Power Electronics Plans 400+ Houston Jobs at a New 53-Acre Inverter Campus

Power Electronics, a Spain-based company that specializes in solutions for solar energy, storage and data centers, has broken ground on a campus in northwest Houston that it expects to create more than 400 new jobs in the Houston area once it is fully operational. The site sits on 53 acres at 9220 Fairbanks North Houston Road, and the jobs are a projection tied to a campus that has only just broken ground. So the short answer for a Houston job seeker is that the types of positions have not been disclosed, but the company posted a Houston IT role and a Dallas field role in September 2026, and those listings show the skills it looks for. For Metaintro readers, the employer's own job listings and the state's licensing rules are the pages that tell a technician what to prepare while the campus is being built. Here is what the campus will do, what its recent listings ask for and how to get ready.

What Did Power Electronics Break Ground On in Houston?

The ceremony took place on Thursday, September 24, 2026, on a site along Fairbanks North Houston Road. A local radio station listed it as a groundbreaking scheduled today for a new manufacturing facility in northwest Houston. The company's release describes a crowd of executives, government officials, customers, industry partners and members of the Houston business community.

The campus is large. Its two buildings will cover roughly 150,000 and 700,000 square feet, which together come to 850,000 square feet, as KHOU reported on the site. Power Electronics bills the project as the largest manufacturing campus for power conversion systems in the U.S., and as its largest U.S. investment in inverter manufacturing capacity.

The company ties the campus to rising demand from utility-scale solar, storage, data centers and broader electrification.

How Many Jobs Are Coming, and When Will They Open?

The job figure is the company's own projection. Once fully operational, the campus is expected to deliver up to 40 GW of annual production capacity and create over 400 new jobs in the Houston area. Both the capacity and the job count are projections, not reported outcomes, and the jobs depend on the campus being built and brought up to speed first.

The timing is the part nobody has filled in. As of Hoodline's September 24, 2026 report, the total investment, a construction timeline and the types of positions to be filled had not been disclosed. That means there is no opening date to plan around and no list of job titles to apply for yet.

It also helps to be precise about what the number covers. It is not only factory floor work, since the release describes a campus mixing Logistics, Production, Electronics Manufacturing, R&D, Training, Corporate Offices and other functions. The job figure is a campus total, and the release does not split it by department.

What Will the Two Buildings Actually Do?

According to KHOU, as cited by Hoodline, the smaller building is designed to hold offices, research and development, and electronics manufacturing. The larger building, at 700,000 square feet, is earmarked for manufacturing and logistics operations, KHOU reported.

Automation is a central goal. The company wants the site to become its most automated inverter production site to date, with production technology focused on efficiency, quality, scalability and reliability. The release does not say which roles the automation will need, and the company has not broken down its jobs.

Training is listed as one of the campus functions as well. The release names Training next to production and research, but it does not say who the training is for or whether it will be open to new hires, customers or both.

The Houston campus is expected to deliver up to 40 GW of annual production capacity and create over 400 new jobs once it is fully operational.

What Has the Company Posted for Houston So Far?

The company posted a Houston role on its careers site on September 9, 2026, and it is a useful look at how the employer frames a job. The company is looking for a Systems Technician I to join its IT team in Houston, Texas, in an on-site role meant for people with about two years of IT support, help desk, desktop support or systems administration experience. The listing does not say whether the job is tied to the new campus, so treat it as a separate posting, not one of the future campus jobs.

The pay is printed. The listing offers a permanent full-time position with a salary range between $40,000 and $50,000 annually. The day to day work covers first-level support for hardware, software and connectivity, basic PowerShell scripting, ticket handling, and support for office printers and industrial label printers, including Zebra and Sato devices.

The job is not tied to one desk. The listing says the technician will travel between company locations when required to give on-site help, and will support conference rooms, collaboration tools, and audiovisual systems. It also covers Windows 11, macOS, Linux, and Android devices, plus mobile phones, telephony and IT asset inventory. On language, the listing asks for English at a native or advanced level.

The listing sets the entry bar at an Associate Degree, Technical Degree, Vocational Training, or equivalent education in IT, information systems, network administration, computer science or a related field, and it does not mention a bachelor's degree. The listing names Spanish as nice to have. It also lists experience supporting users in corporate, manufacturing, industrial, or logistics environments as a plus, so IT work in a warehouse or plant is worth putting forward.

A Houston IT listing posted in September 2026 pays a salary range between $40,000 and $50,000 annually and accepts an associate degree or vocational training.

What Does a Field Service Technician Job Look Like at This Company?

A Dallas field service listing, dated September 5, 2026, describes the job as start-up and commissioning of solar inverters at photovoltaic plants, diagnosing faults in the field and replacing parts such as medium voltage transformers, switchgear, electronic boards, fuses, fans and filters.

The requirements lean toward licensed electricians. The Dallas listing asks for a Journeyman or Master's Electrician license, or an associate or bachelor's degree in electrical or electronics engineering or a related field. It wants two to three years in field service, commissioning, or maintenance of industrial electrical equipment, and it prefers safety certifications such as OSHA or NFPA 70E. The listing requires a valid driver's license and outdoor work, with travel across the U.S. and emergency cover when needed.

The benefits are listed in detail. In the listing, health, vision and dental insurance for workers and their dependents is 100% covered by the company. The same listing adds a company vehicle with gas covered, a 401(k) plan with a 5% company match, and 14 days of Paid Time Off a year plus paid national holidays.

