Description
Enphase Energy is a global energy technology company and a leading provider of solar battery and electric vehicle charging products. Founded in 2006 our innovative microinverter technology revolutionized solar power making it a safer more reliable and scalable energy source. Today the Enphase Energy System enables users to make use save and sell their own power. Enphase is also one of the most successful and innovative clean energy companies in the world with more than 80 million products shipped across 160 countries.
Join our dynamic teams designing and developing next-gen energy technologies and help drive a sustainable future!
We are looking for a skilled and motivated Mechanical Engineer to join our India-based team. You will lead the mechanical design and testing of modules for Energy Storage BatteriesSystem Controllers Accessories and IoT-based products.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and develop electro-mechanical products using polymers metals and rubbers interfacing with PCBs and high-power components
- Plan perform analyze and report design verification testing (DVT) using both in-house and external labs and preparing high quality reports
- Investigate and resolve field failures and identify cost-reduction opportunities
What you will be doing
- Design (70%) & Testing (30%) of new Electromechanical products sometimes as sole contributor and often as part of a team of contributors
- Work with Cross functional team and provide quick solutions ensuring quality
- Manage assigned mechanical projects adhering to project timelines budget constraints and quality standards
- Perform day-to-day tasks like Design Concepts and documentation CAD (3D & 2D) activities Testing and reports DoE CAPA 8D DFMEA etc
- In-depth knowledge on Design Principles and good understanding of Design for Manufacture (DFM) of parts made through injection moulding sheet metal stamping Casting milling/turning etc
- Product design & testing (DVT) Testing proof-of-concepts and prototypes for performance
- Coordinate and Preparing mechanical mock-ups Prototypes Electro-mechanical assemblies Cable Assemblies
- Design and execute comprehensive test plans (Inhouse and external lab) to verify mechanical performance against design specifications including static and dynamic loading fatigue testing environmental testing and reliability testing. Analyze test data identify potential issues and implement design improvements
- Failure analysis and root cause identification
Who you are and what you bring
- Bachelors Degree (or higher qualification) in Mechanical Engineering. Candidates holding Masters in Product Design from IISc/Postgraduate on Tool Engineering/Tool Design/Product Design from NTTF/GTTC is a plus
- 6 years (with BE / BS) or 3 years (with Masters) of industry work experience in product design development & testing
- Ability to plan lead and drive the Design and DVT tasks and activities independently with minimal supervision/oversight
- Experience in SolidWorks and EPDM. Knowledge on any other CAD packages will be an added advantage
- Hands on is preparing mechanical mock-ups Prototypes Electro-mechanical assemblies Cable Assemblies and test sample preparation
- Hands on Experience on Design & testing Electromechanical products
- Good Exposure on plastics Sheetmetal casting part design and manufacturing process
- Good understanding on cable assemblies ECAD/MCAD integrations
- Good exposure on structural and thermal design considerations
- Good Exposure on DFX for high volume production. Experience in the design and sustaining activities on high-volume products (500k pa) would be a plus and also previous employment in high-power and consumer products industries would be a plus
- Good exposure on prototype techniques for Design development and verification
- Exposure to electrical and electronic testing with knowledge on thermocouple instrumenting and connecting to Data logging equipment for capturing test data
- Knowledge of DFMEA and DFR would be an added advantage
- Good exposure on UL/IEC and related standards. Experience on UL1741 IL9540 UL 9540A will be an added advantage
- Experience in testing below international standards is desirable (but not limited to)
- Inverters UL 1741 Electrical connectors UL 6703 UL 9703 EN 60512 EN 60352; Polymers UL 94 UL 746C
- Ingress protection IEC 60529/IPXX/NEMA Enclosure standards
- Exposure on CAE tools is an added advantage
- Clear communication - verbal and written