# Principal Power Systems Control Architect at American Terawatt

- Company: American Terawatt
- What the company does: Backed by Antler.
- Company website: https://www.americanterawatt.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-08-28
- Apply by: 2026-10-12
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/American%20Terawatt/92cbbd2a-ce16-466a-8a1e-10917cd73b60
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/american-terawatt-principal-power-systems-control-architect/

## About the role

You will help shape the exact roadmap, but we expect success in this role to include the following early milestones: Synthesize this information into a C&P roadmap that defines where the architecture needs to go, the sequence of work to get there, and what you need (people, platforms, etc.) to execute.

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field
- 15+ years architecting and delivering control systems in safety-critical domains (electric utility, aerospace, robotics, EV, or similar)
- Strong control theory fundamentals: feedback/feedforward control, state estimation, and stability analysis of cascaded multi-loop systems, from fast inner loops through plant-level dynamics
- Hands-on real-time embedded control systems development experience (C/C++ on RTOS or bare-metal platforms) with modern software practices including version control, code review, and CI/CD pipelines running automated SIL regression
- Experience developing and validating controls in simulation (PSCAD, EMTP, MATLAB/Simulink, PLECS) and on HIL/SIL platforms (RTDS, OPAL-RT)
- Strong debugging and root-cause analysis skills across software, firmware, and hardware boundaries

Tags: Engineering