Role Summary

We’re looking for a Senior People Operations Generalist to support the Head of People & Talent in building Amperesand’s People function from the ground up. This is an exciting opportunity for someone who enjoys creating structure, improving processes, and supporting employees through meaningful, hands-on work.  

You’ll own key programs - from onboarding to offboarding, leaves, compliance, HR systems, and benefits - while driving process improvements that help Amperesand scale efficiently and thoughtfully. 

Responsibilities 

Employee Support & Experience 

• Lead onboarding for new hires and improve our onboarding process - helping employees feel welcomed, informed, and connected from day one.  

• Support offboarding and gather insights that help us continuously improve. 

• Respond to employee questions with clarity, care, and follow-through. 

• Partner Across Teams: Collaborate closely with Finance, IT, and Talent to ensure accurate data flow and smooth handoffs for all employee changes. 

HR Operations 

• Own and maintain accurate employee records and HR systems. 

• Manage benefits and leave programs.  

• Prepare payroll-related information and maintain data accuracy. 

• Ensure we meet compliance requirements as we scale. 

• Assist in building handbooks, policies, and internal documentation current and easy to understand. 

Programs & Process Building 

• Support the development of performance reviews, goal setting, and employee feedback efforts. 

• Help roll out engagement and development programs that strengthen our growing team. 

• Spot opportunities to simplify or improve HR processes—and build solutions that scale. 

• Contribute to a People function that is reliable, approachable, and easy to work with. 

Qualifications 

• 3-5 years of HR experience, ideally in a fast-growing start-up environment. 

• Working knowledge of US employment laws and standard HR practices. 

• Strong communication skills, high integrity, and solid judgment. 

• A builder’s mindset - comfortable with ambiguity and excited to create new systems.  

• Experience with HRIS tools and managing sensitive employee data. 

• A finger on the pulse of startup culture, competitive benefits, and events.  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing immigration cases with outside counsel  

• Designing performance management programs 

• Compensation Benchmarking  

• ESOP management and delivery  

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

Role Summary

This role requires a blend of deep technical knowledge, regulatory acumen, and strategic thinking to ensure that all firmware and software for Solid-State Transformers (SST) adhere to the highest standards of safety, reliability, and compliance. 

Responsibilities: 

• Develop and oversee compliance implementation for SST firmware and software to meet or exceed industry standards and regulations 

• Continuously perform risk assessments to identify potential compliance issues in firmware development processes and implementation 

• Design, develop, and execute compliance testing protocols, ensuring software meets all regulatory requirements 

• Maintain comprehensive documentation for compliance activities, including test results, compliance reports, and change management logs 

• Assess and audit complete development toolchain for compliance risks and vulnerabilities 

• Work with product and compliance teams to maintain clear communication with regulatory agencies or auditors 

• Guide developers to follow a compliance by design philosophy for relevant software 

• Work with engineers to solve complex problems and ensure project milestones are met 

• Stay updated with new technologies and methodologies to enhance compliance efficiency and effectiveness 

Qualifications: 

• Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Mechatronics, etc. with 5+years of professional experience or combined equivalent experience with evidence of exceptional ability 

• 3+years of experience with software compliance, regulatory agencies, and preferably functional safety or electrical standards (IEC 62443, UL 1998, UL 5500, IEC 60730, IEC 62351, etc.) 

• Proficiency in C or C++ for embedded systems 

• Experience with software and firmware testing frameworks 

• Excellent written and verbal communications in English, especially where compliance documentation is concerned 

• Excellent analytical skills to conduct risk assessments and safety analysis (FMEA, HAZOP, etc.) 

Role Summary: 

The Director of Program Management will lead and oversee complex, multi-regional programs, ensuring successful product development and deployment from concept through execution. This role drives strategic alignment across cross-functional teams, including engineering, product development, supply chain, and manufacturing, while fostering a high-performing, collaborative team culture. The Director will provide executive-level visibility into program status, risks, and opportunities, and will own processes, budgets, and schedules to ensure delivery of high-quality results on time and within cost. 

Responsibilities: 

• Oversee the planning, execution, and tracking of complex programs, ensuring milestones, scope, budget, and quality commitments are consistently met. 

•  Lead and drive cross-functional collaboration across global teams in Singapore and the U.S., aligning program objectives with organizational strategy. 

• Manage, mentor, and build a high-performing program management team, fostering professional growth, accountability, and collaboration. 

• Drive program financials, controlling budgets and facilitating cost optimization while balancing scope, quality, and timeline objectives. 

• Provide executive-level reporting and communications, delivering transparency to leadership, partners, and stakeholders, and facilitating informed decision-making. 

• Work with our Supply Chain team to ensure material readiness is aligned with engineering goals to mitigate supply chain, material, and quality risks in our product development and execution 

• Set strategic direction for project engineers and cross-functional teams, aligning priorities, requirements, risk mitigation, and program schedules with business goals. 

• Define program scope, roadmap, and budgets in collaboration with product management and engineering leadership to drive successful product outcomes. 

• Collaborate with Supply Chain in leading cost reduction and operational efficiency initiatives across programs, ensuring product costs, inventory, and financial targets are optimized. 

• Develop, refine, and implement program management frameworks, processes, and best practices to enable consistent, scalable, and efficient program execution. 

• Identify, assess, and proactively manage program risks, establishing mitigation plans, evaluating trade-offs, and implementing corrective actions to maximize risk mitigation. 

• Champion a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration, and professional development within the program management organization. 

Qualifications:  

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related field; advanced degree preferred (master's in engineering). 

• 10+ years of experience in program management or operations leadership, preferably in global, multi-site environments. 

• Proven track record of managing complex, cross-functional programs from concept to execution. 

• Strong leadership, team-building, and mentoring skills, with experience managing high-performing teams. 

• Exceptionally strong communication skills that demonstrate an ability to communicate visually verbally and in writing to both technical and non-technical team members. 

• Experience working in an engineering organization focused on electrical systems, power electronics, or other similar products in a manufacturing / production environment. 

• Thrive under pressure while managing competing priorities, challenges, and program risks, quickly adapting to changes to ensure successful program execution. 

• Willingness and ability to travel up to 20% including internationally 

Role Summary   

As our Office & Talent Assistant, you will play a central role in bringing our workplace to life. This position is essential to foster an organized, welcoming, and high-performing office environment that supports our growing team. As we scale, we’re looking for someone who can confidently own day-to-day operations while thoughtfully enhancing the overall employee experience. 

Responsibilities:   

• Handle day to day site needs of personnel, facilities, and logistics at our Power Electronics Innovation Center in San Francisco 

• Act as the on-site point person for candidates, executives, investors, and visitors 

• Coordinate and schedule candidate interviews across teams, and reserving meeting rooms to ensure seamless interview experience  

• Oversee all workplace-related initiatives such as weekly snacks, lunches, office/bathroom/kitchen supplies, office upkeep, and liaising with third party vendors 

• Design, plan, and execute seasonal and monthly events to bring the team together and strengthen company culture  

• Anticipate office and site needs, creating and implementing scalable solutions  

• Send, receive and organize incoming packages and mail  

• Perform other duties and special projects as assigned 

Qualifications:    

• 2+ years of experience in office or executive support, preferably in fast-paced or high-profile environments  

• Outstanding organizational, time management, and multitasking abilities  

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills  

• Able to work with people of all levels within the organization  

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook Calendar, Teams), Slack, Ramp 

• Bonus for experience in Applicant Tracking Systems like Greenhouse 

• Deadline and detail-oriented, proactive, and able to anticipate, identify and address obstacles quickly and efficiently 

Working Conditions: 

• Full-time position based in San Francisco, CA  

• Standard business hours: Monday through Friday, 8:30 AM - 5:30 PM  

• Professional office environment 

• Occasional light lifting (up to 25 lbs.) for office supplies and event setup 

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

Responsibilities:

• Assist in the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements in accordance with IFRS/GAAP
• Manage the month-end and year-end close processes
• Manage Accounts Payable
• Assist in accounting responsibilities around procurement
• Manage Fixed Asset accounting
• Administer the month-end close application
• Accounting administration of financial system
• Prepare balance sheet reconciliations for complex accounts
• Assist in building and implementing accounting controls
• Assist in creating accounting policies and procedures

Technical Skills:

• IFRS/GAAP (International Financial Reporting Standards)
• Cost Accounting (including standard costing, variance analysis, and COGS tracking)
• Inventory Accounting (raw materials, WIP, finished goods)
• ERP Systems (e.g., NetSuite, SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics)
• Advanced Excel (pivot tables, VLOOKUP, financial modeling, macros)
• Sarbanes/Oxley and internal controls framework

Bonus Qualifications:

• Exposure to lean manufacturing, supply chain finance, or production planning systems
• Energy Sector Knowledge: Experience working on projects related to smart grids, renewable energy, or energy management platforms is a plus
• CPA (Active or Inactive)

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

Internship Duration: May 2026 – August 2026 

Role Summary

Amperesand is working to develop, build, test, and validate a ground-up redesigned next-generation solid state transformer (SST) and the power stage modules (PSMs) that convert power from medium-voltage AC to customer-facing DC output.  This internship will include building and testing of prototype units, root cause analysis of issues found, and design and changes of parts to fix or improve.   

