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Scotts Valley, California, United States
Onsite
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’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 Compliance Engineering Intern, you will be the bridge between regulatory standards and innovative product design. You’ll identify and interpret compliance requirements, design, develop and execute tests to validate regulatory specifications, and ensure our products achieve certifications to seamlessly enter global markets.
How You Will Contribute
Research, interpret, and apply compliance requirements from IEEE, IEC, ISO, NERC, FERC, and other bodies to support product listings and new market entries.
Partner with engineering leads 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
Contribute to thought leadership through white papers, and regional codes and standards activities.
What You Will Bring
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
Undergraduate degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering or equivalent
Strong foundation in electrical engineering principles, power systems and power electronics
Hands-on experience with test automation using Python, LabVIEW, or embedded scripting for power hardware validation.
Interpretation skill to digest requirements and convert to test specifications
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 analyzers, data loggers, etc.
Candidates must be available to work across summer and fall semesters.
Nice-to-Haves
Experience in regulatory and compliance certification for solar, wind, battery or other power electronics products
Experience testing medium-voltage systems (e.g., 5kV–35kV),
Familiarity with grid-tied hardware such as medium-voltage converters, switchgear, circuit breakers, or protective relays.
Knowledge of insulation materials, shielding techniques, and arc flash mitigation for high-voltage systems.
Exposure to manufacturing processes and material selection for high-power assemblies (e.g., busbars, potting, conformal coating, HV connectors).
Experience designing and developing Controller Hardware In the Loop (CHIL) setup for feature testing and regression
Power systems modeling knowledge
Cybersecurity and Functional Safety program awareness
Experience interfacing with NRTLs
Involved in Data Acceptance Programs
Participated in the development of Laboratory Quality Management System Development
Proactively manage business risk by monitoring evolving standards, engaging with AHJs and utilities, and participating in standards development.
Working experience with UL, IEC, ISO standards
If you are passionate about technology and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, we would love to hear from you. Join us in accelerating the electrification of everything at Heron Power.