Power Electronics Validation Engineer
CelLink · San Carlos, CA
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Quality
- Travel
- 20%
- Degree
- Preferred
- Experience asked
- 6+ years
- Industry
- Automotive
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level quality role at CelLink (automotive) in San Carlos, CA. Hands-on power electronics lab experience (oscilloscopes, power analyzers, thermal imaging, etc.).
- They ask for
- 6+ years · degree preferred
- Tools it names
- PPAP, Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ), Tooling
- Day to day
- about 20% travel
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How this role compares
Against 163 other live quality postings in California.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- More than usual (6+ vs 5+)
Typical $101k–$149k, from 80 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- Root cause 78%
- FMEA 56%
- Supplier quality 48%
- ✓ Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 43%
- AS9100 41%
- ✓ PPAP 39%
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Essential Duties and Responsibilit ies
- ◆Design, plan, and execute DVT/EVT test programs including protocol development, fixture design, data analysis, and results reporting.
- ◆Source and specify 2+ custom-designed components from new suppliers with no existing source, managing to under 6-week lead times.
- ◆Lead technical discussions on power delivery architecture, bus bar/flex circuit electrical performance, signal integrity, and thermal management relevant to server platforms.
- ◆Support mechanical integration of new components into existing assemblies.
- ◆Participate in design release activities with guidance from senior engi.neers; support PPAP coordination.
- ◆Collaborate cross-functionally on manufacturing readiness and process development.
Qualifications
(Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities)
- ✓Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering preferred, or a related field.
- ✓3–6 years of experience in a development or validation engineering role.
- ✓Hands-on power electronics lab experience (oscilloscopes, power analyzers, thermal imaging, etc.).
- ✓Experience sourcing and specifying custom components from new suppliers.
- ✓Ability to independently develop and execute test plans and summarize results.
- ✓Ability to travel as needed ( up to 20%).
Preferred Qualifications
- ✓Experience with data center server power delivery systems or similar high-reliability electronics.
- ✓Familiarity with PPAP or formal design release processes.
- ✓Experience with flex circuit or busbar interconnect products
Base Salary
Final salary determined by experience and level. We’re hiring for multiple positions and will align compensation accordingly.
Working Conditions/Hours
Salaried Exempt
100% onsite
Physical Demands and Work Environment
Physical Demands – Office and Manufacturing Environment
While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms pull/push; climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must lift and/or move up to 50 pounds without assistance. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
Work Environment –
Includes both a typical office environment, with minimal exposure to excessive noise or adverse environmental issues, and a shop environment, with exposure to high noise levels from operating machines, physical hazards from moving equipment and machine parts, nuisance dust, and skin exposure to chemicals used to run/maintain machines.
PPE-
May be required to wear Personal Protective Equipment, including but not limited to safety glasses, safety shoes, bump caps, gloves, hair nets, masks, & clean-room frocks while adhering to the prescribed safety procedures.
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CelLink was founded in 2012 and entered volume production in 2018. CelLink provides electrical systems to the world's leading automotive OEMs & EV manufacturers, data center developers, and stationary power companies. The company has raised approximately $315M in funding through private investment and multiple grants from the US Department of Energy. CelLink’s investors include 3M, Atreides, BMW, BorgWarner, Bosch, D1 Capital, Fidelity, Fontinalis Partners, Ford, Franklin Templeton, Lear, Park West, SK Telecom, Standard Investments, T. Rowe Price, Tinicum, and Whale Rock .
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CelLink’s ultra-thin, flexible interconnect technology is transforming how next-generation data centers, EVs, and aerospace systems are built. As part of our engineering team, you’ll have the opportunity to directly influence how the world’s most advanced electronic systems are powered and connected.
You will be a core contributor to development and validation programs for high-complexity data center server interconnect applications. You bring hands-on power electronics lab experience and can independently design and execute validation programs while communicating technical findings clearly across internal teams.