Responsibilities: 

• UtilizeCAD software to create detailed mechanical designs.  3DX/Catia experience preferred but not required. 
• Model and design complex electro-mechanical parts, including plastics, sheet metal, insulators, magnetic components, and high-voltage connectors.
• Perform mechanical design analysisby means offirst principal calculation or simulation with commercial software, including structural FEA, thermal CFD, vibration, and fatigue assessments. 
• Solve packaging challenges involving electrical isolation, sealing, thermal dissipation, EMI/EMC shielding, and mechanical shock/vibration.
•  Perform prototype development, fabrication, assembly, and mechanical testing of new designs.
•  Support root-cause analysis of design issues in pilot or production builds and lead iterative improvements. 
•  Define and execute validation test plans including structural, thermal, and environmental testing. 
• 2D drawings with GD&T for production and inspection.
• Create engineering documentation, tolerance stacks, BOMs, and release packages through PLM systems.
•  Collaborate cross-functionally with electrical, thermal, firmware and controls, manufacturing, test, and industrial design teams.
•  Work closely with suppliers to optimize DFM, DFA, and tooling strategies for high-volume production. 

Qualifications: 

• Final year undergraduate standing or graduate study inMechanical Engineering or a closely-related field. 
• Expertise in CAD modeling using 3D EXPERIENCE (CATIA V6/V5), SolidWorks, NX, or Creo. 
•  Deep understanding of mechanical fundamentals—statics, dynamics, heat transfer, and materials.
• Working knowledge of materials: metals (aluminum, steel), plastics, ceramics, gaskets, potting compounds.
• Comfortable with root-cause analysis, failure mode resolution, and mechanical reliability testing.
• Passion for product innovation, sustainability, and enabling electrification through engineering excellence.

Bonus Qualifications: 

• Strong background in structural, thermal, and vibration analysis using commercial software,e.g.Ansys 
• Proficiency in GD&T, tolerance analysis, and DFM/DFA principles. 
• Familiarity with PCBAs, connectors, and mechanical integration of high-density electronic assemblies.
• Experience with high-volume manufacturing processes such as injection molding, die casting, extrusion, and sheet metal forming.
• Experience with medium- to high-voltage systems and insulation coordination (creepage, clearance, potting, sealing).
• Experience working in Agile development environments, including task management and sprint planning using Scrum methodologies and tools like Jira.

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

Compensation: $30 - $45/hour depending on location and level of experience 

Role Summary 

As our Production Operations Supervisor, you will lead the day-to-day execution of prototype-to-production builds, directly supervising the production associate team on the floor. This is a highly hands-on role—you’ll assign work, unblock issues in real time, ensure production schedules and quality standards are met, and track and approve timecards and labor hours. You’ll coordinate and deliver on-the-job training as needed, helping associates develop the skills required to build complex solid-state power hardware safely, consistently, and efficiently. Your leadership will directly influence product readiness, customer confidence, and the pace at which our solid-state transformer technology moves from development into real-world deployment. 

Responsibilities: 

• Directly supervise production associates supporting prototype-to-production builds, managing daily work assignments, floor coverage, and execution against production schedules. 

• Own day-to-day floor operations, ensuring safety, quality, and productivity standards are met while escalating issues and risks in real time. 

• Track, review, and approve timecards, labor hours, and overtime, supporting labor efficiency and production planning. 

• Ensure quality standards are upheld at every building step, supporting a no-defects-forward mindset and partnering with engineering on issue resolution and corrective actions. 

• Coordinate, deliver, and document on-the-job training for new and existing production associates, ensuring readiness for complex manufacturing and power electronics assembly. 

• Support the development, maintain, and enforce standardized work instructions and SOPs in collaboration with engineering and operations. 

• Monitor daily production metrics and drive continuous improvement in throughput, yield, safety, and cost. 

• Develop and maintain production reports, dashboards, and visual management boards that provide clear visibility to leadership on progress toward production goals, risks, and corrective actions. 

• Create a positive, accountable shop-floor culture through coaching, performance feedback, and corrective action, including addressing performance concerns and administering discipline when necessary. 

• Ensure compliance with EHS requirements, proactively identifying and correcting hazards and reinforcing safe work practices. 

Qualifications: 

• 4+ years of experience in manufacturing or production operations, with at least 2 years in a hands-on supervisory or lead role supporting production associates. 

• Proven experience leading day-to-day floor operations in a fast-paced manufacturing environment, including work assignment and schedule execution. 

• Experience managing labor and timekeeping, including tracking and approving timecards, overtime, and shift coverage. 

• Practical experience applying quality requirements, standardized processes, and structured problem-solving on production floor. 

• Experience coordinating and delivering on-the-job training and coaching production teams through changing processes. 

• Strong communication skills, with the ability to provide clear direction, real-time feedback, and corrective action when required. 

• Ability to track production performance and maintain reports, dashboards, or visual management boards to communicate progress toward production goals. 

• Commitment to safety and EHS best practices in a manufacturing environment. 

• High school diploma or equivalent required. 

Bonus Qualifications: 

• Experience in manufacturing environments such as power electronics, energy systems, automotive, or industrial equipment. 

• Prior involvement in pilot production or new product introduction (NPI) builds. 

• Experience partnering closely with engineering teams to improve manufacturability and production readiness. 

• Experience developing or maintaining standardized work instructions, SOPs, or training documentation. 

• Able to push, pull, and lift up to 50 lbs. 

• Forklift certified 

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

Role Summary: 

As a Senior Staff Product Manager, you will play a pivotal role in translating Amperesand’s platform vision into tangible product features that enable next-generation grid-interactive power systems. You’ll be responsible for defining and managing the delivery of differentiated inverter platform capabilities that support next generation high density DC power architectures for data centers.  This role blends market insight, technical acumen, and customer empathy to prioritize features that offer meaningful impact and revenue potential. You will work closely with engineering, firmware, and commercial teams to define product strategy, drive technical execution, and enable successful go-to-market outcomes. 

If you're passionate about building impactful, value-centric products and excited about building transformational products at the intersection of electrification, grid modernization, and digital control—this is your opportunity to lead and we want to hear from you! 

Responsibilities: 

• Own the product roadmap for medium-voltage inverter and SST platforms enabling medium voltage and ±800 V DC distribution inside data-center campuses. 

• Quantify ROI for customers through PUE/WUE improvements, power-density gains, and CapEx vs OpEx trade-offs. 

• Establish technology partnerships to maximize SST impact on customer value and to shorten deployment time and enhance reliability. 

• Engage directly with hyperscalers, colocation providers, and data-center design-build firms to define performance metrics for uptime, energy density, and fault containment. 

• Translate customer site designs into scalable product configurations that integrate grid, genset, and storage assets. 

• Monitor global data-center power trends (AI rack loads, liquid cooling, regional grid codes, carbon-free procurement) and feed insights into roadmap decisions. 

• Ensure electrical, thermal, and firmware designs meet Tier III/IV reliability targets and IEC/IEEE compliance (IEC 61850, 62477, 60364-7-716, IEEE 1547, UL 1741-SB). 

• Align power-electronics, embedded-firmware, EMS, and mechanical teams around unified release plans. 

• Collaborate with manufacturing and supply-chain to ensure cost, scalability, and manufacturability targets are met. 

• Partner with sales and applications engineering to generate customer proposals, value models, and technical collateral demonstrating differentiation versus legacy UPS/transformer systems. 

• Build quantitative business cases for each platform variant including gross-margin modeling and total-cost-of-ownership analysis. 

• Conduct competitive benchmarking versus central inverter, rotary UPS, and lithium-ion BESS suppliers. 

• Identify regulatory and incentive frameworks (energy-storage credits, grid-support revenue streams) that influence pricing strategy and product adoption. 

Qualifications:

• 10+ years in product or technical leadership within data-center power 

• Strong grounding in MV AC/DC architectures, grid interconnection, redundancy schemes, and fault protection 

• Understanding of MV system behavior, grid interaction, and fault protection. 

• Energy Storage & EMS Familiarity: Experience with hybrid systems and integration of batteries or EMS solutions. 

