Senior Electrical Engineer

Location: Spokane, WA / Coeur d’Alene, ID

Company Overview:

Based in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, KORE Power is a leading developer of high-density, high-voltage energy storage solutions for global utility, industrial and mission-critical markets.

KORE Power designs and manufactures the industry-leading 1500V Energy Storage Systems. Developed to lower installation and operation costs with higher efficiency, our systems use state-of-the-art NMC and LFP chemistries to fit our customer’s varied needs for energy storage.

KORE Power serves the growing demand for applications such as replacing gas-peaker plants, wind and solar plus storage projects, Microgrid optimization, behind-the-meter C&I, E-Mobility, mining energy solutions, and the Military.

Position Overview:

KORE Power, Inc. is seeking a Senior Electrical Engineer to own all aspects of electrical design within KORE’s existing products and new product development programs. This role is expected to have a large degree of autonomy and will be required to plan work and meet schedules, providing frequent and effective communication to stakeholders. Working within a small team and a structured product development process, cross-functional collaboration will be critically important (and actively encouraged).

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Design, maintain, implement, and improve electrical design of products, and/or systems for industrial, utility, and commercial markets.
• Research and select components to meet design requirements
• Review and collaborate to finalize market requirements for new products
• Establish product requirements to meet market requirements
• Establish design verification and validation plans.
• Prepare product documentation, application notes and design guides to provide customers with an industry leading experience when utilizing Kore Power products.
• Support the transition of new products to production including the development of basic assembly & test procedures.
• Provide SME advice to QA to support effective and efficient QC processes
• Estimation of future design schedules and resource requirements
• Regular reporting of design progress
• Perform a wide range of engineering tasks utilizing state-of-the-art design software and techniques.
• Ensure compliance of products with applicable industry standards, including market and region-specific standards.
• Create engineering design reports
• Conduct engineering design reviews
• Participate in customer feedback and market reviews to conceptualize and evaluate new market/product opportunities

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Must be a team player and self-starter
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Bachelor’s Engineering degree
• Current PE licence highly preferred
• Experience with Inverters and power conversion systems a plus
• Experience with high voltage and high current DC systems (>1000V and >1000A)
• DC fault analysis and protection design
• Minimum of 5 to 10 years in relevant industries, leading engineering projects
• Involvement in product compliance/certification efforts
• Design for (high) reliability and design reliability assessment methods
• Experience working in a structured product development process.
• Trade-off analysis, particularly as applies to hardware/software

Preferred Qualifications:

• Systems engineering experience
• Experience in battery management product design
• Functional safety
• Previous experience in a technical leadership or team management role.
• Engineering simulation (e.g. Matlab, Spice, FEA)
• Experience designing electrical systems for high vibration environments.
• System analysis tools such as Fault Tree, FMEA, FMEDA, RISK ASSESMENTS and LOPA
• Arc-flash analysis and relevant codes & standards
• Proficiency in Mandarin a plus

KORE Power is an equal opportunity employer that offers a competitive salary, benefits package, stock incentive, and the ability to work in a team-centered, collaborative, and supportive atmosphere.