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  • Electrical Engineer - Manufacturing Test

    Scotts Valley, California, United States

    unspecified $130K-$155K

    Electrical Engineer - Manufacturing Test Scotts Valley, California, United States What to Expect 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. Our first goal is to build better converters (inverters & rectifiers) to connect large-scale renewables, storage, and loads to the grid. Heron's leadership team is made up of seasoned veterans who have designed and shipped gigawatts of power conversion products over the past decade. We understand that no one individual knows everything. We will all learn a lot together and from each other. We strive to build a collaborative, enriching environment conducive to personal, technical, and career growth. You can expect to work in a dynamic environment, driven by first principles engineering, solving difficult problems-with a strong bias toward hands-on execution and learning by doing. Job Overview High-reliability products are built on high-quality manufacturing and test infrastructure. As an Electrical Engineer - Manufacturing Test , you will help develop the hardware, fixtures, and test solutions that ensure our products can be built, validated, and shipped at scale. Working closely with design engineers, manufacturing partners, and external fixture vendors, you will support the development and deployment of production test systems for PCBAs, subsystems, and integrated products. This role sits at the intersection of electrical engineering, manufacturing, and product development. You will gain hands-on experience developing test fixtures, supporting Design for

  • Senior / Staff Embedded Software Engineer

    Scotts Valley, California, United States

    unspecified $140K-$220K

    Senior / Staff Embedded Software Engineer Scotts Valley, California, United States What to Expect Heron Power is a startup building cutting-edge power electronics for the 21st-century grid. We aim to debottleneck the growth of electricity generation and consumption with scalable, innovative, and cost-effective hardware solutions, accelerating the electrification of everything. Our first goal is to build better converters (inverters & rectifiers) to connect large-scale renewables, storage, and loads to the grid. Heron's leadership team is made up of seasoned veterans who have designed and shipped gigawatts of power conversion products. We believe no one person knows everything. We learn together, build together, and solve hard problems from first principles. You'll work in a fast-moving, deeply technical environment where ownership and impact are real. Job Overview As a Senior/ Staff Embedded Software Engineer , you will be a key technical force behind Heron's embedded firmware platform - driving architecture decisions, raising the bar on quality and reliability, and delivering high-impact firmware across the full stack of our power conversion products. You'll work closely with the firmware, controls, and cloud teams to define how our converters are operated and monitored at the device level: from RTOS architecture to bootloaders, diagnostics, safety infrastructure, and production firmware processes. This role blends deep hands-on engineering with system architecture and technical leadership. Why This Role Is Different You'll work at the heart of the team building the device brain - close enough to the metal to matter, with enough scope to shape how the platform grows.

  • Staff Engineering Program Manager

    Scotts Valley, California, United States

    unspecified $150K-$200K

    Staff Engineering Program Manager Scotts Valley, California, United States What to Expect Heron Power is a startup company building cutting-edge power electronics for the 21st-century grid. We aim to debottleneck the growth of electricity generation and consumption with scalable, innovative, and less costly hardware solutions, accelerating the electrification of everything. Our first focus goal is to build better converters (inverters & rectifiers) to connect large-scale renewables, storage, and loads to the grid. Heron Power's leadership team is made up of seasoned veterans who have designed and shipped gigawatts of power conversion products over the past decade. We understand that no one individual knows everything. We will all learn a lot together and from each other. We strive to build a collaborative, enriching environment conducive to personal, technical, and career growth. You can expect to work in a dynamic and collaborative environment, driven by first principles engineering, solving difficult problems. Job Overview As Staff Engineering Program Manager for Heron Power's next-generation power conversion platform, you will own the execution of the product roadmap from architecture through manufacturing launch. This role is intentionally hands-on and technically deep. You will work directly with power electronics, firmware/software, systems integration, test, and reliability teams to translate architectural intent into executable plans, surface technical risks early, and ensure tight coordination and execution. You are not just tracking schedules - you are expected to understand power electronics systems well enough to ask the right questions, recognize when critical decisions are being deferred or avoided, and push cross-functional