• Experience building business cases and customer ROI models for infrastructure or capital-equipment sales  

• Proven ability to work with engineers, firmware developers, and system architects to deliver complex hardware-software products. 

• Exposure to AI data-center designs, energy-management systems, or hybrid-grid microgrids  

• BSEE required; MSEE or MBA preferred 

Technical Skills: 

• Power Electronics & Inverter Systems: Deep understanding of bidirectional inverter design, and grid-supportive functionalities (e.g., reactive power, anti-islanding, grid-forming). 

• Medium Voltage Systems: Familiarity with MV infrastructure (e.g., 22kV systems), grounding/fault protection, switchgear, and interconnection requirements. 

• Hybrid Energy Systems: Experience integrating energy storage systems (ESS), EMS platforms, and managing charge/discharge optimization. 

• Firmware Collaboration: Ability to co-develop feature sets with embedded systems teams, particularly around real-time control loops, black start logic, and remote diagnostics. 

• Standards & Regulatory Knowledge: Working knowledge of IEEE 1547, UL 1741-SB, IEC 61850, NEC 705/710/480/490, and grid interconnection frameworks. 

• System Modeling & Specification: Capable of writing clear, technically detailed product requirements including control architecture, communication protocols, and I/O definitions. 

• Data-Driven Prioritization: Comfortable with tradeoff decisions using customer value, technical feasibility, and time-to-market drivers. 

Bonus Qualifications: 

• Energy Sector Knowledge: Experience working on projects related to smart grids, renewable energy, or energy management platforms is a plus. 

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

Responsibilities:  

• Identify and evaluate global suppliers; negotiate and execute contracts with strategic partners to secure high-quality materials at competitive prices 

• Drive total cost optimization (base cost, tariffs, transportation, quality, lead time) in close collaboration with internal and external stakeholders 

• Analyze market trends, lead times, and material risks to ensure build readiness and minimize production disruptions through appropriate risk-buy strategies 

• Develop and execute an international logistics strategy—including routing guides, shipping mode selection, and customs clearance processes 

• Build tools and processes to provide visibility into sourcing, material readiness, cost impact, cost reduction opportunities, risk analysis, and supplier performance 

• Track and report on KPIs including cost, delivery times, inventory turnover, and supplier performance 

• Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, NPI, operations, and leadership to align supply chain strategy with business objectives 

Qualifications:   

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, engineering, logistics, business, or a related field (Master's preferred); experience sourcing electrical power products is a strong plus 

• 3+ years of combined experience in supply chain, program management, or engineering, with demonstrated ability to manage multiple complex projects simultaneously 

• Background in new technology or NPI-stage supply chain, ideally in a startup environment 

• Experience working with electrical systems, power electronics, or similar hardware in a manufacturing or production context 

• Exceptional communication and negotiation skills—written, verbal, and visual 

• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage projects across organizational lines 

• Ability to prioritize effectively under pressure and adapt quickly to change 

• Willingness to travel up to 20%, including internationally 

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

Base Salary: $160,000-$185,000/annual DOE and location

Role Summary

We are seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager, Mechanical, to lead complex programs involving mechanical systems and hardware development from concept through production. This role requires driving cross functional execution across mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, firmware and software, product, supply chain, quality, manufacturing, and system integration teams.

You will own program scope, schedules, risk management, and delivery quality across multi phase hardware development roadmaps, ensuring successful execution through design, validation, and production launch.

Responsibilities

• Oversee program scope, schedules, and resource planning for mechanical engineering initiatives, ensuring deliverables meet timeline, quality, cost, and performance expectations.
• Drive execution across the full hardware development lifecycle, including concept development, design reviews, prototype builds, design verification, validation, qualification, and production readiness.
• Coordinate mechanical development milestones, including requirements definition, CAD release, drawing release, DFM reviews, tolerance analysis, prototype builds, tooling readiness, and engineering change management.
• Drive program planning and milestone tracking for mechanical system integration, component readiness, design maturity, and manufacturing readiness.
• Identify and mitigate risks related to mechanical design, supplier readiness, tooling, long lead materials, production constraints, and cross functional dependencies.
• Partner with engineering and product teams to define program requirements, development roadmaps, and success metrics aligned with business goals.
• Coordinate with supply chain and manufacturing teams to support sourcing readiness, vendor qualification, production planning, and clear to build milestones.
• Support design validation and qualification activities by partnering with engineering and quality teams on test planning, failure analysis, corrective actions, and issue resolution.
• Monitor program costs, resource needs, and schedule risks, identifying opportunities for efficiency, cost optimization, and improved execution.
• Improve program management processes, tools, and best practices specific to hardware and mechanical development to enhance scalability, predictability, and transparency.
• Communicate program status, critical issues, risks, and milestones to executive leadership and cross functional stakeholders.
• Lead collaboration across mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, quality, product management, and system integration teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of experience in technical program management or engineering leadership, with strong focus on mechanical systems, hardware products, or manufacturing driven development.
• Proven success managing complex hardware programs involving multiple teams, schedules, dependencies, and technical disciplines.
• Strong understanding of product development processes, phase gate development, and mechanical engineering workflows from concept through production.
• Experience working within engineering organizations developing electromechanical products, assemblies, or hardware systems.
• Strong understanding of mechanical design principles, DFM/DFA, tolerance analysis, design validation, and manufacturing readiness.
• Experience managing supplier and sourcing dependencies, tooling schedules, long lead materials, and production launch readiness.
• Strong leadership and organizational skills with the ability to influence across teams and functions.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Comfortable operating in fast paced environments with shifting priorities.
• Experience with Jira, Confluence, project schedules, and structured development frameworks.
• Preferred experience with PLM systems, CAD collaboration tools, manufacturing processes, and prototype build management.
• Willingness to travel up to 20%, including international travel.

Preferred Tools & Platform Exposure

Planning & Collaboration
• Jira
• Confluence
• Project schedules
• Phase gate tracking

Product Development & Change Management
• PLM systems
• ECO/ECN workflows
• Requirements tracking

Mechanical Design Collaboration
• CAD tools such as SolidWorks, Creo, or NX
• Drawing release processes
• Tolerance stack up reviews

Manufacturing & Supply Chain
• DFM/DFA reviews
• Tooling readiness
• Supplier qualification
• Clear to build planning

Validation & Quality
• DV/PV planning
• FMEA
• Root cause analysis
• Qualification testing

Hardware Systems Context
• Electromechanical systems
• Structural components
• Thermal and mechanical integration
• Prototype and production builds

Please note: This role requires working on site 5 days per week. Hybrid and remote work options are not available.

Role Summary 

This role is an opportunity to work with a high-agency startup team operating in the hard-tech and energy systems space. You will play a critical role in designing, building, and scaling the backend systems that power Amperesand’s factory software and interacting with ERP, analytics, and operational software platforms. 

This is a hands-on role. You will architect and deliver production-grade backend services that support high-concurrency, high-availability workloads across manufacturing, supply chain, and enterprise operations. The role requires close collaboration with frontend, product, AI, and domain expert teams — along with a strong sense of ownership, systems thinking, and pragmatism in building reliable software for real-world operations. 

Responsibilities

• Own the design, architecture, and implementation of backend systems for Amperesand’s factory software and interactions with ERP, analytics, and operational platforms. 

• Build and scale high-concurrency, high-availability services in Go to support mission-critical manufacturing and business workflows.  

• Design robust APIs, service interfaces, and data models that enable frontend applications, analytics systems, and internal tools.  

• Develop backend capabilities for workflow orchestration, machine and system integrations, telemetry ingestion, operational event processing, and reporting.  

• Build distributed systems that are reliable, observable, and resilient under production load.  

• Optimize backend performance across service latency, throughput, data access patterns, and system resource utilization.  

• Collaborate closely with frontend, product, and domain teams to translate operational requirements into scalable backend architectures.  

• Drive best practices for service reliability, fault tolerance, testing, deployment, and maintainability.  

• Contribute to technical strategy and architecture decisions across backend, infrastructure, and platform layers.  

• Mentor other engineers through code reviews, design reviews, and strong engineering standards.  

• Leverage AI-assisted development tools where useful to improve engineering velocity, code quality, and developer productivity.  

•  Document service designs, architecture decisions, and tradeoffs for cross-functional stakeholders. 

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in backend or distributed systems engineering, including production deployments in scalable environments.  

• Strong experience with Go and building production backend services.  

• Proven experience designing systems for high concurrency, high availability, and fault tolerance.  

• Experience building backend platforms for operational systems such as MES, ERP, analytics, workflow engines, or other enterprise/business-critical software.  

• Strong understanding of API design, microservices, distributed system patterns, and asynchronous/event-driven architectures.  

