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Unlike outdated chemical, filter, and membrane systems, VVater’s electric-field breakthroughs eliminate PFAS, microplastics, microorganisms, and other contaminants with record retention times, without toxic byproducts or costly consumables.\nWith over 4.3B gallons treated and validation from global leaders, VVater is scaling into municipal drinking water and wastewater, DPR/IPR, onsite reuse for data centers, commercial buildings, and resorts, residential purification, and consumer health water, delivering a 60% smaller footprint, 40% CapEx savings, 80% OpEx savings, and 40% less energy use.\nJob Description:\nThe Principal Electrical Engineer owns the power-conversion and delivery hardware. You take a power equipment specification and carry it to a validated, manufacturable product: Core-type/shell-type electrical apparatus, rectifiers, converters, panel integration, protection, and electrical compliance\nYou will design the hardware that feeds high-current electrochemical reactors, define protection and power quality, and run the electrical FAT that proves it. You work in close partnership with the electrochemical principal, who defines the electrical duty the reactors require, and with the mechanical, controls, and manufacturing teams.\nVVater moves at a fast pace to accelerate the development and adoption of cutting-edge technologies in the water industry. The right person will be energized by that pace rather than depleted by it.\nKey Responsibilities:\nDesign power & voltage conversion hardware that meets the electrical duty requirements of VVater's reactors, in close collaboration with the chemical principal. \nDesign and specify the requirements for voltage conversion and distribution devices for high-current and, where required, pulsed or pulse-reverse duty. \nRelate electrical operating parameters to reactor performance, efficiency, and energy use, and translate reactor electrical duty into robust supply specifications. \nDesign for efficiency across the real operating range, not just at the nameplate point. \nOwn panel integration, protection coordination, grounding and bonding, and power quality. \nDefine and verify electrical safety and code compliance for packaged modules. \nMitigate thermal, EMI, and harmonic effects at the component, panel, and system level. \nPartner with the Mechanical and Controls teams on PLC integration and on safe-state electrical behavior. \nBuild and run electrical FAT: efficiency, thermal, harmonics, and fault-condition testing. \nEstablish performance, durability, and reliability specifications for all electrical power hardware. \nDiagnose failures to root cause and feed every finding back into the design. \nDevelop and document standard operating procedures (SOPs), design protocols, and safety guidelines for installing, operating, and maintaining electrical systems. \nCalculations, simulations, and analyses (e.g., thermal, electromagnetic) are performed to optimize system performance and reliability. \nDrive design-for-manufacture on power components and assemblies. \nQualify suppliers and manage the supply chain for voltage-conversion and distribution devices, semiconductors, magnetics, and critical electrical power components. \nPartner with manufacturing on assembly protocols, quality control, and cost reduction initiatives. \nSupport commissioning and field electrical troubleshooting, feeding failures back into design. \nSet electrical design standards and build reusable templates to help the team move faster. \nMentor junior engineers, raise the electrical-engineering bar across the team, and generate intellectual property. \nRepresent VVater technically with customers, partners, and suppliers. \nQualifications:\nBS or MS in Electrical Engineering, and 7+ years of power electronics or power-supply design. \nHands-on record designing voltage conversion devices, rectifiers, and converters, and carrying them to validated, manufacturable products. \nPanel integration experience with protection, grounding, power quality, and electrical safety and compliance. \nHardware bring-up and FAT experience: efficiency, thermal, harmonics, and fault-condition testing. \nDFM and supplier-management experience on power components. \nExperience with CAD software (e.g., AutoCAD Electrical, EPLAN, SolidWorks, Fusion 360) and simulation tools (e.g., COMSOL, ANSYS) for system modeling and design optimization. \nThermal and EMI/harmonics mitigation at component, panel, and system level. \nExceptional written and verbal communication; you can specify, review, and defend a power-hardware design to engineers, customers, and auditors. \nComfort with ambiguity and the judgment to decide what to design and test next without waiting for direction. \nPreferred Experience:\nHigh-current DC & Low-Voltage AC or pulsed-power experience. \nUL, NSF, and field electrical-code familiarity, including NSF/ANSI 61 materials context where it touches wetted or packaged hardware. \nIndustrial water or process-plant deployments. \nPLC and drive integration literacy. \nElectrochemical or electrolyzer power-supply experience, and working knowledge of how waveform shapes electrode behavior. \nSimulation tools for thermal and electromagnetic analysis (e.g., ANSYS or equivalent) and CAD for electrical design (e.g., AutoCAD Electrical, EPLAN). \nReliability engineering and accelerated-life testing of power-related hardware. \nKnowledge of controls, instrumentation, automation, and SCADA or PLC systems will be a big plus.\n** As a part of our process to ensure a comprehensive evaluation of all applicants, assessment tests are required as part of our recruitment process. 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