About the Role
The Enphase Power Systems Innovation team, within the Office of the CTO, is responsible for defining, designing, integrating, and validating next-generation system hardware solutions. This multidisciplinary team focuses on delivering robust designs from concept through production. We are seeking a Staff Electronics Hardware Engineer to develop, integrate, and validate system-level electronic hardware for new and existing products, with a focus on system architecture, digital and mixed-signal design, hardware/firmware integration, and full ownership of hardware execution from requirements to release.
Responsibilities
- Create innovative system-level embedded hardware designs to support next-generation energy system products.
- Lead specification, design, schematic capture, prototyping, and debugging of complex circuits and PCBAs.
- Design digital circuits including processor/MCU support, memory, clocking, reset, and interface connectivity.
- Implement and debug digital interfaces including CAN, UART, I2C, and SPI.
- Interface digital subsystems with analog circuitry, including ADC and DAC integration.
- Define and validate mixed-signal performance requirements such as signal conditioning, filtering, grounding, reference accuracy, noise coupling, and timing.
- Perform hands-on board bring-up, hardware validation, and troubleshooting using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, protocol analyzers, and standard bench equipment.
- Collaborate closely with firmware engineers on peripheral enablement and board bring-up; provide basic firmware-level debug support where needed.
- Own PCB design quality with attention to signal integrity, EMI/EMC, manufacturability, and testability.
- Generate complete design documentation and release packages, including schematics, layout deliverables, BOMs, test plans, and manufacturing outputs.
- Support design transfer to manufacturing and resolve hardware issues through validation and product ramp.
Requirements
- BS/MS in Electrical Engineering or closely related discipline.
- Staff level: typically 8+ years of electronics hardware/system design experience (or equivalent depth of experience).
- Strong digital and mixed-signal hardware design skills with commercial product development experience.
- Demonstrated experience implementing and debugging CAN, UART, I2C, and SPI.
- Experience interfacing analog and digital circuitry, including ADC/DAC integration.
- Proven hands-on ownership of both schematic capture and PCB layout.
- Familiarity with basic embedded firmware development for hardware bring-up (register-level/peripheral configuration/debug support).
- Proficiency with one or more ECAD tools such as Altium, OrCAD, KiCad, or Expedition (Xpedition).
- Strong troubleshooting ability within complex system environments and ability to drive issues to resolution.
- Ability to independently own technical workstreams and deliver high-quality results on schedule.
Skills
- Digital circuit design
- Mixed-signal design
- Schematic capture
- PCB layout
- CAN
- UART
- I2C
- SPI
- ADC integration
- DAC integration
- Signal integrity
- EMI/EMC
- Manufacturability
- Testability
- Altium
- OrCAD
- KiCad
- Expedition (Xpedition)
- Cadence OrCAD
- Allegro
- Analog circuit design
- Signal conditioning
- Low-noise mixed-signal layout
- Isolated circuits
- Switch-mode power supplies
- DFM/DFT
- NPI
Location
- Occasional domestic travel
Experience Level
- Staff level: typically 8+ years of electronics hardware/system design experience
Education Level
- BS/MS in Electrical Engineering or closely related discipline
Salary/Compensations
- $100,000 to $151,000
Benefits
- Bonus
- Equity
- Benefits
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.
- Today, 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 teams designing and developing next-gen energy technologies and help drive a sustainable future!
