Test Engineer – Power Electronics

The role

You will build automated hardware test infrastructure to validate and ship power electronics. This includes architecting test cells that integrate power hardware, instrumentation, control software, and data pipelines.

What you will do

• Define functional test coverage for PCBAs, subsystems, and full systems.
• Architect test solutions balancing coverage, cycle time, cost, and maintainability.
• Partner with design engineering to drive Design-for-Test.
• Define regression strategy to prevent re-learning lessons across builds and firmware releases.
• Establish pass/fail criteria grounded in real system performance and reliability goals.
• Design and deliver automated bi-directional converter testers for AC/DC and DC/DC systems.
• Architect high-power test cells including sources, loads, simulators, and protection systems.
• Implement automated test sequences for power cycling, efficiency mapping, and fault injection.
• Design and build PCBA functional fixtures, harness validation fixtures, and interface racks.
• Drive rapid debug loops when tests fail and improve test observability.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechatronics, or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience in designing and delivering automated test setups for high-voltage / high-power systems.
• Strong fundamentals in circuits and instrumentation.
• Hands-on experience with scopes, DMMs, power supplies, electronic loads, DAQs, and digital interfaces (CAN, Ethernet, SPI, I2C, UART).
• Demonstrated ownership of a test system from concept through deployment and sustainment.
• Ability to work cross-functionally and drive issues to closure.

Nice to have

• Experience with bi-directional AC/DC or DC/DC power sources and regenerative loads.
• Experience with HIL development or embedded firmware validation infrastructure.
• Experience with PCBA manufacturing functional test and yield improvement.
• Familiarity with production traceability systems and calibration discipline.
• Experience developing test systems for medium-voltage or high-power converter products.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation (salary and equity)
• Benefits

About the company

Heron Power is a startup company building cutting-edge power electronics for the 21st-century grid. They aim to de-bottleneck the growth of electricity generation and consumption with scalable hardware solutions.