• Experience with databases and data systems such as PostgreSQL, Redis, MQTT, NATS, ClickHouse, or similar technologies.  

• Familiarity with real-time data processing, telemetry pipelines, and backend systems that support dashboards, reporting, and analytics.  

• Experience with observability and production operations, including logging, metrics, tracing, alerting, and incident debugging.  

• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure and containerized deployment environments such as AWS, Kubernetes, and Docker.  

• Strong testing discipline across unit, integration, and end-to-end service validation.  

• Comfortable working with AI coding tools such as Copilot, Cursor, Claude, or similar tools to supplement and accelerate development.  

• Proficiency in English and ability to communicate effectively with wider teams.  

• Ability to travel up to 20%, including international 

• Ability to walk or tour through the factory to test the software 

Bonus Qualifications

• Background in energy engineering systems (power systems, energy storage, power electronics, or controls). 

• Experience in manufacturing, industrial automation, supply chain, energy systems, or other operational technology domains 

• Experience designing systems that integrate with machines, PLCs, IoT devices, or external enterprise platforms. 

• Experience with MES, digital twins, or asset health monitoring. 

• Open-source contributions to backend projects. 

• Experience working within or building design systems.  

• Experience building backend platforms that support AI-enabled workflows, data capture, or operational intelligence systems.  

• Familiarity with CI/CD workflows and software DevOps practices. 

• Experience working with hardware, firmware, or operations teams. 

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

Role Summary 

This role is an opportunity to work with a high-agency startup team operating in the hard-tech and energy systems space. You will play a critical role in designing, building, and scaling the backend systems that power Amperesand’s ERP platform and its integration with factory software, analytics, and operational software systems. 

This is a hands-on role. You will architect and deliver production-grade backend services that support high-concurrency, high-availability workloads across manufacturing, inventory, supply chain, work orders, and enterprise operations. The backend in this role will serve as the connective layer between ERP capabilities and factory software execution, while also enabling intelligent systems that support automation, decision support, operational analytics, and future AI-driven workflows. The role requires close collaboration with frontend, product, AI, and domain expert teams — along with a strong sense of ownership, systems thinking, and pragmatism in building reliable software for real-world operations. 

Responsibilities:

• Own the design, architecture, and implementation of backend systems for Amperesand’s ERP platform and its integration with factory software, analytics, and operational platforms. 

• Build and scale high-concurrency, high-availability services in Go to support mission-critical manufacturing and business workflows. 

• Design backend systems that connect ERP workflows with factory software domains such as inventory management, supply chain operations, work order execution, production tracking, and enterprise reporting. 

• Build robust APIs, service interfaces, and data models that enable frontend applications, analytics systems, internal tools, and third-party enterprise integrations.  

• Develop backend capabilities for workflow orchestration, machine and system integrations, telemetry ingestion, operational event processing, and reporting.  

• Build services that connect shop-floor execution with ERP-oriented workflows such as material tracking, inventory state, work order status, fulfillment processes, and supply chain visibility.  

• Design and support intelligent systems that enable automation, contextual recommendations, operational insights, and AI-assisted workflows across ERP and factory software platforms.  

• Build distributed systems that are reliable, observable, and resilient under production load. 

• Optimize backend performance across service latency, throughput, data access patterns, and system resource utilization.  

• Collaborate closely with frontend, product, and domain teams to translate operational requirements into scalable backend architectures.  

• Drive best practices for service reliability, fault tolerance, testing, deployment, and maintainability.  

• Contribute to technical strategy and architecture decisions across backend, infrastructure, data, and platform layers.  

• Mentor other engineers through code reviews, design reviews, and strong engineering standards.  

• Leverage AI-assisted development tools where useful to improve engineering velocity, code quality, and developer productivity.  

• Document service designs, architecture decisions, and tradeoffs for cross-functional stakeholders. 

Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience in backend or distributed systems engineering, including production deployments in scalable environments.  

• Strong experience with Go and building production backend services.  

• Proven experience designing systems for high concurrency, high availability, and fault tolerance.  

• Experience building backend platforms for ERP, MES, factory software, analytics, workflow engines, or other enterprise/business-critical software.  

• Strong understanding of API design, microservices, distributed system patterns, and asynchronous/event-driven architectures.  

• Experience with databases and data systems such as PostgreSQL, Redis, MQTT, NATS, ClickHouse, or similar technologies.  

• Familiarity with real-time data processing, telemetry pipelines, and backend systems that support dashboards, reporting, and analytics.  

• Experience with observability and production operations, including logging, metrics, tracing, alerting, and incident debugging.  

• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure and containerized deployment environments such as AWS, Kubernetes, and Docker.  

• Strong testing discipline across unit, integration, and end-to-end service validation.  

• Comfortable working with AI coding tools such as Copilot, Cursor, Claude, or similar tools to supplement and accelerate development.  

• Proficiency in English and ability to communicate effectively with wider teams.  

• Ability to travel up to 20%, including international 

Bonus Qualifications:

• Background in energy engineering systems (power systems, energy storage, power electronics, or controls). 

• Experience in manufacturing, industrial automation, supply chain, inventory managment, energy systems, or other operational technology domains 

• Experience designing systems that integrate with machines, PLCs, IoT devices, or external enterprise platforms. 

• Experience with MES, digital twins, or asset health monitoring. 

• Experience working within or building design systems.  

• Experience building backend platforms that support AI-enabled workflows, data capture, or operational intelligence systems.  

• Familiarity with CI/CD workflows and software DevOps practices. 

• Experience working with hardware, firmware, or operations teams. 

• Open-source contributions to backend projects a plus. 

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

Responsibilities: 

• Lead the industrialization of new suppliers and products, ensuring a smooth transition from development to volume production. 

• Serve as the primary company representative at supplier sites, overseeing manufacturing and production activities while supporting our teams globally in driving our development & production goals.  

• Support and monitor all supplier quality initiatives to ensure compliance with company standards. 

• Collaborate with suppliers to implement and maintain quality testing procedures, ensuring components meet technical and performance requirements. 

• Act as the liaison between suppliers and cross-functional teams in Singapore and the U.S., facilitating material readiness, engineering design alignment, and seamless communication. 

• Identify, evaluate, and onboard global suppliers and establish strategic partnerships to secure high-quality materials and components that meet production requirements 

• Collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, quality, and supply chain teams to ensure supplier readiness and alignment with technical specifications, cost targets, and production timelines. 

• Monitor and control material inventory levels at suppliers to support ramp-up schedules and reduce material shortages. 

• Analyze supplier capabilities, lead times, design for manufacturing support, and potential risks to develop mitigation strategies that prevent production disruptions. 

• Support and optimize logistics for new suppliers and products, including transportation planning and customs requirements. 

• Support the Supply Chain team in defining and monitoring KPIs such as supplier performance, delivery timelines, quality metrics, and ramp-up success to identify areas for process improvement. 

• Partner with cross-functional teams and leadership to align supplier industrialization activities with overall business objectives and production forecasts. 

Qualifications:  

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering related field.  A master's degree is preferred.  Ideally someone with experience working on electrical power products.  

• 8+ years' experience in a mix of engineering, program management & supply chain fields with evidence showing an exceptional ability to manage multiple complex projects simultaneously.  

• Proven experience working in an organization focused on new technologies, the NPI process, and in a startup environment.  Ideally someone that has experience developing supplier capabilities.  

• Strong knowledge of international trade regulations and customs processes.  

• Demonstrated ability to work and lead cross functionally by managing teams / projects. 

• Exceptionally strong communication skills that demonstrate an ability to communicate visually, verbally, and in writing.  

• Experience working with engineering teams focused on electrical systems, power electronics, or other similar products in a manufacturing / production environment. 

• Ability to work well under pressure while simultaneously managing competing priorities, challenges, and risks.  Effective response to adapting to competing priorities, risks, and program changes as needed and quickly.  

• Willingness and ability to travel up to 50% including internationally 

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

Salary: $145,000-$165,000 annual

Role Summary 

As Manager, Supplier Industrialization, you will build and lead Amperesand’s global SIE function, owning the strategy, processes, and team that bring new suppliers from development into volume production. 