  • Workplace Operations Manager

    Scotts Valley, California, United States

    unspecified $88K-$100K

    Workplace Operations Manager Scotts Valley, California, United States What to Expect Heron Power is a startup company building cutting-edge power electronics for the 21st-century grid. We aim to debottleneck the growth of electricity generation and consumption with scalable, innovative, and less costly hardware solutions, accelerating the electrification of everything. Our first focus goal is to build better converters (inverters & rectifiers) to connect large-scale renewables, storage, and loads to the grid. Heron Power's leadership team is made up of seasoned veterans who have designed and shipped gigawatts of power conversion products over the past decade. We understand that no one individual knows everything. We will all learn a lot together and from each other. We strive to build a collaborative, enriching environment conducive to personal, technical, and career growth. You can expect to work in a dynamic and collaborative environment, driven by first principles engineering, solving difficult problems. Job Overview As Workplace Operations Manager for Heron Power, you will own the full employee and visitor experience across our three Scotts Valley campuses - from the first impression a customer gets at the front door to the vendor relationships that keep our buildings running, our teams fed, and our spaces ready to work in. This is the connective tissue role that lets everyone else stay focused on building the company. This role is both operational and relational. On any given day, you might be coordinating a building repair, preparing a conference room for a customer visit, running a new hire through

  • Controller

    Scotts Valley, California, United States

    unspecified $230K-$270K

    Controller Scotts Valley, California, United States What to Expect Heron Power is a startup company building cutting-edge power electronics for the 21st-century grid. We aim to debottleneck the growth of electricity generation and consumption with scalable, innovative, and less costly hardware solutions, accelerating the electrification of everything. Our first focus goal is to build better converters (inverters & rectifiers) to connect large-scale renewables, storage, and loads to the grid. Heron Power's leadership team is made up of seasoned veterans who have designed and shipped gigawatts of power conversion products over the past decade. We understand that no one individual knows everything. We will all learn a lot together and from each other. We strive to build a collaborative, enriching environment conducive to personal, technical, and career growth. You can expect to work in a dynamic and collaborative environment, driven by first principles engineering, solving difficult problems. Job Overview The Controller will be Heron Power's first dedicated senior accounting leader. This role will be hands-on in the near term - bringing our close process in-house, leading an ERP implementation, and preparing for our first financial audit - while also laying the foundation for a best-in-class accounting organization. The ideal candidate is a technically strong, cross-functional, and systems-minded leader who has experience building an efficient accounting function from scratch to pre-IPO scale. How You Will Contribute - Scope, select, and project manage implementation of Heron Power's ERP system in advance of mass production, and ensure tight integration with Supply Chain and Engineering

  • Factory Automation Engineering Manager

    Scotts Valley, California, United States

    unspecified $170K-$220K

    Factory Automation Engineering Manager Scotts Valley, California, United States Job Overview At Heron Power, we are building the future of scalable power electronics. Our mission is to enable high-volume, capital-efficient manufacturing of advanced energy systems. We are rapidly scaling our production footprint, and this role is instrumental in designing and ramping the state-of-the-art manufacturing processes that will power our continued growth and deliver our innovative products to market. As the Factory Automation Engineering Manager , you will be the architect of Heron Power's factory automation strategy. You will build and lead the team responsible for the nervous system of our manufacturing lines, from the logic running on the floor to the data streaming into the cloud. In this high-impact role, you will establish our strategy for automation and define our standards for controls, selecting the platforms, protocols, and architectures that will scale with us from pilot lines to mass production. You will manage a team of automation and controls engineers, mentor them in best practices, and collaborate with the broader manufacturing organization to ensure that our equipment is not just functional, but efficient, intelligent, and safe. How You Will Contribute - Team Leadership: Hire, mentor, and lead a high-performing team of controls and automation engineers. Foster a culture of technical innovation, safety excellence, and continuous improvement. - Strategic Vision: Define the company's controls and automation roadmap. Select standard hardware platforms, software environments, communication protocols, and data systems to ensure scalability across future factories. - Design Standardization: Develop and maintain a

