomplishments at an appropriate level and use only information and materials they are authorized to share.  

Equal Employment Opportunity  

Amperesand is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information or characteristics, physical or mental disability, marital/domestic partner status, age, military/veteran status, medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by law.  

Amperesand is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. Please let your recruiter know if you need an accommodation at any point during the interview process.