Sr. Staff MechanicalThermal Engineer
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Job Location:
Austin, TX - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 110000 - 167000
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Department:
Job Summary
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 tocreate 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!
About the role
The Enphase Energy Storage Innovation team in the office of the CTOis responsible fordefining prototyping and supporting the next generations of Enphase storage and systems products. The team is an integrated multi-disciplinary group that is fast-moving and looking for motivated individualswhocan contribute and collaborate closely with the team to deliver innovative solutions. As ateam member you will solve some of the most exciting problems in the energy space and help shape the direction of our are looking fora Sr. Staff Engineer withastrong background in mechanicalORthermal design.
What youwill do
- Designhigh-qualitymechanical and electromechanicalpartsand assembly designs efficiently and with good modeling practices
- Produce 2D drawings and 3D CAD models evaluate parts and collaborate with a multi-disciplinary design team suppliers and contract manufacturing partners to develop product prototypes
- Perform mechanical analysis structural FEAvibrationand shock analysis FMEA and design verification testing to inform designs and resolve issues and failures in prototype products
- Research analyze implement and test new materials and technologies to support innovative energy storage and system product designs
- Design integrate andvalidatethermal management solutions for Enphase energy storage and systems products
- Build update and analyze computational modelsincluding heat transfer combustion and air flowto simulate thermal performance in energy storage and systems products
- Specify key functional and performance requirements; design and execute verification test plans
- Designhigh-qualitymechanical and electromechanicalpartsand assembly designs efficiently and with good modeling practices
- Complete documentation for design testing and analysis
- Hands-on fabrication of electromechanical assemblies and prototypes
- Work with a multi-disciplinary team to test and troubleshoot prototype designs
- Mentor junior staff
Who you are and What you bring
- BS/MS/PhD Mechanical Engineering or closely related discipline
- Job title and position level will bedeterminedupon the candidates experience.
- Minimum experience: BS and 5 years / MS and 3 years / PhD with design experience for a Senior Engineer
- BS and 8 years / MS and 6 years / PhD and 3 years design experience for a Staff Engineer
- BS and 12 years / MS and 8 years / PhD and 5 years design experience for a Sr. Staff Engineer
- Candidates with greater levels of experience may be considered and are encouraged to apply
Minimum Skills Knowledge and Special Attributes
- Formechanical focused candidate:
- Significant experiencein product and part mechanical design
- Expertiseinleveragingvarious high-volumemanufacturing approaches such as sheet metal stamping die casting extrusion forging laser welding CNC machining thermoforming silicone/rubber molding injection molding etc.
- Proficiencywith structural FEA and analyses for vibration fatigue and load bearing
- Experience designing products for manufacturability and reliability
- Highproficiencywith an enterprise CAD package (Solidworkspreferred)
- Outdoor product design experience for various ingress protection environments
- Good communicationand documentation skills
- Ability to work effectively on early-stage product development efforts with ambiguous requirements
- Strong hands-on mechanical prototyping skills
- Ability to take ownership of development tasks and drive them to completionin a timely mannerand with high quality to support team success
- For thermalfocused candidate:
- Significant experiencedesigning active and passive thermal management solutions within a product and with key thermal components such as heat sinks air flow systems coolant systems multi-phase cooling phase change materials and thermal interface materials
- Experience with analytical approaches and simulation tools forMechanical orthermal modeling
- Highproficiencywith an enterprise CAD package (Solidworkspreferred)
- Experience designing test plans building experimental setups collecting data and analyzing results for thermal performance
- Familiarity with design for manufacturability and reliability
- Good communicationand documentation skills
- Ability to work effectively on early-stage product development efforts with ambiguous requirements
- Strong hands-on thermal mechanical prototyping skills
- Ability to take ownership of development tasks and drive them to completionin a timely mannerand with high quality to support team success
Additional DesiredSkills
- Proficiencywith multi-physics modeling
- Medium voltage >1kV insulation
- Familiarity with common standards for electrical equipment and energy storage systems
Worklocation
- Austin TX
The base pay range for this position is $110000 to $167000. This salary range may be modified in the future. The successful candidates starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills experience education or training work location and market conditions. This position is also eligible for bonus equity and benefits.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Key Skills
- Computer Science
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Python
- VMware
- C/C++
- Go
- System Architecture
- gRPC
- OS Kernels
- Perl
- Distributed Systems
About Company
Enphase is a global energy management technology company that provides residential and commercial solar plus storage solutions. We manufacture solutions spanning solar generation, energy storage, and web-based monitoring and control.