  • Automation & Controls Engineering Manager

    Scotts Valley, California, United States

    unspecified $170K-$220K

    Automation & Controls Engineering Manager Scotts Valley, California, United States Job Overview At Heron Power, we are building the future of scalable power electronics. Our mission is to enable high-volume, capital-efficient manufacturing of advanced energy systems. We are rapidly scaling our production footprint, and this role is instrumental in designing and ramping the state-of-the-art manufacturing processes that will power our continued growth and deliver our innovative products to market. As the Automation & Controls Engineering Manager, you will be the architect of Heron Power's factory automation strategy. You will build and lead the team responsible for the nervous system of our manufacturing lines, from the logic running on the floor to the data streaming into the cloud. In this high-impact role, you will establish our strategy for automation and define our standards for controls, selecting the platforms, protocols, and architectures that will scale with us from pilot lines to mass production. You will manage a team of automation and controls engineers, mentor them in best practices, and collaborate with the broader manufacturing organization to ensure that our equipment is not just functional, but efficient, intelligent, and safe. How You Will Contribute - Team Leadership: Hire, mentor, and lead a high-performing team of controls and automation engineers. Foster a culture of technical innovation, safety excellence, and continuous improvement. - Strategic Vision: Define the company's controls and automation roadmap. Select standard hardware platforms, software environments, communication protocols, and data systems to ensure scalability across future factories. - Design Standardization: Develop and maintain

  • Principal Firmware Architect

    Scotts Valley, California, United States

    unspecified $170K-$260K

    Principal Firmware Architect Scotts Valley, California, United States What to Expect Heron Power is a startup building cutting-edge power electronics for the 21st-century grid. We aim to debottleneck the growth of electricity generation and consumption with scalable, innovative, and cost-effective hardware solutions, accelerating the electrification of everything. Our first goal is to build better converters (inverters & rectifiers) to connect large-scale renewables, storage, and loads to the grid. Heron's leadership team is made up of seasoned veterans who have designed and shipped gigawatts of power conversion products. We believe no one person knows everything. We learn together, build together, and solve hard problems from first principles. You'll work in a fast-moving, deeply technical environment where ownership and impact are real. Job Overview As a Principal Embedded Software Engineer / Firmware Architect , you will own the technical vision and architecture for Heron's embedded firmware platform . You will define how our converters are operated and monitored at the device level - from microcontroller selection and RTOS architecture to resource management, safety infrastructure, and production firmware processes. This role blends deep hands-on engineering with system architecture and technical leadership. Why This Role Is Different This role owns the device brain . You'll architect the firmware platform that every Heron product is built on - shaping performance, reliability, maintainability and scaleability at the foundation - while partnering closely with controls and cloud engineers to deliver a complete solution. If you enjoy building robust embedded systems from the metal up and setting technical

  • Principal Embedded Software Engineer

    Scotts Valley, California, United States

    unspecified $170K-$260K

    Principal Embedded Software Engineer Scotts Valley, California, United States What to Expect Heron Power is a startup building cutting-edge power electronics for the 21st-century grid. We aim to debottleneck the growth of electricity generation and consumption with scalable, innovative, and cost-effective hardware solutions, accelerating the electrification of everything. Our first goal is to build better converters (inverters & rectifiers) to connect large-scale renewables, storage, and loads to the grid. Heron's leadership team is made up of seasoned veterans who have designed and shipped gigawatts of power conversion products. We believe no one person knows everything. We learn together, build together, and solve hard problems from first principles. You'll work in a fast-moving, deeply technical environment where ownership and impact are real. Job Overview As a Principal Embedded Software Engineer / Firmware Architect , you will own the technical vision and architecture for Heron's embedded firmware platform . You will define how our converters are operated and monitored at the device level - from microcontroller selection and RTOS architecture to resource management, safety infrastructure, and production firmware processes. This role blends deep hands-on engineering with system architecture and technical leadership. Why This Role Is Different This role owns the device brain . You'll architect the firmware platform that every Heron product is built on - shaping performance, reliability, maintainability and scaleability at the foundation - while partnering closely with controls and cloud engineers to deliver a complete solution. If you enjoy building robust embedded systems from the metal up and setting

