Principal Engineer, Power Electronics

About the role

Award-winning Faith Technologies Inc. (FTI) is seeking a Principal Power Electronics Engineer to join our Product Engineering team in Menasha, WI. This role involves leading the design, development, and testing of cutting-edge power electronics components for microgrids, EV charging, oil and gas, and data center applications. The candidate will also shape technological roadmaps, develop & evaluate power electronic components, and provide technical leadership to support both R&D projects, product development, and manufacturing processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead efforts to characterize size, performance, cost, and specification requirements for high voltage power electronics, including DC/DC and DC/AC power electronic converters.
• Develop and maintain documentation on component specifications, selection analysis, requirements, and simulation analysis.
• Prepare and maintain documentation of the electrical architecture for various microgrid and data center power generation and distribution programs.
• Communicate results to key stakeholders.
• Work closely with controls, systems simulation, and FEA/CFD engineers to communicate requirements, performance targets, and boundary conditions for modeling and simulation analysis of power electronic components.
• Establish partnerships with external suppliers to enable modular part reuse across multiple applications.
• Lead evaluation and benchmarking of new and competitive technologies.
• Provide technical leadership to cross-functional teams across product development organization.
• Collaborate with Verification & Validation team to define DVP&Rs for testing of power electronics.
• Provide strategic guidance as subject matter expert across multiple company programs and projects requiring technology expertise.
• Collaborate with National Labs and Universities.
• Coordinate with the National Labs and Universities.
• Train and provide technical guidance to engineers.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or engineering equivalent.
• Minimum of 10+ years of experience in power electronics or related engineering role.
• Experience with high voltage converters/inverters.
• Ability to develop a technology roadmap and strategy for power electronics for microgrid, EV charging, and data center applications.
• Strong communication skills to provide clear recommendations and guidelines to stakeholders, technical development teams, and testing teams.
• Experience with lab equipment, instrumentation, and environment.
• Demonstrated experience providing strategic direction to company-wide product and technology roadmaps.

Preferred Requirements

• Advanced degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• Deep knowledge in modern power electronics devices including Silicon IGBT, SiC and GaN MOSFET.
• Experience in the energy sector; with a focus on microgrid, DER products, power distribution systems and enclosures, battery energy storage systems.
• Strong understanding of related regulatory frameworks and industry standards related to the relevant energy technologies: Microgrid, Power generation, and Energy storage.
• Proven track record of leading successful projects in the renewable energy sector.
• Demonstrated experience owning technology and product roadmaps for various programs.

Benefits

At FTI, we offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes:

• Competitive, merit-based compensation
• Flexible and robust benefits package
• Industry-leading benefits as an investment in the lives of team members and their families

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer – veterans/disabled. Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time other than the TN1 Visa (Canadian).