Electrical Design Engineer

This role is in a renewable energy company that designs, develops, and assembles battery storage systems near Fourways, Johannesburg.

The Design Engineer is responsible for developing and implementing the company s energy storage technology and product roadmap in line with the overall strategy of the organization. The role is primarily responsible for new product design and development and its key responsibilities are:

Research and Development

Conduct research on technical trends, applications, and battery functionality to the direction of product development.

Develop new product concepts in line with customer and market demand

Develop and implement improvement initiatives on existing products

Product Design

Guide the early-stage product development process by producing high level designs and prototypes as per product development process

Complete detailed designs for new products and ensure that technical documentation is accurate and complete

Develop all the necessary documentation to prepare products for production including product test results, usability results, product blueprints, wiring guidelines, Spec Sheets, etc.

Ensure all technical documentation is completed in-line with design requirements, international standards, and local legislation

Design the manufacturing/assembly process in line with the design of the products

Validate model-based designs using desktop simulation packages

Implement requirements using MATLAB/Simulink/State-flow.

Interact with other teams to develop controls requirements

Develop and maintain design documentation

Support tools development, compiler setup, static analysis, and software configuration management

Support failure mode analysis of the various hardware features and failure mode management strategies

Support Worst Case Circuit Analysis and Schematic Reviews with BMS supplier.

Handle multiple tasks and responsibilities

Requirements

B.Sc/B.Eng Electrical Engineering

3 years experience in PLC/Controller Programming

Experience in energy storage design and development will be an advantage

Benefits