About the Role
This position is within the core Engineering R&D group focused on our Solid-State Transformer (SST) platform. The team defines and delivers the next-generation power module, aiming for higher power density to reduce footprint and thermal load. We seek a technically deep power electronics engineer focused on increasing efficiency while reducing cost per watt.
Responsibilities
- Design and develop power conversion circuits and magnetics for the SST platform, optimizing for power density, efficiency, and thermal performance.
- Evaluate and integrate advanced power semiconductor devices (particularly, GaN) and planar magnetics to increase power throughput while shrinking module footprint.
- Translate modeling and simulation results into benchtop prototypes, and reconcile differences between predicted and measured performance.
- Drive design trade-offs across power density, efficiency, thermal management, and cost per watt to meet next-generation product targets.
- Co-design with mechanical and thermal engineering to jointly optimize packaging, cooling, and power density.
- Collaborate with controls engineering to integrate power modules into the SST platform.
- Lead root-cause analysis and design iteration based on test data to continuously improve power density and reliability.
Requirements
- 1+ years of nonacademic experience for Ph.D. candidates (3+ years for M.S. candidates), with greater experience expected for Staff-level candidates.
- Hands-on experience in designing power electronics, particularly if focused on power density.
- Ability to translate modeling and simulation to benchtop performance and reconcile differences between theory and practice.
- Experience co-designing power electronics with mechanical and thermal engineering teams, balancing electrical performance against packaging and cooling constraints.
Skills
- Power electronics
- Power conversion circuits
- Magnetics
- Power density optimization
- Efficiency optimization
- Thermal performance optimization
- GaN devices
- Planar magnetics
- Modeling and simulation
- Benchtop prototyping
- Design trade-offs
- Mechanical co-design
- Thermal co-design
- Controls engineering integration
- Root-cause analysis
Location
- Petaluma, CA
- Austin, TX
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 3+ years for M.S. candidates
- 1+ years for Ph.D. candidates
Education Level
- M.S. or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering
Salary/Compensations
- $95,000 to $189,000 (Petaluma, CA)
- $80,000 to $118,800 (Austin, TX)
Benefits
- Bonus
- Equity
About the Company
- Enphase Energy is a global energy technology company and a leading provider of solar, battery, and electric vehicle charging products.
- Founded in 2006, our innovative microinverter technology revolutionized solar power, making it a safer, more reliable, and scalable energy source.
- The Enphase Energy System enables users to make, use, save, and sell their own power.
- Enphase is also one of the most successful and innovative clean energy companies in the world, with more than 80 million products shipped across 160 countries.
- Join our dynamic team designing and developing next-gen energy technologies and help drive a sustainable future!
