Power Electronics Recruitment · Irvine and Orange County
Specialist recruitment for converters, inverters, power supplies, switching, protection and thermal design. Led by an engineer who understands the engineering behind the hire.
RunTime clarifies the engineering requirements, searches for relevant candidates, assesses their technical experience and delivers a focused shortlist for an individual role or defined search.
Discuss a specialist hireLance can work inside your hiring operation, collaborating with engineering managers and using your ATS and company email where agreed. This recruitment delivery model can support wider engineering hiring alongside power electronics roles.
Discuss an embedded recruiterHow the Embedded Recruiter service works →Power Electronics recruitment specialisms
Power electronics product design is distinct from utility power systems. The search focuses on conversion hardware, switching control, protection and validation at the relevant power level.
DC-DC, AC-DC, inverters, topologies and magnetics.
Gate drives, modulation, feedback and digital control where relevant.
Fault handling, isolation, creepage, clearance and safe operation.
Losses, thermal paths, efficiency, EMC and load testing.
For Irvine employers
We define power level, topology, devices, control method, isolation, safety, thermal, EMC and product-validation responsibilities.
Candidate discussions examine topology choice, switching losses, magnetics, feedback stability, protection, thermal evidence and measured efficiency or compliance outcomes.
RunTime searches and directly approaches engineers whose experience aligns with the brief, then presents a focused shortlist with evidence, gaps and practical details.
Founder-led technical recruitment
Before recruitment, Lance Harvie developed electronics and firmware for industrial equipment, gaming systems and telecommunications products. He later built decades of specialist recruitment experience.
That background informs the questions RunTime asks about ownership, engineering decisions and fault investigation. It does not replace the client’s detailed technical interview.
RunTime Recruitment has operated since 2019.
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Irvine engineering context
Relevant local themes: electronics, communications, embedded computing, integrated systems.
UC Irvine’s engineering research spans electrical engineering, computer engineering, communications, control and intelligent systems. That mix provides grounded local context for Orange County teams building electronic and software-controlled products.
The relevant hiring market depends on the specific product and working arrangement, so searches are defined around evidence of ownership rather than a generic Southern California profile.
Sources: UC Irvine Samueli School research.
For Power Electronics engineers
Share your resume and the type of work you want to do. Include your preferred working arrangement, location or relocation constraints, and the parts of the development lifecycle you have personally owned.
Submit your resumeFrequently asked questions
No. These pages focus on electronic power-conversion products and their control. Grid, transmission and broader electrical infrastructure roles require a different brief.
Yes. RunTime documents the employer’s actual working arrangement and presents it clearly. Onsite, hybrid and remote preferences are not treated as interchangeable.
Relocation can form part of the search where the employer is open to it. Interest, timing and practical constraints are confirmed with each candidate. No relocation or work-authorisation outcome is assumed.
It is designed for a wider or recurring hiring plan where recruitment continuity matters. It is a delivery model, not a reference to embedded software engineering, and its agreed scope can support power electronics and related engineering roles.
Discuss your hiring plan
Tell us what you’re building, who you need and when you need them. Choose Specialist Recruitment for a specific hire or Embedded Recruiter support for a wider hiring plan.
Prefer email? webform@runtimerec.com
