At Relectrify, we're on a mission to engineer the future of battery energy storage. We are building a disruptive platform that dramatically reduces the cost of storage by unlocking significantly more energy from every battery cell.  We want to see a world abundant with clean energy and believe we will make a meaningful contribution. 

Our core values fuel and motivate our work: 

1. Prioritise what matters most: We strive to work with clear objectives and understand why they are the right goals to pursue. 
2. Think critically: We base our decisions on informed, open-minded evaluations, not on hierarchy or gut feelings. 
3. Be decisive: We prioritise action and continuously move forward, adapting as new data becomes available. 
4. Quality and elegance in everything: We put in the effort to distil complexity and make things as clear and impactful as possible. 
5. Collaborate or fail: We seek to work with those who excel and recognise that partnerships are essential to our success. 
6. Get jobs done: We focus on the core task – the job to be done – and we aren’t content until we’ve achieved the desired outcome. 

We embrace diverse experiences to fuel our collective success, ensuring everyone can do their best work. 

If you are looking to make a positive impact in the world of renewable energy by advancing battery technology, come join us. Even if you don’t meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply — you might just be the perfect fit for our team. 

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About the Role

Location: The position offers the flexibility of hybrid work between home and our office on the edge of Melbourne CBD.

Team Background: Working closely with internal teams, the Innovation team enables the development of new technologies and solutions to help us achieve our company mission of engineering the future of battery energy storage.

Who we’re looking for: We are seeking a Senior Power Electronics Engineer to develop power electronics circuits and systems for next-generation battery storage technology, consult with and provide guidance across all areas of Power Electronics, produce technical documentation, and conduct reviews of documentation created by others.

The successful candidate will progress to take on additional responsibilities that contribute directly to Relectrify's technology roadmap, such as contributing to Relectrify's intellectual property portfolio, actively assisting with risk mitigation in the safety of people, schedule and product development, and having the privilege to mentor others and continually improve the capabilities and skills of the broader engineering team.

What you’ll be doing:

• Delivering power electronics systems meeting schedule and BOM cost targets;
• Developing power and control circuits, cooling, insulation, EMI management, control and fault management;
• Releasing design documentation;
• Prioritising and scheduling activities in power electronics development;
• Push/pulling information from the cross-functional team as required to deliver systems;
• Holding informal design reviews and resolving technical issues with input from the team.

Requirements

Must-have experience: 

• Bachelor/Masters/PhD in electrical/electronic engineering
• 7+ years industry experience in power electronics development >2kW and 230Vac
• Experience in the design of high current switching circuits incl. gate drive, snubbing, current sensing
• Highly skilled in circuit schematic/layout
• Experience with Insulation coordination and EMC compliance
• Experience in thermal analysis and design of cooling systems
• Experience with fault detection, protection and management
• Experience defining/specifying digital control and protection of power electronic circuits
• Experience propagating technical knowledge via mentoring

Nice-to-have experience:

• Experience in FMEA, FTA, FMEDA, HAZOP, JSA
• Well-versed in Altium Designer schematic/layout
• Highly skilled in SMT soldering and rework
• Experienced in high frequency magnetics inductor/transformer design
• Expertise in microgrid applications

Benefits

Why Relectrify?

Our benefits are designed to support and enhance your work-life harmony:

• Market-competitive salary and benefits 
• Ownership opportunity as part of the Employee Share Option Plan
• Advancement opportunities for leadership and management due to rapid scale-up trajectory
• Paid time off and holidays
• Gender-neutral paid parental, personal/carer’s leave of absence
• Hybrid flexible work policy 
• Purchased leave scheme 
• Salary sacrifice for superannuation
• Education reimbursement
• No-cost commuting  
• Free snacks and (actually good!) coffee in the Melbourne office
• Team events and monthly socials

Relectrify is committed to providing inclusive experiences. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and identities, including race, ethnicity, age, citizenship, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, parental status, or disability. Discrimination based on these or any other social identities is not tolerated.

Note to recruitment agencies: Relectrify does not accept unsolicited agency resumes. Relectrify does not pay placement fees for candidates submitted by any agency other than its approved partners.