  • Intern, System Integration & Test Software

    Scotts Valley, California, United States

    unspecified Salary not disclosed

    Intern, System Integration & Test Software Scotts Valley, California, United States What to Expect 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. Our first goal is to build better converters (inverters & rectifiers) to connect large-scale renewables, storage, and loads to the grid. Heron's leadership team is made up of seasoned veterans who have designed and shipped gigawatts of power conversion products over the past decade. We understand that no one individual knows everything. We will all learn a lot together and from each other. We strive to build a collaborative, enriching environment conducive to personal, technical, and career growth. You can expect to work in a dynamic environment, driven by first principles engineering, solving difficult problems-with a strong bias toward hands-on execution and learning by doing. Job Overview You will build and operate the test infrastructure we use to validate grid-tied converters across the full product lifecycle - from system architecture and integration through reliability validation and manufacturing test at scale. This role owns a meaningful slice of the development loop: test system design, test execution, data analysis, failure isolation, verified fixes, and the software platforms that automate and orchestrate it all. You will uncover real design and process failures by running physical tests and building automated equipment, data workflows, and AI-driven execution systems. We prioritize a strong foundation

  • Intern, Mechanical Engineer (Fall term)

    Scotts Valley, California, United States

    unspecified Salary not disclosed

    Intern, Mechanical Engineer (Fall term) Scotts Valley, California, United States What to Expect Heron Power is a startup company building cutting-edge power electronics for the 21st-century grid. We aim to debottleneck the growth of electricity generation and consumption with scalable, innovative, and less costly hardware solutions, accelerating the electrification of everything. Our first goal is to build better converters (inverters & rectifiers) to connect large-scale renewables, storage, and loads to the grid. Heron Power's leadership team is made up of seasoned veterans who have designed and shipped gigawatts of power conversion products over the past decade. We understand that no one individual knows everything. We will all learn a lot together and from each other. We strive to build a collaborative, enriching environment conducive to personal, technical, and career growth. You can expect to work in a dynamic and collaborative environment, driven by first principles engineering, solving difficult problems. Job Overview As a Mechanical Engineer Intern, you will work alongside a team of experienced engineers to design, develop, and validate cutting-edge medium-voltage power electronics systems. You will design a wide range of associated parts and assemblies using a first principles design approach. Your role will involve performing a variety of tasks, including CAD, analysis, prototyping, testing, and hands-on work. You will collaborate closely with electrical, test, and manufacturing engineering teams, as well as external suppliers. This internship is ideal for students passionate about mechanical design and electronics who are excited to build scalable, efficient, and reliable energy systems that will

  • Mechanical Engineer, Industrial Enclosures

    Scotts Valley, California, United States

    unspecified $120K-$190K

    Mechanical Engineer, Industrial Enclosures Scotts Valley, California, United States What to Expect Heron Power is a startup company building cutting-edge power electronics for the 21st-century grid. We aim to debottleneck the growth of electricity generation and consumption with scalable, innovative, and less costly hardware solutions, accelerating the electrification of everything. Our first goal is to build better converters (inverters & rectifiers) to connect large-scale renewables, storage, and loads to the grid. Heron's leadership team is made up of seasoned veterans who have designed and shipped gigawatts of power conversion products over the past decade. We understand that no one individual knows everything. We will all learn a lot together and from each other. We strive to build a collaborative, enriching environment conducive to personal, technical, and career growth. You can expect to work in a dynamic and collaborative environment, driven by first principles engineering, solving difficult problems. Job Overview As the Industrial Enclosures Mechanical Engineer, you will be responsible for designing and delivering high-volume shipping-container-sized enclosures for power converters as part of a small, multidisciplinary engineering team. You will design a wide range of parts and assemblies using a first principles design approach. Your role will involve performing a variety of tasks, including CAD, analysis, prototyping, testing, and hands-on work. You will collaborate closely with mechanical, electrical, test, and manufacturing engineers, as well as external suppliers. You will own your designs from concept through high-volume production. How You Will Contribute - Design mass-manufacturable parts and assemblies for large industrial enclosures,