The package goes further than health cover. The listing says basic life insurance and short-term and long-term disability insurance are fully covered by the company. It also lists all necessary work equipment, naming a laptop, phone, uniform and basic PPE safety gear, and it adds continuous training through our Corporate University. The paid holidays come to 14 paid national holidays on top of the 14 days of PTO.

The Dallas listing does not print a wage. It is a Dallas role, not a Houston one, and nothing in it ties field technicians to the new campus, but it shows what the company asks for when it hires technicians to service its inverters in Texas.

Do You Need a Texas Electrician License, and How Do You Get One?

For the field roles, a license is one clear way past the screen. Under the rules of the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, a Journeyman Electrician works under the general supervision of a Master Electrician, and anyone who performs electrical work in the state must be licensed, with certain exemptions.

The path runs through supervised hours. To apply, you need at least 7,000 hours of on-the-job training under the supervision of a Master Electrician licensed in Texas, which lets you sit the exam before reaching the full 8,000 hours required for licensure. Each supervising master electrician signs an Experience Verification Form, and the agency may contact people to check the hours.

The paperwork is modest. The first application goes in by mail with a non-refundable $30 application fee, and licenses are valid for one year and must be renewed annually. If you are an apprentice now, keeping those hours logged and signed as you go keeps the license path open.

Two more steps come after the form. Once the application is received and verified, TDLR sends notice that you are approved to take the licensing exam. The agency also runs a criminal history background check on all persons who apply for or renew a license, reviews convictions case by case, and says a review can take from one to six weeks to complete. After the first year, renewals may be completed online.

Who Is Power Electronics, and How Big Is Its US Business?

The company is not new to the US market. It has 40 years of experience and more than 116 GW installed in the U.S., and it has been building up local teams in the country for more than a decade. Its Houston IT listing describes a presence in more than 36 countries and a team of over 3,000 professionals.

The company's US ambitions have grown. In March 2024, the company's strategic plan for the 2024-27 period set out €300 million ($328 million) to expand inverter capacity in Spain and the United States, and a company spokesperson told pv magazine that US capacity would rise by more than 20 GW by 2026. The Houston campus it has now broken ground on is sized at up to 40 GW once fully operational.

With Houston added, the company expects to reach up to 105 GW of annual production capacity worldwide, across its US and European operations. Chief executive David Salvo said "Our 40 GW Houston Campus will help shape the future of energy and AI growth globally" in the release.

How Does This Fit Houston's Solar Manufacturing Build-Out?

Power Electronics is joining a cluster, not starting one. In July, the region's business group, the Greater Houston Partnership, counted solar projects across cells, modules and utility-scale inverters representing over $800 million in capital investment and more than 1,000 potential manufacturing jobs in the region. That tally came before this groundbreaking.

The other employers give a sense of scale. SEG Solar's second facility in the region could create up to 800 new jobs, and TOYO's planned solar cell plant in Humble is expected to create 400 direct manufacturing jobs. Inverters are already made nearby as well, with TMEIC operating a 144,000-square-foot facility in Brookshire that makes utility-scale solar inverters.

Manufacturing makes up a big share of new projects in the region. The partnership put manufacturing at approximately 30 percent of the region's 683 project announcements in 2025. For a worker with electrical, electronics or warehouse experience, the partnership's list names several solar manufacturers in the Houston region, from Humble to Brookshire.

The earlier projects also come with target dates the region's business group has published. In its July 22, 2026 update, the partnership said SEG Solar's second plant, a nearly 500,000-square-foot plant, had a grand opening set for August 2026, and that its third facility expected commercial production to begin in 2027. TOYO's $357 million cell plant targets completion and pilot production within 20 months, and Waaree Solar Americas announced a $200 million expansion of its Brookshire solar module factory in 2025.

What This Means for Job Seekers, and What Should You Do Next?

Our take is that this is a campus to prepare for, not one to apply to yet. The job count is a company target, and with no construction timeline and no job titles published, the step a job seeker can take now is to build the credentials the company already asks for in Texas.

The company's Houston IT listing asks for an associate degree or vocational training, and its Dallas field listing asks for an electrician license or electrical degree plus hands-on work with industrial electrical equipment. Neither the Houston IT listing nor the Dallas field listing requires a four-year degree.

Here is what we would do now:

• Log your hours. If you are an electrical apprentice, keep your supervised hours signed so the Texas license path stays on track.
• Get the safety cards. OSHA and NFPA 70E training are named as preferred in the Dallas field service listing.
• Match the IT listing. If you work in help desk or desktop support, the Houston listing names Active Directory and PowerShell, along with Microsoft 365, so show real examples of each.
• Show plant experience. The field listing asks for work on industrial electrical equipment and the IT listing counts support work in manufacturing or logistics settings as a plus, so put that experience near the top of your résumé.
• Watch the careers site. Check the company's careers site for Houston listings, and compare them with other solar plants in the region before you accept.

Ask about pay early. The Dallas field listing does not print a wage, so ask for the base rate and the overtime rules alongside the benefits, and weigh them against typical electrician pay.

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People Also Asked

Q: How many jobs will the Power Electronics Houston campus create?

A: The company expects the campus to create over 400 new jobs in the Houston area once it is fully operational. As of Hoodline's September 24, 2026 report, a construction timeline and the types of positions to be filled had not been disclosed.

Q: Where is the new Power Electronics campus in Houston?

A: The campus is on 53 acres at 9220 Fairbanks North Houston Road in northwest Houston.

Q: What does a Power Electronics field service technician need?

A: A Dallas listing from September 2026 asks for a Journeyman or Master's Electrician license or an electrical degree, field experience with industrial electrical equipment and a valid driver's license.

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