# SST Systems Architect, Technical Lead

**Company:** [Fluidstack](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/fluidstack)
**Location:** New York, NY, San Francisco, CA, Austin, TX, Seattle, WA
**Role:** Hardware Engineering
**Salary:** $208k – $263k/yr
**Experience:** 15+ years
**Skills:** Solid-State Transformers, Power Conversion, Power Electronics, Medium Voltage, Converter Topology, Silicon Carbide, Magnetics, Control Systems, Mvdc, Dab Converters, Modular Multilevel Converters, System Integration, Prototype Development, Vendor Partnerships
**Posted:** 2026-08-26

> Leads end-to-end architecture and hardware development for medium-voltage solid-state transformers supporting gigawatt-scale AI data centers. Requires 15+ years in power conversion, megawatt-scale converter experience, semiconductor strategy expertise, and leadership from architecture through working prototypes.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Architect the solid-state transformer (SST) end to end, including topology selection (ISOP DAB stacks, MMC-based, or alternatives) and semiconductor strategy.
- Defend architecture decisions based on efficiency, redundancy, manufacturability, and device availability.
- Lead power electronics, magnetics, and controls engineers from architecture through working hardware.
- Own system trade-offs and define the interface between the SST and the MVDC systems team, including protection, control boundaries, and fault behavior.
- Build the program plan and prototype roadmap, including build-versus-partner recommendations.
- Develop vendor and research partnerships with device makers, laboratories, and universities.

## Requirements
- 15+ years of experience in power conversion.
- Experience leading an SST or medium-voltage converter program at major industrial, research, or university-lab scale.
- Experience owning converter topology selection, semiconductor strategy, and system trade-offs at megawatt scale.
- Experience leading converter development from architecture through working hardware, not solely papers or simulations.
- Deep knowledge of the silicon-carbide ecosystem and ability to develop a multi-year semiconductor strategy.
- Ability to create and defend a 12-month program plan for an eight-engineer team.
- Experience with program setbacks and the ability to identify root causes and corrective actions.

## Nice-to-haves
- Medium-frequency transformer design expertise.
- MVDC system integration experience.
- Established vendor and university research relationships.
- Certification experience for medium-voltage power conversion.

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