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's leadership team is made up of seasoned veterans who have designed and shipped gigawatts of power conversion products over the past decade.
Job Overview
How You Will Contribute
Research, interpret, and apply compliance from UL, IEC, IEEE, NEC, ISO, and other regulatory bodies to inform Heron's path to successful listing for each product and new market entry.
Partner with leads from engineering, product and manufacturing across the product lifecycle to embed compliance into product architecture and design, bringing first-principles-informed, can-do creativity.
Develop and execute compliance test plans, including identifying/building test infrastructure and resources.
Debug failures and drive design solutions in collaboration with engineering design teams
Establish and manage high-performance partnerships with NRTLs to achieve timely certification.
Define and maintain client test data acceptance programs with NRTLs to accelerate compliance program execution.
Proactively manage business risk by monitoring evolving standards, engaging with AHJs and utilities.
Represent the company in industry codes and standards development activities, proactively influencing emerging requirements and translating them into actionable product and engineering guidelines
Contribute to thought leadership through white papers, participation in utility hearings, and regional codes and standards activities.
Mentor and guide junior engineers while establishing best practices, tools, and scalable compliance processes.
Develop capital and operating expenses forecast for compliance operations
Develop infrastructure planning aligning with product roadmap
Requirements
We have a short list of must-have requirements. We prioritize candidates with a strong grip on first principles, hands-on skills, and initiative.
Must-Have Requirements
Master's degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering or equivalent
More than 7 years' experience in regulatory and compliance certification for solar, wind, battery or other power electronics products
Deep understanding and familiarity with relevant UL/IEC/EN, IEEE, and ISO standards and how they inform the design and certification process of grid-connected power electronics systems
Experience with manufacturing processes and material selection for high-power assemblies (e.g., busbars, potting, conformal coating, HV connectors).
Experience developing DFMEA, PFMEA and HARA for complex hardware design and manufacturing environment
Experience of participating in product-relevant standards committees
Development experience of cybersecurity program for utility connected equipment
Functional safety requirements and procedures integration into Software and Firmware development
Ability to thrive in ambiguity, relying on your first principles engineering experience to identify creative solutions to hard problems.
Capability to remain engaged, proactive, and positive under pressure, owning assignments and taking full accountability
Effective communicator and negotiator with excellent attention to detail.
Hands on experience designing and operating test equipment and data acquisition systems, such as oscilloscopes, power and spectrum analyzers, data loggers, etc.
Familiarity with grid-tied hardware such as medium-voltage converters, switchgear, circuit breakers, or protective relays.
Experience designing or testing medium-voltage systems (e.g., 1.5kV-35kV), including insulation coordination, clearance/creepage, and partial
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