Responsibilities 

Team Leadership 

• Hire, develop, and manage a globally distributed team of Supplier Industrialization Engineers  

• Set priorities and performance expectations, provide coaching and clear growth paths for direct reports  

Strategy and Process 

• Own the global supplier industrialization roadmap, aligning supplier onboarding and ramp milestones to NPI timelines and production forecasts  

• Define and standardize playbooks, tools, and processes across the full supplier lifecycle, from qualification through volume ramp  

• Partner with Supply Chain, Engineering, and Manufacturing leadership to keep supplier readiness aligned with technical requirements and delivery commitments  

Supplier Development and Quality 

• Serve as the senior escalation point for complex supplier issues, engage supplier leadership when management level involvement is needed  

• Oversee supplier quality across the portfolio and drive systemic corrective action for escapes or delivery disruptions  

Cross Functional and Program Management 

• Bridge global suppliers and internal Engineering, Manufacturing, and Supply Chain teams on design alignment, material readiness, and DFM feedback  

• Maintain portfolio level risk visibility, own global KPI reporting for the SIE function including OTD, first pass yield, and ramp attainment  

• Provide regular program updates and escalations to Supply Chain leadership  

Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field, Master’s preferred  

• Electrical, mechanical, or manufacturing background strongly preferred  

• 10 plus years across engineering, supply chain, and or program management, with 3 plus years in a people management role  

• Demonstrated success leading supplier industrialization or supplier development in hardware manufacturing, power electronics, energy, or adjacent capital equipment preferred  

• Track record hiring and developing high performing technical teams in NPI heavy or startup environments  

• Experience managing globally distributed supplier portfolios across multiple geographies and time zones  

• Working knowledge of international trade regulations and export compliance for electronics and electrical equipment  

• Strong communication skills across technical and business audiences, able to work effectively across cultures 

Role Summary
We are seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager (TPM), Software, to lead complex programs involving application-level software across edge and cloud platforms. This role drives cross-functional execution across software engineering, firmware, hardware, product, quality assurance, and system integration teams. You will own program scope, schedules, risk management, and delivery quality across multi-release roadmaps, ensuring alignment and successful outcomes.

Responsibilities:

• Lead cross-functional collaboration across software engineering, firmware development, hardware engineering, product management, QA, and system integration teams.
• Drive execution of embedded and application-level software development programs from planning through delivery.
• Own program scope, schedules, and resource allocation, ensuring alignment with timeline, quality, and budget expectations.
• Communicate program status, milestones, and risks to executive leadership and stakeholders with clarity and transparency.
• Coordinate software feature planning, milestone tracking, and integration timelines alongside hardware and systems teams.
• Identify, track, and mitigate risks related to software dependencies, release timelines, and cross-functional integration.
• Ensure visibility into cross-team dependencies that impact software development.
• Partner with product teams to define software requirements, roadmaps, and success metrics aligned with business goals.
• Monitor program costs and resourcing, identifying opportunities for efficiency and optimization.
• Improve program management processes, tools, and best practices to enhance execution, scalability, and transparency.
• Support release and validation processes in collaboration with QA and release engineering, ensuring adequate testing coverage and timely issue resolution.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent experience).
• 5+ years of experience in technical program management or engineering leadership roles.
• Strong experience managing complex software and/or firmware programs across multiple teams and timelines.
• Deep understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), Agile methodologies, and firmware development practices.
• Experience working in organizations that build integrated systems across hardware, embedded firmware, and application software.
• Strong leadership and organizational skills, with the ability to influence across functions and levels.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to bridge technical and non-technical audiences.
• Comfortable operating in fast-paced environments with evolving priorities and requirements.
• Hands-on experience with Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence) and Agile frameworks (Scrum/Kanban).
• Preferred: Experience with GitHub, AWS, observability tools, and Python.
• Willingness to travel up to 20%, including international travel.

Tools & Platforms (Preferred Exposure):

• Planning & Collaboration: Jira, Confluence, Scrum/Kanban
• Code & CI/CD: GitHub (Projects, Actions), release pipelines
• Cloud & Infrastructure: AWS (IAM, EC2, ECS, Lambda basics)
• Observability: Metrics, logs, and tracing tools (e.g., CloudWatch, Grafana, Sentry)
• Scripting & Automation: Python for data wrangling, reporting, and lightweight tooling

Role Summary:
We are seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager (TPM), Firmware to oversee complex programs involving embedded firmware on microcontrollers. This role requires orchestrating cross-functional execution across firmware engineering, software, hardware, product, quality assurance, and system integration teams. You will own program scope, schedules, risk management, and delivery quality across multi-release program roadmaps.

Responsibilities:

• Lead cross-functional collaboration across firmware engineering, software development, hardware engineering, product management, QA, and system integration to drive successful execution of embedded and application-level software development.
• Oversee program scope, schedules, and resource allocation for firmware initiatives, ensuring deliverables meet timeline, quality, and budget expectations.
• Communicate program status, critical issues, and milestones to executive leadership and cross-functional stakeholders, ensuring alignment, visibility, and transparency.
• Drive firmware feature planning, milestone tracking, and integration timelines in coordination with hardware and systems development teams.
• Identify and mitigate risks related to firmware dependencies, release timelines, and cross-functional integration, ensuring all cross-dependency risks impacting firmware development are captured and highlighted.
• Collaborate with product teams to define firmware requirements, roadmaps, and success metrics aligned with product goals.
• Monitor program costs and resourcing needs, identifying opportunities for efficiency, reuse, and reduced overhead.
• Improve program management processes, tools, and best practices specific to firmware development to enhance execution, scalability, and transparency.
• Support release and validation processes by partnering with QA, release engineering, and support teams to manage timelines, testing coverage, and issue resolution for software deliverables.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience in embedded systems, firmware, or software development.
• 5+ years of experience in technical program management or engineering leadership roles, with a strong focus on software and/or firmware-based products.
• Proven success managing complex software/firmware programs involving multiple teams, timelines, and cross-functional coordination.
• Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), Agile methodologies, and firmware development practices.
• Experience working within engineering organizations that develop products integrating hardware, embedded firmware, and application software.
• Strong leadership and organizational skills, with the ability to influence across multiple levels and disciplines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to bridge technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Comfortable operating in fast-paced environments with rapidly shifting priorities and evolving requirements.
• Experience with Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence) and Agile frameworks (Scrum/Kanban).
• Preferred: Experience with GitHub, AWS, observability tools, and Python.
• Willingness to travel up to 20%, including international travel.

Tools & Platforms (Preferred Exposure):

• Planning & Collaboration: Jira, Confluence, Scrum/Kanban
• Code & CI/CD: GitHub (Projects, Actions), release pipelines
• Cloud & Infrastructure: AWS (IAM, EC2, ECS, Lambda basics)
• Observability: Metrics, logs, and tracing tools (e.g., CloudWatch, Grafana, Sentry)
• Scripting & Automation: Python for data wrangling, reporting, and tooling
• Hardware/Firmware Context: Microcontroller-based firmware, board bring-up, system integration

Role Summary

We’re hiring a Staff Product Manager to build Amperesand's Energy Intelligence Platform, the software brain that makes our power converters smart and dynamic software defined assets. You will build from scratch and own the development and launch of an AI native control and monitoring platform, from firmware to edge compute to cloud dashboards. You will supercharge the hardware and design the software stack that turns our power electronics into flexible, reliable, grid responsive assets for customers. You will shape the business and partner with executives to define pricing, positioning and go to market strategy for the software platform.

If you're passionate about building impactful AI native software at the intersection of electrification and grid modernization, this is your opportunity to lead.

Responsibilities:

• Own the software roadmap and full product lifecycle for site level controls, monitoring, diagnostics, and customer integrations, from requirements through launch, adoption, and long term maintenance
• Define software strategy for how our site controllers interact with local customer sytems and authorized cloud systems
• Apply AI and machine learning techniques to build predictive analytics, e.g., predictive maintenance, load forecasting, into the Energy Intelligence Platform
• Drive customer discovery and competitive analysis to identify unmet needs across utility, neo clouds and hyperscalers to set product direction and prioritize the roadmap
• Influence business strategy and product positioning by via data backed customer insights for executive leadership
• Work directly with customers to drive alignment between software development and field performance needs, e.g., availability, latency, MTTR
• Track and report KPIs for system performance, platform stability, and user experience
• Be a subject matter expert, staying abreast of technical and business developments in distributed and grid connected asset controls and interfaces

Qualifications:

To succeed in this role, you’ll need technical fluency, systems thinking, and hands on product launch experience:

• 5+ years in a product function for industrial or energy software, control systems or software orchestrating distributed assets. Must have shipped major products or releases and have significant individual ownership
• Experience with one or more of: EMS, SCADA, DERMS, or grid edge control systems
• Familiarity with one or more industrial communication protocols, e.g., Modbus RTU TCP, DNP3, OPC UA, CAN, GOOSE, IEEE 2030.5
• Experience building with hardware software teams in complex, high reliability markets
• Excellent communication skills, able to bridge technical, customer, and business contexts
• Proficient user of AI agents, Jira, Git, Figma or equivalent, experience producing PRDs, integration guides, and release documentation
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or a related field

Bonus Qualifications:

• Understanding of deterministic control loops, fault tolerant design, and embedded cloud control handoffs, experience with Linux based edge devices, gateways, or PLCs
• Integration experience with inverters, BESS, relays, metering, site controller architectures, and local supervisory logic for microgrid or distributed energy control
• Experience defining requirements and managing integration with customer side EMS, SCADA, and building or battery management systems, exposure to IEC 61850, IEEE 2030.5, DNP3, or similar
• Knowledge of telemetry data structures, e.g., time series, events, alarms, ability to specify logging, diagnostics, and performance KPIs for distributed assets
• Hands on experience securing edge devices in the field, OTA update pipelines, software signing, OT IT segmentation, and remote fleet monitoring across distributed assets
• Experience applying machine learning to operational technology contexts, e.g., predictive maintenance, anomaly detection, load forecasting, or optimization of distributed energy assets

We'd love to learn more about you if you thrive in a fast paced environment tackling one of the most important infrastructure challenges of our time. Let's go.

