Hardware Test and Reliability Engineer
Heron PowerScotts Valley, California, United States
Posted March 3, 2026
130000 - 200000 USD
Full Time
About the Company
Heron Power designs and manufactures advanced power electronics that enable the next-generation electrical grid. The company focuses on delivering scalable, efficient, and resilient hardware solutions that reduce deployment costs and accelerate the electrification of industries. By debottlenecking the growth of electricity generation and consumption, Heron Power supports the global transition to sustainable energy. Its culture of continuous innovation and commitment to cost-effective technology positions the firm as a leader in modern grid infrastructure.
Job Description
Heron Power is a startup company building cutting-edge power electronics for the 21st-century grid. We aim to de-bottleneck the growth of electricity generation and consumption with scalable, innovative, and less costly hardware solutions, accelerating the electrification of everything.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering (or related field) or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience designing, building, or operating electrical test setups for complex electrical hardware (power electronics strongly preferred).
- Demonstrated ownership across a meaningful chunk of a product lifecycle (prototype → iteration → validation, or development → field issues → corrective actions).
- Hands-on comfort with bench power equipment and measurement methods (scopes, DMMs, power analyzers, electronic loads, DAQ/instrumentation, sensors).
- Ability to design safe test systems for high power/high voltage hardware (interlocks, protection, grounding, safe procedures).
- Strong debugging instincts and ability to drive root-cause closure with design/manufacturing partners.
- Experience designing repeatable test cells with drawings and instructions to turn scrappy setups into production quality ones.
Benefits
- Competitive compensation (salary and equity)
- Benefits