Staff Software Engineer
Amperesand
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Description
Company Overview
Amperesand is reinventing how the world powers its most critical systems.
We are facing a once-in-a-generation opportunity for infrastructure disruption. Electricity demand is skyrocketing, driven by AI factories, electric vehicles, and modern industrial growth. Energy supply is shifting to incorporate a more diverse mix of resources – including solar, gas, and batteries – at a massive scale.
And yet the power infrastructure behind our latest mega-projects hasn’t meaningfully changed in nearly 100 years. Supply chains for today’s infrastructure equipment can’t match the pace and sophistication of critical energy projects. Amperesand is building hardware and software that rewrites this broken power infrastructure playbook to support a new era of energy abundance.
We’ve built a new class of intelligent, software-defined power infrastructure products leveraging a decade of advanced medium voltage Solid State Transformer research that’s now ready for commercial deployment.
Our products and solutions go far beyond the capabilities of traditional electrical equipment. We make power systems that are faster to deploy, dramatically smaller and more efficient, and capable of supporting modern, dynamic energy needs for tomorrow’s most demanding energy consumers.
Scalable in-house advanced manufacturing capability is our foundation for meeting timeline and quality expectation to serve infrastructure customers around the world.
Amperesand is led by breakthrough energy hardware development veterans and funded by top tier investors who share our vision of building a category-defining energy technology company.
With hubs in San Francisco, Reno, and Singapore, our global team is laser focused on building foundational technology to solve the most pressing problems in power infrastructure at scale.
Join us in building the power foundation of the future!
About Amperesand
Amperesand is building next-generation power infrastructure systems for Data Centers, EV charging platforms, and future energy applications. Our systems combine advanced power electronics, embedded controls, and scalable energy architectures to rethink how power is converted, controlled, and deployed.
About the Role
At Amperesand, you will lead the design and development of a scalable, robust distributed test framework in Golang that automates test systems across our labs and manufacturing lines, accelerating prototype validation and ramping high-volume production. You'll own the technical direction of our test software, set engineering standards, and mentor the team. Your hardware background lets you design efficient, accurate test systems for our Solid State Transformer and integrate them with manufacturing systems.
What You'll Do
- Architect a highly scalable, modular test framework in Golang to test high-voltage power electronics, thermal systems, and more, spanning lab validation, regression testing, and production.
- Drive end-to-end test software development from design through deployment and post-deployment improvements, building in ease of validation and maintenance.
- Integrate test systems with MES and other databases to enable traceability and closed-loop feedback between test results and production.
- Innovate test system design by collaborating with electrical, mechanical, firmware, and manufacturing teams, and provide feedback to improve product quality.
- Lead and mentor the software team: establish development standards, foster a strong code review culture, and drive adoption across the team.
- Participate hands-on in test hardware bring-up, system debugging, and optimization to meet accuracy, cycle time, and throughput targets.
- Travel to facilities worldwide to collaborate with teams and deploy our solutions.
What You'll Bring
- BS or MS in Computer or Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience.
- 6+ years designing and building scalable software for distributed systems, with demonstrated technical leadership on complex projects.
- Deep expertise in system-level languages (Golang, Rust, C, C++, etc.) with excellent software fundamentals: architectural design, algorithms, data structures, modularity, and maintainability.
- Strong command of concurrency, asynchronous programming, and distributed systems to meet strict cycle-time requirements and maximize throughput.
- Experience ingesting high-volume data for real-time decision-making, and with both relational and non-relational databases.
- Strong hardware background: experience with electrical hardware, microcontrollers, and communication protocols (CAN, SPI, I2C, etc.), sufficient to design efficient, accurate test systems.
- Experience working with Linux.
- Proven ability to mentor engineers, build team depth, and drive adoption of engineering standards.
- Engaged, proactive, and positive in owning challenging work and taking accountability for team success.
Working Model
Employment Type:
• Full-time
Location:
San Francisco/Sunnyvale / Reno
Work Model:
• Onsite
Onsite Collaboration Rationale:
Given the highly collaborative and cross-functional nature of hardware, embedded systems, and product development, in-person partnership across engineering and product teams is critical to enabling rapid execution, technical alignment, and successful development outcomes.