Please note: This role is on site 5 days a week at our San Francisco or Reno hub. We believe the best product decisions happen next to the systems you’re shipping.

Salary: $175,000-$210,000/annual DOE and location

Role Summary

In this role, you will lead the control architecture and system behavior of advanced AC-DC and DC-DC power conversion platforms across low- and medium-voltage applications. You will define and drive control strategies for complex converter topologies, including multilevel and resonant systems. As a Staff engineer, you will own system-level control decisions, set technical direction across programs, and ensure performance targets are achieved from concept through production. You will work across modeling, digital control development, embedded implementation, hardware integration, and validation to deliver robust, scalable, high-performance power conversion solutions. You will also mentor engineers and raise the technical standard of the control organization

Responsibilities:

• Own control architecture for advanced power conversion systems across AC-DC and DC-DC platforms.

• Own system-level dynamic performance (stability, bandwidth, transient response, robustness, efficiency) from concept through production.

• Drive control strategy across interacting power stages and ensure stable operation under all operating conditions.

• Define digital control execution requirements and ensure real-time implementation meets system performance targets.

• Lead system-level stability analysis and performance closure under aggressive development timelines.

• Establish validation methodology and acceptance criteria, including frequency response, transient testing, and fault handling robustness.

• Lead complex root-cause investigations across hardware, firmware, sensing, and protection domains.

• Drive control-related risk assessment (DFMEA) and mitigation planning across development programs.

• Ensure control solutions scale across product variants and future platforms.

• Influence system-level trade-offs across topology, sensing, control strategy, performance, cost, and power density.

• Elevate control engineering standards through rigorous design reviews, modeling discipline, and mentorship.

Qualifications:

• 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 (e.g., multi-stage, high-power, grid-connected, or modular platforms).

• Strong expertise in advanced converter control, including resonant, multilevel, or other high-performance topologies across isolated and non-isolated systems.

• Experience with solid-state transformer (SST) architectures or tightly integrated multi-stage AC-DC/DC-DC systems is strongly preferred.

• Deep command of control theory, including multi-loop stability analysis, loop interaction mitigation, nonlinear system behavior, and dynamic modeling.

• Proven experience implementing and guiding high-performance real-time digital control on embedded platforms (DSP/MCU/SoC).

• Strong proficiency in embedded C and ability to review and influence real-time control implementation decisions.

• Extensive hands-on laboratory experience debugging high-power systems and leading system-level validation and performance closure.

• Demonstrated ability to independently resolve complex, cross-domain technical challenges and drive cross-functional trade-off decisions.

Bonus Qualifications: 

• 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.

• Experience contributing to patents or novel control techniques.

Role Summary 

We are seeking a technically sharp and strategically minded Staff Patent Engineer to join our team, focused on protecting and advancing our intellectual property portfolio in medium voltage solid-state transformer (SST) technology. In this role, you will serve as a senior IP leader at the intersection of cutting-edge power electronics engineering and patent strategy, driving innovation identification, portfolio development, and IP governance in close collaboration with R&D leaders, product teams, and legal counsel. 

Responsibilites 

• Lead patentability strategy for our medium voltage Solid State Transformer product portfolio, working directly with R&D and product teams to identify and protect breakthrough innovations. 

• Own end-to-end invention disclosure development — from engineering conversations to submission-ready disclosures — and manage prosecution activities in close coordination with outside patent counsel. 

• Conduct prior art searches and provide expert patentability assessments for new inventions spanning power conversion topologies, control algorithms, magnetics, thermal management, and grid integration. 

• Define and execute a long-range IP portfolio strategy aligned to our SST product roadmap and business objectives. 

• Monitor the competitive patent landscape across medium voltage power electronics and SST-adjacent technologies to inform R&D and product strategy. 

• Mentor engineers across the organization on invention identification, disclosure best practices, and IP awareness to build a strong innovation culture. 

• Serve as the primary IP interface between engineering teams, business development, and legal counsel throughout the product lifecycle. 

• Support international patent filing strategies (PCT, EPO) in coordination with outside counsel. 

Qualifications 

• Technical degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Electronics, or a closely related field; Master's or Ph.D. strongly preferred. 

• 5–8 years of experience in power electronics engineering, with solid expertise in medium voltage systems, solid-state transformers, or advanced converter technologies. 

• Proven track record of building and managing IP portfolios in a complex, fast-moving technology domain. 

• Strong working knowledge of power semiconductor devices (IGBTs, SiC MOSFETs), converter topologies (DAB, resonant converters, multilevel), and grid-connected applications. 

• Demonstrated ability to read, interpret, and strategically evaluate patent claims and technical literature. 

• USPTO registration as a Patent Agent or Patent Attorney strongly preferred. 

• Experience using patent search and analytics platforms (Derwent, PatSnap, Espacenet, or similar). 

• Entrepreneurial mindset with a bias toward action and the ability to drive IP initiatives with a high degree of ownership. 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills — able to translate complex engineering concepts into clear, strategically sound patent language. 

• Willingness and ability to travel up to 10%, including internationally. 

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

Salary: $170,000-$210,000/annual DOE and location

Responsibilities:

• Lead next-generation power conversion system design for Solid State Transformer systems, including topology optimization, device selection, magnetics, and controls. 

• Own design execution and timelines while leveraging and mentoring a team of electrical engineers. 

• Develop frameworks for work breakdown, requirements decomposition, and design acceptance criteria. 

• Drive best-in-class solutions that balance efficiency, cost, safety, reliability, and customer use-case needs. 

• Lead simulation and optimization of power conversion approaches, ranking alternatives based on customer impact and key figures of merit. 

• Collaborate with mechanical and electrical teams to advance power electronics packaging solutions. 

• Own EMC and compliance considerations by integrating them into architecture, requirements, and risk management processes. 

• Lead advanced controls development to unlock optimized performance for our products. 

• Define and track power electronics technical requirements throughout program lifecycles. 

• Lead complex root-cause investigations across hardware, firmware, sensing, and protection domains. 

Qualifications:

• Technical degree or equivalent experience in power electronics design and architecture. 

• 8+ years of experience in power conversion design, including at least 2 years of technical leadership mentoring 3+ engineers. 

• Proven track record of delivering industry-leading power conversion solutions, including at least one shipped high-volume PCBA. 

• Demonstrated expertise in simulation-driven design and figure-of-merit evaluation across topology, controls, devices, and magnetics. 

• Strong knowledge of EMC, high-voltage compliance, and functional safety. 

• Extensive experience collaborating with Sales, Design Engineering, Supply Chain, Applications, and Compliance teams to deliver harmonized customer solutions. 

• Evidence of delivering both strategic and tactical power electronics solutions. 

• Entrepreneurial mindset with a bias toward informed action and the ability to lead new initiatives with limited resources. 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English. 

