Lunar Energy
Power Electronics Engineer
Mountain View, CA · Full-time
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About the role
- Lunar employees also have the opportunity to become Lunar shareholders by getting equity in a fast-growing company and participating in our employee stock program.
- Please note that the salary range information that follows is a good faith estimate for this position provided pursuant to the Pay Transparency for Pay Equity Act for California applicants.
- The salary range estimate for this position depending on level of experience is: $125,000 - $165,000 USD.
Responsibilities
- Detailed design of power electronic systems from 10W - 10kW, DC/DC converters, offline isolated power supplies, and inverters including the selection of topology, semiconductors, magnetics design, schematic design and layout, EMC and design of various safety aspects
- Collaborate to create efficient verification and validation test plans for the individual components as well as the complete system
- Bring up and testing of systems to validate functionality, optimize performance, and evaluate critical characteristics
- Work across functions such as mechanical, thermal, reliability, and firmware engineering to optimize the product
- Start-to-finish ownership of the power conversion system from specification through design, prototype, validation and manufacturing
- Familiarity with various topologies (two-level, multilevel, soft switching, etc.) and ability to analyze, select, and design topologies best suited for a given application
- Knowledge of sensor design to measure converter parameters in real time in a noisy environment
- Familiarity with magnetics design and specification, applications of various core materials for both power and filtering, knowledge of winding structure and optimization, and insulation strategies
- EMC design and optimization. Understanding of EMC theory applied to both PCB layout as well as filter designs
- Ability to design schematics and conduct layout design or review as it applies to power conversion
Nice to have
- M.S. or Ph.D. degree with power electronics focus is preferred.
- Job grade can be discussed based on qualification and experience
Compensation
- Please note that the salary range information that follows is a good faith estimate for this position provided pursuant to the Pay Transparency for Pay Equity Act for California applicants.
- $125,000 - $165,000 USD.
- The actual offer, reflecting the total compensation package & benefits, will be at the company's sole discretion, and determined by factors including but not limited to years of experience, job level, geographic location, and other relevant business considerations.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents
- Flexible Paid Time Off plus 10 paid holidays
- Paid parental leave for all full time employees including 12 weeks paid parental leave for the birthing mother and 6 weeks paid parental leave for the non-birthing parent
- Subsidized EV charging and pre-tax commuter benefits
- Additional benefits include:
Company info
- Lunar Energy was founded to transition homes to 100% clean energy-making our electricity greener, our air cleaner and our energy more safe, secure and reliable for all.
- We're a fast-growing, global company building the world's best clean energy products to electrify all homes and connect communities to form clean, resilient virtual power plants.
- At Lunar, competitive base pay is one part of our total compensation package.
Equal opportunity
- equal opportunity employer.
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