Heron Power · 21 hours ago
System Integration & Test Engineer
Scotts Valley, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$130K/yr - $200K/yrHeron Power is a startup company building cutting-edge power electronics for the 21st-century grid. As a Systems Integration & Test Engineer, you will own the technical thread that turns subsystems into a robust product, defining and driving system requirements, interfaces, and verification plans while collaborating with various engineering teams.
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Responsibilities
Conduct system-level design & analysis for power electronics-based converters connected to the Medium Voltage grid and DC sources/loads
Derive requirements and challenge them to simplify designs; drive design reviews, interface definitions, and verification planning tied to real success criteria
Own the path to integration: define success criteria, track requirements-to-test traceability, and plan staged integration (subsystem → system → production/field)
Partner tightly with electrical/firmware/mechanical/manufacturing/reliability teams to guide designs from concept to qualified, production-capable systems—and to remove friction from iteration loops
Develop, review, and execute comprehensive test plans for development, integration, verification, and validation testing across all integration stages—subsystem to complete system
Design and build test setups and tooling (e.g., grid simulators, load banks, battery emulators/DC sources, thermal/environmental setups, DAQ/instrumentation) to enable fast learning loops and repeatable validation
Act as the technical lead for troubleshooting and root-causing during lab bring-up, integration testing and field trials; drive structured root cause + corrective action and verify the fix really sticks
Own test documentation and automation: test stand specification, procedures, test flows, logging, and data analysis workflows
Build the regression story: what do we test every build, every firmware release, every engineering change—so we don’t re-learn the same lessons
Build and maintain processes and tooling for integration issue tracking, triage, and closure (including regression gates, release readiness, and configuration discipline)
Maintain the system architecture view: interface control, configuration control/versioning, safety/compliance evidence, and test traceability across product iterations
Support field feedback loops: reproduce issues quickly, instrument the system, isolate root cause, and close the loop with design + manufacturing test
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Systems Engineering, or a related field
Experience in systems integration, bring-up, testing, or related work on complex electrical systems (power electronics strongly preferred)
Demonstrated ownership across a meaningful chunk of a product lifecycle (prototype → iteration → validation, or development → field issues → corrective actions)
Strong fundamentals across power, controls/embedded behavior, and system-level interfaces (electrical, thermal, mechanical boundaries)
Hands-on integration/debugging experience (instrumentation, logs/telemetry, firmware interaction, CAN or similar comms)
Preferred
Experience in product development of grid-tied inverters / PCS / medium-voltage systems
Familiarity with power system modeling, operation, and common protection techniques
Knowledge of reliability engineering principles (Weibull analysis, derating, ALT/HALT)
Experience building automated test coverage / regression frameworks (Python or similar)
Benefits
Competitive compensation (salary and equity)
Benefits
Company
Heron Power
Heron Power is an energy technology startup that focuses on developing power electronics for the modern electrical grid.
Founded in 2024
51-200 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$38MKey Investors
Capricorn Investment Group
2025-05-29Series A· $38M
Leadership Team
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Chris Tilton
Director of Mechanical Engineering
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