  • Mechanical Engineer, Power Electronics

    Scotts Valley, California, United States

    unspecified $120K-$190K

    Mechanical Engineer, Power Electronics Scotts Valley, California, United States What to Expect Heron Power is a startup company building cutting-edge power electronics for the 21st-century grid. We aim to debottleneck the growth of electricity generation and consumption with scalable, innovative, and less costly hardware solutions, accelerating the electrification of everything. Our first goal is to build better converters (inverters & rectifiers) to connect large-scale renewables, storage, and loads to the grid. Heron's leadership team is made up of seasoned veterans who have designed and shipped gigawatts of power conversion products over the past decade. We understand that no one individual knows everything. We will all learn a lot together and from each other. We strive to build a collaborative, enriching environment conducive to personal, technical, and career growth. You can expect to work in a dynamic and collaborative environment, driven by first principles engineering, solving difficult problems. Job Overview As a Mechanical Engineer, you will design, develop, and validate cutting-edge medium-voltage power electronics systems. You will design a wide range of associated parts and assemblies using a first principles design approach. Your role will involve performing a variety of tasks, including CAD, analysis, prototyping, testing, and hands-on work. You will collaborate closely with electrical, test, and manufacturing engineering teams, as well as external suppliers. You will own your designs from concept through high-volume production. How You Will Contribute - Design mass-manufacturable parts and assemblies for power converters, such as enclosures, plastics, heatsinks, insulators, transformers, connectors, PCBAs, bolted joints, and adhesive

  • Director of Marketing & Communications

    Scotts Valley, California, United States

    unspecified $140K-$200K

    Director of Marketing & Communications Scotts Valley, California, United States What to Expect Heron Power is a startup company building cutting-edge power electronics for the 21st-century grid. We aim to debottleneck the growth of electricity generation and consumption with scalable, innovative, and less costly hardware solutions, accelerating the electrification of everything. Our first goal is to build better converters (inverters & rectifiers) to connect large-scale renewables, storage, and loads to the grid. Heron Power's leadership team is made up of seasoned veterans who have designed and shipped gigawatts of power conversion products over the past decade. We understand that no one individual knows everything. We will all learn a lot together and from each other. We strive to build a collaborative, enriching environment conducive to personal, technical, and career growth. You can expect to work in a dynamic and collaborative environment, driven by first principles engineering, solving difficult problems. Job Overview Heron Power is transforming the infrastructure that powers our grid by developing industrial power electronics purpose-built for the 21st-century grid. The energy demand crisis is here and we're building the answer. Heron was founded in 2024 by Drew Baglino, the former Tesla executive who led the engineering behind the Model S drivetrain, the Model 3's silicon carbide bet, and the buildout of the Tesla Energy Megapack. He started Heron Power because he believes that we now need the same concentration of focus, urgency, and scale that transformed electric transportation directed at the infrastructure that powers everything else. The company

  • Supplier Industrialization Engineer - China (preferably based in Shanghai)

