Staff Power Engineer

ZT Systems
Austin, TX Full Time
POSTED ON 11/22/2024
AVAILABLE BEFORE 12/22/2024
About The Role

As a Staff Power Engineer, you will be responsible for power delivery design, development, and testing for system and rack-level solutions. You will be the power delivery expert working within cross-functional teams. You will be responsible for working with customer engineers to develop test plans, execute testing, and communicate results. You will be developing and improving testing methods while leading other engineers.

What You’ll Do

  • Interface with suppliers and customers during development to review requirements, resolve bugs, report testing results, and provide feedback to development teams.
  • Analyze power delivery from rack power inputs to servers and understand compatibility with data center power delivery systems.
  • Collaborate to develop detailed testing plans for meeting customer data center power delivery requirements.
  • Collaborate to develop new testing tools and equipment for qualifying racks to function with zero downtime in the data center.
  • Write technical documentation and presentations for internal and external use.
  • Lead other engineers in executing power testing in the lab using scopes, eloads, AC sources, and other power test equipment.


What You Bring

  • Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or related discipline
  • 5 years of relevant work experience
  • Proven ability to work with suppliers and customers.
  • Experience with power electronics for server systems; ac/dc and dc/dc conversion, AC and DC power delivery, and battery backup units.
  • Experience with single-phase and three-phase low-voltage utility power delivery including UPS systems.
  • Experience testing power designs in the lab using test equipment; programable AC sources, active DC loads, oscilloscopes, power analyzers, DVMs, signal generators, and basic soldering tools.
  • Basic understanding of regulatory requirements regarding safety and immunity/compatibility of power systems and components.
  • Server power management protocol knowledge such as IPMI, PMBus, and SMBus.
  • Experience with automating testing.
  • Strong analog circuit skills.
  • Strong ability to manage multiple projects, grow knowledge and capabilities of the power team, and perform hands-on testing.


ZT Systems offers a highly competitive salary commensurate with work experience and/or education, an excellent benefits program that includes a 401(k) plan, health and dental insurance, and paid time off. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) and do not discriminate against otherwise qualified applicants on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, age, gender, marital status, national origin, disability or handicap, or veteran status. ZT Systems is a Drug-Free Workplace.

About ZT Systems

At ZT Systems, you’ll get to do work you are proud of alongside smart, passionate people. Every day, there are opportunities to collaborate with the best in the industry to design, build, and deliver impactful solutions to world-class customers. Along the way, you will gain hands-on experience in a face-paced environment that’s challenging, rewarding, and career-defining.

A culture built around our values we work hard and think fast. We view challenges as opportunities—to do better, push harder, and be faster than we were the day before. When we fail, we learn from it and move on together. And when we succeed, we use the momentum to go even further. We create value with everything we do, building the foundation of today—and transforming the future of tomorrow.

Join ZT Systems and help us build technology infrastructure that connects the world.

What We Offer

When you join ZT, you’ll enjoy a range of world-class, inclusive employee benefits designed to grow with you and our company. From competitive compensation to 401K matching to comprehensive health & wellness programs and tuition reimbursement, ZT Systems offers industry leading benefits packages for eligible employees designed to help you get the most out of life.

ZT Group Int’l. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. ZT Systems provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

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