Why Join Amperesand
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- Work on next-generation power infrastructure systems
• High ownership and visibility
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Opportunity to shape future products and infrastructure
• Fast-moving startup environment
- Work on next-generation power infrastructure systems
Please note: This role requires working on-site 5 days a week. We do not offer hybrid or remote options.
While this role is listed for the location above, we may consider candidates in other locations on a case-by-case basis.
Onsite Collaboration Rationale:
Given the highly collaborative and cross-functional nature of hardware, embedded systems, and product development, in-person partnership across engineering and product teams is critical to enabling rapid execution, technical alignment, and successful development outcomes.
Why Join Amperesand
- Work on next-generation power infrastructure systems
- High ownership and visibility
- Cross-functional collaboration
- Opportunity to shape future products and infrastructure
- Fast-moving startup environment
Pay Disclosure & Benefits
Compensation will be determined based on experience, location, and other factors permitted by law.
The benefits outlined below apply exclusively to employees located in the United States:
- Competitive Salary + Incentive Stock Options
- Medical, vision, and dental benefits for employees and their dependents, effective from the start of hire
- Company paid Basic Life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance
- 401k retirement savings plan through Empower
- Employees receive paid time off (PTO), paid sick days, and paid company holidays
- Commuter Benefits
- 100% paid maternal leave (12 weeks) and paternal leave (6 weeks)
The benefits outlined below apply to employees located in Singapore:
- Competitive Salary + Incentive Stock Options
- Group medical, hospitalisation and surgical insurance, outpatient or GP coverage, group term life, dental and personal accident insurance
- Employer and employee Central Provident Fund contributions in accordance with the CPF Act (for Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents)
- Annual leave, paid sick leave, hospitalisation leave, and all Singapore public holidays, in line with or exceeding the Employment Act
- Commuter Benefits
- Government-paid maternity, paternity, shared parental, and childcare leave in accordance with prevailing Singapore statutory entitlements
Additional benefits may be available depending on the role and employment type. Benefits are subject to the terms of applicable company policies and plans.
Candidate Confidentiality & Information Protection
As part of our commitment to protecting confidential and proprietary information, candidates should not disclose or provide Amperesand with any confidential, proprietary, or trade secret information belonging to a current or former employer or any other third party during the application or interview process.
Please do not submit or present employer-owned source code, schematics, designs, technical documentation, internal presentations, customer information, prototypes, or other confidential materials. Candidates should discuss their experience and accomplishments at an appropriate level and use only information and materials they are authorized to share.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Amperesand is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information or characteristics, physical or mental disability, marital/domestic partner status, age, military/veteran status, medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Amperesand is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. Please let your recruiter know if you need an accommodation at any point during the interview process.
Benefits
- 401(k)
- paid time off
- parental leave
- disability insurance
- sick leave
About this role
Amperesand is building the test infrastructure that will validate and scale their next-generation power systems for data centers and EV charging. As Staff Software Engineer, you'd own the design and development of a distributed test framework in Golang that automates testing across labs and manufacturing lines—work that directly accelerates prototype validation and production ramp. This is a hands-on technical leadership role where you'll set the engineering direction, mentor a software team, and establish development standards while staying deeply involved in system bring-up and optimization.
The role demands someone with strong fundamentals in distributed systems, concurrency, and system-level languages, paired with genuine hardware expertise. You'll need to design test systems that integrate with high-voltage power electronics, thermal systems, and manufacturing execution systems, then collaborate across electrical, mechanical, and firmware teams to close the loop between test results and product quality. Your background in microcontrollers, communication protocols, and Linux will be essential to making this work.
This is an in-office position in Reno, Nevada, suited for someone who thrives in a fast-moving startup environment and wants high ownership over a critical piece of infrastructure. You'll travel to facilities worldwide to deploy solutions and work directly with teams. The role requires a BS or MS in Computer or Electrical Engineering (or equivalent), at least six years building scalable distributed systems with demonstrated technical leadership, and a proven ability to mentor engineers and drive adoption of standards.
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