    China - Remote, China, Shanghai, China, Scotts Valley

    remote Salary not disclosed

    Supplier Industrialization Engineer - China (preferably based in Shanghai) China - Remote, China, Shanghai, China, Scotts Valley What to Expect Heron Power is a startup company building cutting-edge power electronics for the 21st-century grid. We aim to debottleneck the growth of electricity generation and consumption with scalable, innovative, and less costly hardware solutions, accelerating the electrification of everything. Our first goal is to build better converters (inverters & rectifiers) to connect large-scale renewables, storage, and loads to the grid. Heron Power's leadership team is made up of seasoned veterans who have designed and shipped gigawatts of power conversion products over the past decade. We understand that no one individual knows everything. We will all learn a lot together and from each other. We strive to build a collaborative, enriching environment conducive to personal, technical, and career growth. You can expect to work in a dynamic and collaborative environment, driven by first principles engineering, solving difficult problems. Job Overview As Heron Power's Supplier Industrialization Engineer - China , you will take ownership of supplier development and quality management across our supplier network across China. In this pivotal role, you'll collaborate closely with the Head of Supply Chain as well as senior leaders from design engineering, NPI, reliability and manufacturing to drive strategic supplier partnerships. You will ensure the technical success of Heron's supply chain, overseeing supplier performance and implementing supplier quality systems. This is a vital role for expanding and strengthening our supply base and offers significant potential for advancement into

  • Supplier Industrialization Engineering Manager - China (preferably based in Shanghai)

    China - Remote, China, Scotts Valley

    remote Salary not disclosed

    Supplier Industrialization Engineering Manager - China (preferably based in Shanghai) China - Remote, China, Scotts Valley What to Expect Heron Power is a startup company building cutting-edge power electronics for the 21st-century grid. We aim to debottleneck the growth of electricity generation and consumption with scalable, innovative, and less costly hardware solutions, accelerating the electrification of everything. Our first goal is to build better converters (inverters & rectifiers) to connect large-scale renewables, storage, and loads to the grid. Heron Power's leadership team is made up of seasoned veterans who have designed and shipped gigawatts of power conversion products over the past decade. We understand that no one individual knows everything. We will all learn a lot together and from each other. We strive to build a collaborative, enriching environment conducive to personal, technical, and career growth. You can expect to work in a dynamic and collaborative environment, driven by first principles engineering, solving difficult problems. Job Overview As Heron Power's Supplier Industrialization Engineering Manager - China , you will take ownership of supplier development and quality management across our supplier network China. In this pivotal role, you'll collaborate closely with the Head of Supply Chain as well as senior leaders from design engineering, NPI, reliability and manufacturing to drive strategic supplier partnerships. You will ensure the technical success of Heron's supply chain, overseeing supplier performance and implementing supplier quality systems. This is a vital role for expanding and strengthening our supply base and offers significant potential for advancement into a

  • Supplier Industrialization Engineer

    Scotts Valley, California, United States

    unspecified Salary not disclosed

    Supplier Industrialization Engineer Scotts Valley, California, United States What to Expect Heron Power is a startup company building cutting-edge power electronics for the 21st-century grid. We aim to debottleneck the growth of electricity generation and consumption with scalable, innovative, and less costly hardware solutions, accelerating the electrification of everything. Our first goal is to build better converters (inverters & rectifiers) to connect large-scale renewables, storage, and loads to the grid. Heron Power's leadership team is made up of seasoned veterans who have designed and shipped gigawatts of power conversion products over the past decade. We understand that no one individual knows everything. We will all learn a lot together and from each other. We strive to build a collaborative, enriching environment conducive to personal, technical, and career growth. You can expect to work in a dynamic and collaborative environment, driven by first principles engineering, solving difficult problems. Job Overview As Heron Power's Supplier Industrialization Engineer, you will take ownership of supplier development and quality management across our supplier network. In this pivotal role, you'll collaborate closely with the Head of Supply Chain as well as senior leaders from design engineering, NPI, reliability and manufacturing to drive strategic supplier partnerships. You will ensure the technical success of Heron's supply chain, overseeing supplier performance and implementing supplier quality systems. This is a vital role for expanding and strengthening our supply base and offers significant potential for advancement into a leadership position. How You Will Contribute - Develop Heron's supplier capabilities through technical