• Willingness and ability to travel up to 10%, including internationally

Responsibilities

• Design isolated and non-isolated converter stages using advanced topologies such as multi-level converters, cascaded H-bridges, Dual Active Bridge (DAB) and ensuring robust protection and safety compliance for MV/LV systems
• Perform trade-off analysis and optimization of power conversion hardware to balance between loss, cost and size across Semiconductors, Magnetics and Cooling components
• Design magnetics to meet applicable safety, isolation, and thermal standards
• Design and verify high-voltage isolation strategies using magnetically and optically isolated signal and power paths across LV-MV domains
• Use FEA simulations to design magnetics and guide high-power high-frequency PCBA designs
• Work in close coordination with mechanical designers, manufacturing and test engineers to own the complete development cycle
• Own the design validation of the magnetics components to validate performance targets, isolation requirements

Qualifications

• M.S. or Ph.D. in Power Electronics, Electromagnetics or related field
• 4+ years' experience in magnetics design and in power conversion design
• Strong fundamentals in electromagnetics and material properties
• Experience working with SiC/GaN devices in high power density designs
• Good understanding of loss mechanisms in semiconductor devices and high-frequency magnetics
• Knowledge of Medium Voltage insulation coordination, hands-on experience with Hi-pot, Partial Discharge and Basic Impulse Test 
• Knowledge of EMI/EMC test Standards and Electrical Safety (IEC, UL) Standards.
• Strong analytical skills for interpreting simulation and test data to guide design revisions.
• Excellent written and verbal communications in English
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 10% including internationally

Responsibilities:

• You will be responsible for designing isolated and non-isolated converter stages, implementing advanced topologies such as multi-level converters, cascaded H-bridges, Dual Active Bridge (DAB) and ensuring robust protection and safety compliance for MV/LV systems.
• Perform trade-off analysis and optimization of power conversion hardware to balance between loss, cost and size across Semiconductors, Magnetics and Cooling components
• Develop modulation techniques and control algorithms to handle corner-case operation of modular power stages.
• Develop Static and Dynamic equivalent models for power stage hardware to support closed-loop control implementations.
• Design and verify high-voltage isolation strategies using magnetically and optically isolated signal and power paths across LV-MV domains.
• Use FEA simulations to design magnetics; guide high-power high-frequency PCBA designs.
• Work in close coordination with mechanical designers, manufacturing and test engineers to own the complete development cycle.

Qualifications:

• M.S. or Ph.D. in Power Electronics, Electromagnetics or related field.
• 2+ years' experience in power conversion design.
• Strong fundamentals in power converter topologies, modulation techniques, and design trade-off analysis.
• Experience working with SiC/GaN devices in high-density designs.
• Good understanding of loss mechanisms in Semiconductor devices, Passive EE components and high-frequency magnetics
• Demonstrated expertise in simulation-driven design and figure-of-merit evaluation across topology, controls, devices, and magnetics.
• Knowledge of EMI/EMC test Standards and Electrical Safety (IEC, UL) Standards.
• Strong analytical skills for interpreting simulation and test data to guide design revisions.
• Excellent written and verbal communications in English
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 10% including internationally

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

Salary: $175,000-$205,000/annual DOE and location

Role Summary 

We’re hiring a Principal Talent Partner to lead hiring for our most senior and business-critical roles, including executive leadership, VP-level leaders, and principal-level individual contributor engineers. 

This role is designed for a recruiter who thrives in high-stakes, high-touch environments - someone who can build deep trust with candidates, partner closely with C-Suite, and personally close complex offers. We do not use external recruiting agencies; this role replaces them. 

Responsibilities: 

• Own end-to-end recruiting for: 

• • Executive and VP-level leadership roles 

• • Principal-level and staff-level IC engineers in highly technical domains 

• Partner directly with the CEO, founders, and senior leaders on search strategy, role definition, and candidate calibration 

• Deliver an exceptional candidate experience from first conversation through offer acceptance 

• Act as the primary closer for high-impact hires, managing: 

• • Competing offers 

• • Equity-heavy compensation discussions 

• • Relocation, timing, and family considerations 

• Build and maintain long-term relationships with senior technical and leadership talent, including passive candidates 

• Design interview processes that are rigorous but efficient 

• Translate complex technical, organizational, and business context into compelling narratives for candidates 

• Provide real-time market insight and honest feedback to leadership throughout the hiring process 

• Uphold discretion, professionalism, and strong judgment in all candidate interactions 

Qualifications:  

• 8+ years of recruiting experience, including senior-level or executive hiring 

• Experience in deep tech, hardware, infrastructure, or highly technical environments 

• Proven ability to close senior candidates in competitive markets without agency support 

• Exceptional judgment, emotional intelligence, and executive presence 

• Comfortable operating with ambiguity in an early-stage environment 

• High attention to detail, confidentiality, and candidate care 

• Clear communicator who can translate complex technical and business contexts to candidates 

Bonus Qualifications:  

• In-house experience at Series A-C startups 

• Experience recruiting in niche or emerging technical domains 

• Comfort influencing leveling, scope, and compensation strategy 

Internship Duration: June 1- August 24 

Role Summary 

We are seeking an outstanding summer MBA intern to join our team at a key moment of growth for Amperesand. With funding from top tier investors and a team of over 100 people, our company is accelerating through multiple inflection points in commercial, technology, and product development. You will join a global group of laser focused, thoughtful, and high-performing advanced energy technology innovators. As a Strategy & Operations Summer Associate you will partner closely with business leaders and have a hand in helping shape how Amperesand achieves its next milestones on the path to delivering world class critical power products to customers.  

Responsibilities: 

• Lead workstreams on key projects focused on go to market, commercial strategy, partnerships, and business model development. 

• Conduct market analyses, build financial models, and synthesize insights to drive key business decisions. 

• Collaborate cross-functionally with Commercial, Product, Engineering, and Finance teams. 

• Prepare and present findings and recommendations to executive leadership  

• Identify opportunities for operational improvement, design and implement solutions to optimize internal processes 

Qualifications: 

• 3-5 years of work experience in engineering, startups, consulting, finance, corporate strategy or related fields 

• Currently enrolled in an MBA program 

• Strong first-principles strategic thinking to solve complex business challenges  

• Curiously excited to pursue independent learning 

• Strong bias for action and outcomes rather than perfection 

• Exceptional research and analytical skills; ability to analyze broad datasets to extract actionable insights 

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with ability to synthesize complex concepts and focus on the “so what” 

• Leadership experience and a collaborative approach to problem solving 

• Passion for energy infrastructure, renewables, the power grid, AI datacenters, complex energy systems 

What you’ll gain: 

• Multiple high-impact initiatives in a fast-scaling hardware environment 

• Mentorship and collaboration with experienced leaders, and like-minded friends passionate about energy technology and improving our power infrastructure 

• Opportunity to grow your network in the advanced energy infrastructure, datacenter, and industrial power sectors 

• Hands on experience across multiple business functions from strategy to product to operations and finance 

• Consideration for a full time role upon graduation 

• Competitive compensation 

• A vibrant work environment, including access to our San Francisco office’s rooftop deck for collaboration and relaxation 

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

Our interns can expect to make $20-$50/hr DOE and education level completion. 

Role Summary
In this role, you will drive end-to-end reliability for our Solid-State Transformer (SST) platform, from concept to field deployment. You will lead cross-functional teams to mitigate program risks via Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (DFMEA)/Fault Tree analysis (FTA) and set clear reliability benchmarks for supplier selection. By developing advanced Physics-of-failure (PoF) modeling and performing expert-level RCA, you will ensure our hardware meets the demanding lifetime required for modern energy infrastructure. 

Responsibilities: 

• Assist in the setup and execution of reliability test plans for SST’s, including thermal mapping and accelerated life testing. 

• Utilize statistical methods to analyze test data, identifying trends in component or system-level failures. 

• Participate in DFMEA sessions, helping to document risks and track mitigation actions. 

• Perform initial root-cause analysis on failed components using lab equipment (microscopes, X-ray, etc.) and coordinate with senior engineers on complex investigations. 

• Assist in building reliability block diagrams and basic PoF models to predict product lifetime. 

• Work closely with the Design and Manufacturing teams to communicate test results and ensure reliability targets are met. 

• Maintain detailed records of test procedures, lab results, and reliability reports for key milestones. 

• Ability to travel occasionally to different facilities to support hardware deployment and testing. 

Qualifications: 

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Reliability Engineering. 

• Strong understanding of power electronics fundamentals and circuit analysis. 

• Basic familiarity with reliability statistics (Weibull distribution, MTBF) and a desire to master advanced Bayesian and Monte Carlo methods. 

• Comfortable working in a high-voltage lab environment; experience with basic diagnostic tools (Oscilloscopes, Multimeters). 

• Interest in learning reliability tools such as ReliaSoft (Weibull++, ALTA) or simulation software like Ansys Sherlock. 

• Basic proficiency in Python, MATLAB, or R for data processing and automation. 

• Excellent written and verbal skills; ability to translate complex data into clear, actionable updates for the team. 

• A "first principles" thinker who is eager to learn and thrives in a fast-paced hardware startup environment. 

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

Responsibilities: 

• Support the build and modification of prototype units, including electrical harnessing, mechanical assembly, and part rework.

• Partner with engineers to design and improve lab infrastructure, test setups, and safe workflows. Execute lab build-out

• Assemble PCBs, including soldering surface-mount and through-hole components. Perform expert-level rework, including fine-pitch components and BGA packages.

• Assemble complex test setups involving electrical wiring, fluid plumbing, and mechanical integration. Ensure setups are robust, repeatable, and safe.

