Amperesand
Senior Test Engineering Manager
San Francisco, California, United States · Senior
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Based on the DOL prevailing wage for this occupation and worksite, a base salary of $203,507 would place this position at wage Level II. That figure is within the posted range, and I'd like to target it. This role classifies under "Architectural and Engineering Managers" for prevailing-wage purposes.
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About the role
- At Amperesand, the Test Engineering leader owns the manufacturing test and product validation of our Solid State Transformer (SST).
- You will lead a team of technical experts who design, build, validate, and deploy the test systems that ensure our high-voltage power electronics hardware and firmware work flawlessly across prototype, pre-production, and volume production stages.
- You own the test system uptime, timely delivery, and the operational health of the test lab.
Responsibilities
- Lead, mentor, and grow a team of test engineers responsible for manufacturing test and product validation of high-voltage power electronics products.
- Provide technical guidance and set direction on test architecture, methodology, and execution while empowering engineers to own their domains.
- Oversee the design, build, validation, and deployment of test systems for high-voltage, high-current power electronics, ensuring systems are delivered on time and meet performance targets.
- Ensure high test system uptime across prototype labs, pre-production, and manufacturing environments. Design a structure to drive rapid response and root-cause resolution when testers go down and establish preventive maintenance and reliability practices.
- Own the test lab - its layout, equipment, calibration cadence, safety standards, capacity planning, and day-to-day operations.
- Drive the definition of manufacturing test specifications for volume production, partnering with operations, design, quality, and reliability teams.
- Partner with the program management team to plan resources and align on milestones, dependencies, and deliverables across the broader engineering organization.
- Collaborate closely with EE design, ME design, and firmware teams to influence DFT, investigate failures, and drive product improvements from first principles.
Nice to have
- advanced degree a plus.
- BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field
Compensation
- Competitive Salary + Incentive Stock Options
Benefits
- Own the end-to-end strategy and execution for manufacturing test and product validation, including test coverage, accuracy, cycle time, cost, and scalability for volume production.
- Drive continuous improvement of test efficiency, coverage, and automation - championing investments in tooling and automated test infrastructure that scale with volume.
- Medical, vision, and dental benefits for employees and their dependents, effective from the start of hire
- Company paid Basic Life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance
- 401k retirement savings plan through Empower
- Employees receive paid time off (PTO), paid sick days, and paid company holidays
- Commuter Benefits
- 100% paid maternal leave (12 weeks) and paternal leave (6 weeks)
Company info
- We are facing a once-in-a-generation opportunity for infrastructure disruption.
- Scalable in-house advanced manufacturing capability is our foundation for meeting timeline and quality expectation to serve infrastructure customers around the world.
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