  • Senior / Staff Automation Controls Engineer

    Scotts Valley, California, United States

    unspecified $120K-$195K

    Senior / Staff Automation Controls Engineer Scotts Valley, California, United States What to Expect Heron Power is a startup company building cutting-edge power electronics for the 21st-century grid. We aim to debottleneck the growth of electricity generation and consumption with scalable, innovative, and less costly hardware solutions, accelerating the electrification of everything. Our first goal is to build better converters (inverters & rectifiers) to connect large-scale renewables, storage, and loads to the grid. Heron Power's leadership team is made up of seasoned veterans who have designed and shipped gigawatts of power conversion products over the past decade. We understand that no one individual knows everything. We will all learn a lot together and from each other. We strive to build a collaborative, enriching environment conducive to personal, technical, and career growth. You can expect to work in a dynamic and collaborative environment, driven by first principles engineering, solving difficult problems. Job Overview At Heron Power, we are building the future of scalable power electronics. Our mission is to enable high-volume, capital-efficient manufacturing of advanced energy systems. We believe that robust automation and controls are foundational to achieving this vision. As an Automation Controls Engineer, you will take full ownership of the control systems that power our custom manufacturing equipment. You will define the controls architecture, set the technical trajectory, and ensure our systems deliver precision, reliability, and throughput at scale. This is a hands-on role for someone who holds a high standard for automation performance and safety and is motivated

  • Automation Controls Engineer

    Scotts Valley, California, United States

    unspecified $120K-$195K

    Automation Controls Engineer Scotts Valley, California, United States What to Expect Heron Power is a startup company building cutting-edge power electronics for the 21st-century grid. We aim to debottleneck the growth of electricity generation and consumption with scalable, innovative, and less costly hardware solutions, accelerating the electrification of everything. Our first goal is to build better converters (inverters & rectifiers) to connect large-scale renewables, storage, and loads to the grid. Heron Power's leadership team is made up of seasoned veterans who have designed and shipped gigawatts of power conversion products over the past decade. We understand that no one individual knows everything. We will all learn a lot together and from each other. We strive to build a collaborative, enriching environment conducive to personal, technical, and career growth. You can expect to work in a dynamic and collaborative environment, driven by first principles engineering, solving difficult problems. Job Overview At Heron Power, we are building the future of scalable power electronics. Our mission is to enable high-volume, capital-efficient manufacturing of advanced energy systems. We believe that robust automation and controls are foundational to achieving this vision. As an Automation Controls Engineer, you will take full ownership of the control systems that power our custom manufacturing equipment. You will define the controls architecture, set the technical trajectory, and ensure our systems deliver precision, reliability, and throughput at scale. This is a hands-on role for someone who holds a high standard for automation performance and safety and is motivated by the challenge

  • Intern, Medium Voltage Test Engineering

    Scotts Valley, California, United States

    unspecified Salary not disclosed

    Intern, Medium Voltage Test Engineering Scotts Valley, California, United States What to Expect 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. Our first goal is to build better converters (inverters & rectifiers) to connect large-scale renewables, storage, and loads to the grid. Heron's leadership team is made up of seasoned veterans who have designed and shipped gigawatts of power conversion products over the past decade. We understand that no one individual knows everything. We will all learn a lot together and from each other. We strive to build a collaborative, enriching environment conducive to personal, technical, and career growth. You can expect to work in a dynamic environment, driven by first principles engineering, solving difficult problems-with a strong bias toward hands-on execution and learning by doing. Job Overview You will build and operate the high-voltage test infrastructure we use to characterize and qualify insulation systems in medium-voltage power electronics. This role owns a real piece of the reliability validation loop: test bench setup, dielectric characterization campaigns, degradation analysis, and structured failure mode documentation. You will work with equipment and methodologies that most EE programs never expose students to-and you will be building the data foundation that informs how we design insulation systems for grid-tied hardware at scale. How You Will Contribute Medium Voltage Test Infrastructure - Design, build, and operate