Senior Technical Program Manager, Reliability

Company Overview Amperesand is reinventing how the world powers its most critical systems. We are facing a once-in-a-generation opportunity for infrastructure disruption. Electricity demand is skyrocketing, driven by AI factories, electric vehicles, and modern industrial growth. Energy supply is shifting to incorporate a more diverse mix of resources – including solar, gas, and batteries – at a massive scale. And yet the power infrastructure behind our latest mega-projects hasn’t meaningfully changed in nearly 100 years. Supply chains for today’s infrastructure equipment can’t match the pace and sophistication of critical energy projects. Amperesand is building hardware and software that rewrites this broken power infrastructure playbook to support a new era of energy abundance. We’ve built a new class of intelligent, software-defined power infrastructure products leveraging a decade of advanced medium voltage Solid State Transformer research that’s now ready for commercial deployment. Our products and solutions go far beyond the capabilities of traditional electrical equipment. We make power systems that are faster to deploy, dramatically smaller and more efficient, and capable of supporting modern, dynamic energy needs for tomorrow’s most demanding energy consumers. Scalable in-house advanced manufacturing capability is our foundation for meeting timeline and quality expectation to serve infrastructure customers around the world. Amperesand is led by breakthrough energy hardware development veterans and funded by top tier investors who share our vision of building a category-defining energy technology company. With hubs in San Francisco, Reno, and Singapore, our global team is laser focused on building foundational technology to solve the most pressing problems in power infrastructure at scale. Join us in building the power foundation of the future! Role Summary Amperesand is looking for a Senior Technical Program Manager, Reliability, to own and drive all reliability program activities across our solid-state transformer (SST) product portfolio. This role sits at the intersection of engineering, product development, quality, and operations — serving as the central coordinator ensuring that our Solid-State Transformer meets all applicable reliability, durability, and lifetime performance requirements on time and at scale. You will work across every stage of the product lifecycle, from early design through production release, to embed reliability engineering into our development processes and protect Amperesand's path to a robust, field-ready product. Responsibilities • Own the reliability program end-to-end, leading planning, coordination, and execution of all reliability and qualification activities (e.g., HALT, HASS, ALT, FMEA/DFMEA, MTBF analysis, and derating assessments) across all engineering disciplines, product development, manufacturing, supply chain, and quality • Build and maintain the reliability roadmap by defining milestone-driven reliability schedules aligned with product development timelines (EVT, DVT, PVT), ensuring that testing, qualification submissions, and reliability demonstrations are sequenced to avoid program delays • Lead DFM and design review processes with a reliability lens, driving accountability for durability and lifetime implications during design reviews and ensuring that manufacturing processes and test fixtures align with reliability qualification requirements • Own test sample submissions, failure investigation tracking, response timelines, and qualification-readiness assessments at all stages of development • Identify and mitigate reliability risks early by proactively surfacing design, material, or process gaps that could jeopardize product lifetime and field performance targets; partner with engineering and operations to drive timely resolution through structured trade-off analysis • Own and manage relationships with external test labs, qualification partners, and field reliability data providers, including coordinating test schedules, responding to test failures, and driving re-test cycles to closure • Serve as the reliability communication hub, delivering regular, clear status updates on qualification progress, open failure modes, and reliability dependencies to executives, engineering leaders, and cross-functional stakeholders to enable informed decision-making • Lead the integration of reliability requirements into product design, collaborating with electrical and power electronics engineers to ensure that thermal margins, component stress levels, derating rules, and lifetime models are factored into design decisions from the start • Drive component-level reliability outcomes in partnership with supply chain and quality teams, including ownership of component qualification status, approved vendor lists (AVLs), component derating requirements, and supplier qualification relative to reliability and lifetime obligations • Define and continuously improve reliability program management infrastructure, owning all activity trackers, milestone frameworks, and reporting systems that keep the program on track • Own reliability documentation and traceability — including test reports, failure analysis records, qualification matrices, and other reliability artifacts — ensuring completeness, accuracy, and alignment with product lifetime goals Qualifications • Technical degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related discipline; or equivalent hands-on industry experience with complex power electronics hardware and reliability engineering • 6+ years of experience in technical program management, reliability engineering, quality engineering, material science or product qualification roles involving power electronics, electrical hardware, medical devices, automotive or energy systems in a production environment • Demonstrated experience managing product qualification programs to relevant reliability and qualification standards (e.g., IEC 60068 environmental testing, MIL-STD-810, IEC 62109, Telcordia/BELLCORE, JEDEC component qualification, or equivalent industry standards) • Familiarity with product development lifecycle stages (EVT, DVT, PVT) and how reliability activities integrate with each phase, including test planning, failure analysis, design iteration, and final qualification sign-off • Nice to have - working knowledge of power electronics principles — converters, inverters, motor drives, grid-tied systems — sufficient to engage meaningfully with engineering teams on reliability implications of design decisions • Strong cross-functional leadership skills with experience aligning engineering, quality, supply chain, and operations teams around shared reliability milestones and accountability • Experience managing external relationships with accredited test labs and qualification partners, including coordinating test schedules, responding to test failures, and managing re-test cycles • Excellent verbal, written, and visual communication skills — with the ability to translate complex reliability requirements into clear engineering actions and present qualification status to both technical and executive audiences • Experience with component-level reliability programs including derating analysis, FMEA/DFMEA, MTBF modeling, and qualification processes tied to product lifetime requirements • Comfortable operating in fast-paced, high-ambiguity environments with evolving reliability targets and competing program priorities • Willingness and ability to travel up to 30%, including international locations, to support lab testing, qualification audits, and global partner engagements Please note: This role requires working on-site 5 days a week. We do not offer hybrid or remote options. Pay Disclosure & Benefits Compensation will be determined based on experience, location, and other factors permitted by law. The benefits outlined below apply exclusively to employees located in the United States. • Competitive Salary + Incentive Stock Options • Medical, vision, and dental benefits for employees and their dependents, effective from the start of hire • Company paid Basic Life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance • 401k retirement savings plan through Empower • Employees receive paid time off (PTO), paid sick days, and paid company holidays • Commuter Benefits • 100% paid maternal leave (12 weeks) and paternal leave (6 weeks) Singapore-based employees receive benefits in accordance with local government provisions. Equal Employment Opportunity Amperesand is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information or characteristics, physical or mental disability, marital/domestic partner status, age, military/veteran status, medical condition, or any other characteristic protected by law. Amperesand is also committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. Please let your recruiter know if you need an accommodation at any point during the interview process.