• Collaborate with design, validation, and reliability engineers to support test planning, execution, and troubleshooting. Provide feedback to improve product design and test efficiency.

• Perform electrical and mechanical testing on high-voltage power converters, following detailed test procedures and safety protocols.

• Interpret engineering drawings and schematics to support builds.

• Own organization, cleanliness, and safety of the lab space. Ensure all tools, equipment, and test stations are calibrated, functional, and compliant with safety standards.

• Coordinate ordering, receiving, and tracking of components and consumables. Maintain inventory of critical lab supplies and test equipment

• Challenge ideas and decisions with reasoning from first principles.

• Travel to different facilities worldwide to collaborate with teams and deploy our solutions.

Qualifications:

• Diploma or Associate degree in Electrical Engineering Technology or equivalent hands-on experience.

• 3+ years in a lab or R&D environment, preferably working with high-voltage or power electronics systems.

• Strong understanding of electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, and technical manuals.

• Basic mechanical aptitude - comfortable with plumbing, fluid systems (e.g., chillers, pumps), assembling enclosures and fixtures.

• Advanced soldering and PCB rework skills, including experience with reflow and hand soldering techniques.

• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail in documentation and setup execution. 

• Familiarity with test instrumentation (oscilloscopes, power analyzers, DAQs).

• Experience in prototype rework, soldering, and mechanical fabrication.

• Proficient in crimping and harness fabrication.

• Knowledge of lab safety standards and electrical safety certifications (e.g., NFPA 70E). Certifications in OSHA, LOTO (Lockout/Tagout), or HV Safety Certification preferred.

• Ability to lift 20-40 lbs daily and to maintain a safe, clean working environment.

• Be engaged, proactive, and positive when taking on challenging tasks, owning assignments, and taking accountability for personal and overall team success.

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

Role Summary

We are looking for an experienced Senior Quality Engineer to support solid state transformer production. In this role, you will be responsible for designing and implementing the Quality Management System to enable high quality products and commercialization. You will partner with design, supply chain and manufacturing to develop Amperesand’s quality processes, you will lead regulatory and customer audits to qualify Amperesand as a preferred supplier.  

The Quality Engineer is a professional problem solver, that can make good use of quality techniques to solve quality challenges and develop reliable processes that prevent creation of defects. The Sr. Quality Engineer will work on high quality products that meet the high reliability standards in the electrical grid equipment business. 

Responsibilities:

• Development of processes to meet the ISO9001 standard. 
• Lead customer, regulatory and compliance audits. 
• Development of manufacturing requirements, quality standards, and product quality plans to ensure products meet the expectations of our target customers. 
• Deployment of manufacturing level requirements to subsystems, assemblies & components to ensure a clear focus on design and customer needs. 
• Identification of critical requirements to ensure proper supplier and production focus on critical needs. 
• Lead development of FMEAs (Design & Process) for development teams to identify and address critical risks. 
• Manage and facilitate the root cause & corrective actions system through tracking and validation of issues and support in root cause analysis through facilitating brainstorming, use of lean methodologies, hypothesis testing, design of experiments, etc. 

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s or Master's Degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Materials, Industrial Engineering, or equivalent experience. 
• ASQ or Six Sigma certification are preferred. 
• 5+ years of experience in quality, with background in electrical assemblies and/or power electronics.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills are an absolute requirement to establish effective working relationships within Amperesand and its partners. 
• Specific training and demonstrated success in applying design for quality and problem-solving methodologies, FMEA, process capability analysis, hypothesis testing, DoE, SPC, etc. 
• Strong background and demonstrated success applying statistical methods. 
• Minitab, JMP or other statistical software capabilities are preferred. 
• Data mining and database (e.g. MySQL) experience. 
• Excellent oral, written and presentation skills.  

Please note: This role requires working on-site 5 days a week. We do not offer hybrid or remote options. Travel up to 15% of the time to suppliers and customers in the USA and overseas. 

Responsibilities

• Lead and build a multidisciplinary engineering organization spanning electrical, mechanical, firmware, system integration, validation, and test disciplines — hiring and developing a team of 15+ from the ground up.
• Own the full scope of special projects, validation, and test functions — establishing strategy, processes, and execution frameworks across all workstreams, with particular emphasis on power electronics validation and test.
• Drive high-priority, time-sensitive special projects that fall outside standard product development tracks — including advanced power electronics development for Solid State Transformer systems — partnering with senior leadership to scope, resource, and deliver end to end.
• Apply deep power electronics expertise to guide topology selection, magnetics design, device selection, and controls architecture across the team's programs.
• Establish and own the validation and test strategy across hardware and software systems, including test infrastructure, validation frameworks, and integration test environments.
• Oversee system integration efforts ensuring seamless interplay between electrical, mechanical, firmware, and software subsystems.
• Define org structure, roles, and career development paths; mentor and grow engineers across multiple disciplines.
• Develop frameworks for work breakdown, requirements decomposition, and design acceptance criteria.
• Partner closely with Controls and Software engineering leadership to align on shared milestones and cross-functional dependencies.
• Drive continuous improvement of test efficiency, coverage, and automation.
• Lead complex root-cause investigations across hardware, firmware, sensing, and validation domains.

Qualifications

• PhD in power electronics or a closely related field strongly preferred; Master's degree in electrical engineering or power electronics required.
• 12+ years of engineering experience with at least 5 years in a people leadership role managing multidisciplinary teams.
• Deep power electronics background — hands-on expertise in power conversion design, topology optimization, magnetics, device selection, and controls.
• Proven experience building engineering teams from scratch in a high-growth or startup environment.
• Strong track record in validation, test strategy, and systems integration in a hardware/software power electronics environment.
• Demonstrated ability to develop frameworks for requirements decomposition, design acceptance criteria, and program execution.
• Exceptional cross-functional communication skills — comfortable working with both IC-level engineers and senior executives.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with a bias toward informed action and the ability to lead new initiatives with limited resources.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 10%, including internationally.

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

Role Summary

This role is an opportunity to work with a high‑agency startup team operating in the hard‑tech and energy systems space. You will play a critical role in building and scaling the user-facing products that operators, plant managers, and enterprise stakeholders rely on every day. This is a hands-on role. You will design, build, and ship production-quality UI systems that surface complex operational data in intuitive, performant interfaces. The role requires close collaboration with backend, product, and domain expert teams — and a genuine curiosity for how AI tools can accelerate and enhance your work.

Responsibilities

• Own the design and implementation of UI systems for Amperesand's MES and ERP platforms
• Build end-to-end frontend features including data visualization, workflow management, dashboards, and real-time telemetry displays
• Develop reusable component libraries and design systems that scale across the product
• Collaborate with backend and platform teams to define APIs and data contracts that support great user experiences
• Productionize UI code with a strong focus on reliability, accessibility, performance, and maintainability
• Leverage AI-assisted development tools to accelerate delivery and improve code quality
• Partner with product managers and domain experts to translate complex operational problems into intuitive interfaces
• Continuously improve the product through user feedback, usage analytics, and iteration
• Document component designs and architectural tradeoffs for cross-functional stakeholders

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in frontend or full-stack engineering, including production deployments
• Strong experience with TypeScript and React, including hooks, state management, and component architecture
• Experience building data-dense, real-time UIs such as dashboards, tables, and operational views
• Proficiency with modern frontend tooling (Vite, Next.js, or similar)
• Experience integrating with REST or GraphQL APIs and real-time data streams (WebSockets, SSE)
• Familiarity with testing practices (unit, integration, end-to-end)
• Comfortable working with AI coding tools (Copilot, Cursor, Claude, etc.) to supplement and accelerate development
• Proficiency in English and ability to communicate with wider teams
• Ability to travel up to 20% including internationally

Bonus Qualifications

• Background in energy engineering systems (power systems, energy storage, power electronics, or controls)
• Experience with IoT, manufacturing, or industrial platforms
• Exposure to design tools and ability to collaborate closely with UX/UI designers
• Experience with MES, digital twins, or asset health monitoring
• Open-source contributions to frontend projects
• Experience working within or building design systems
• Familiarity with CI/CD workflows and frontend DevOps practices
• Experience working with hardware, firmware, or operations teams

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

Role Summary 

This role is an opportunity to work with a high‑agency startup team operating in the hard‑tech and energy systems space. You will play a critical role in building and scaling predictive analytics and AI systems on top of Amperesand’s IoT platform. 
 
This is a hands‑on role. You will design, build, and productionize machine‑learning systems that ingest high‑volume telemetry data and generate actionable insights such as failure prediction, anomaly detection, forecasting, and optimization signals. The role requires close collaboration with backend, edge, firmware, manufacturing, and product teams.