At SPAN, we are building products to enable the rapid adoption of renewable energy and decarbonization of buildings. As more distributed energy resources like solar and storage come integrated into the power grid, it is increasingly important to be able to improve the technology that interfaces the power grid, the home, and those distributed energy resources. Span’s smart panel replaces the electrical panel to become the center for connected power in the home. With Span, homeowners receive all the safety features of a standard panel with revolutionary insights and edge-of-grid controls through our mobile app.
SPAN’s Modeling Group is seeking a driven all-physics modeling engineer to lead the development of a highly-flexible simulation platform with the utility for both the software- and hardware-in-the-loop testing of new products. The modeling engineer will participate in the development of the physics-informed foundational modeling infrastructure, from the device-level all the way up to the system-level, used by hardware, firmware, controls, and mechanical teams to evaluate technologies and partnerships that augment Span’s Panel and Drive products and accelerate electrifying homes. Ideal candidates are desired to possess an in-depth knowledge of power electronics including thermal and electric circuits as well as system-level integration, control theory, and embedded systems, for the development of analytical and computational models that accurately predict the dynamic component and systems-level physics behavior for currently available and future home electrification technologies.
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Contribute to building an automated efficient physics-informed modeling infrastructure, leveraging analytical and computational models, that will be used by hardware and design engineers to drive component tradeoff studies, product specifications, system design, integration, and system optimization analyses for the Span products.
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Collaborate with hardware engineers to specify product experiments to verify and validate component and system modeling efforts; collaborate with engineers and scientists across teams to interpret test data.
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Help with integration studies for various SPAN technologies plus across a number of manufacturers, including electric vehicle batteries, home energy storage systems, solar arrays, power electronics inverters and converters, and home appliances and thermal systems.
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Collaborate with the software backend team to evaluate compute technologies and services for improving the accuracy, efficiency, security, and computational time of power systems simulations.
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Evaluate the scalability of hardware component and home electrical system models for integration into utility-level power systems and interactions with the grid under a wide range of operating conditions, and incorporate high granularity and accuracy where simulation acceleration is a priority.
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Support Span’s executive staff, product, and business team with techno-economic simulation and analysis to evaluate the viability of research and development projects, technology partnerships, and our product roadmap.
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Build and manage a resource plan and timeline for model development, including key hires that enrich Span’s modeling capabilities.
Life at SPAN
SPAN embraces diversity and equal opportunity in a serious way. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills.
Headquartered in San Francisco’s vibrant SoMa neighborhood, we are an eclectic group of creative thinkers who value open communication, teamwork, and a ‘make it happen’ approach to addressing complex challenges.
Our CEO, Arch Rao—former head of the Tesla Powerwall team—fosters an energetic and collaborative environment, with a strong emphasis on maintaining work-life balance across the organization.
We’re hiring talented individuals who are driven by success and are passionate about shaping the future of renewable energy. If that sounds like you, we’d love for you to consider joining the rapidly growing team at SPAN.
The Perks:
⚡ Competitive compensation + equity grants at a well-funded, venture-backed company
⚡ Comprehensive benefits (including medical; dental, vision, life, and disability insurance)
⚡ Comfortable, sunny office space located near BART and Caltrain public transit
⚡ Strong focus on team building and company culture (events, meet-ups, clubs)
⚡ Flexible hours and unlimited PTO
Our Mission & Values:
At SPAN, we believe that powering your home with clean energy should be a simple and delightful experience that is at its essence human-centered and technology-forward.
Our core values include:
- Making home energy more accessible, intuitive, and convenient.
- Enabling homes and vehicles to be powered by the sun.
- Building resilient homes with reliable power.
- All-electric everything.
- A more flexible & distributed grid.
Interested in joining our team? Submit an application today and we’ll be in touch with the next steps!