Staff Power Electronics Control Engineer
Amperesand · Reno, Nevada, United States; San Francisco, California, United States
Posted about 2 months ago · $175,000-$210,000
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 53 days Amperesand's roles stay open a median of 37 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 16% of Amperesand's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Amperesand
- high 22 stale, 0 reposted of 49 open
- Hiring momentum
- 60 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-25
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Amperesand's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Amperesand.
About this role
As a Staff Power Electronics Control Engineer at Amperesand, you will lead the control architecture and system behavior for advanced AC-DC and DC-DC power conversion platforms. Your responsibilities include defining control strategies, ensuring system-level performance, and mentoring other engineers. You will work across various domains including modeling, digital control development, and hardware integration to deliver high-performance power conversion solutions.
- benefits
- 4/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Amperesand as an employer.
What you need
- Degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent industry experience with strong specialization in power electronics and control systems
- 5+ years of experience designing and deploying digital control for power converters in commercial or industrial applications
- Demonstrated ownership of control architecture or system-level dynamic performance in complex power conversion systems
- Strong expertise in advanced converter control, including resonant, multilevel, or other high-performance topologies
- Deep command of control theory, including multi-loop stability analysis and dynamic modeling
- Proven experience implementing high-performance real-time digital control on embedded platforms
Nice to have
- Experience with solid-state transformer (SST) architectures
- Exposure to medium-voltage power electronics systems
- Experience with multilevel or modular converter architectures
- Experience with bidirectional power flow control
- Experience supporting products from R&D through production release
What you get
- 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
Worth weighing
- Role requires on-site work 5 days a week, with no hybrid or remote options available
- Salary range provided is dependent on experience and location, but no specific figures for individual qualifications are mentioned
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Listed by Amperesand on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-25. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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