Enphase Energy is a global energy technology company and leading provider of solar, battery, and electric vehicle charging products. Founded in 2006, Enphase transformed the solar industry with our revolutionary microinverter technology, which turns sunlight into a safe, reliable, resilient, and scalable source of energy to power our lives. Today, the Enphase Energy System helps people make, use, save, and sell their own power. Enphase is also one of the fastest growing and innovative clean energy companies in the world, with approximately 68 million products installed across more than 145 countries.
We are building teams that are designing, developing, and manufacturing next-generation energy technologies and our work environment is fast-paced, fun and full of exciting new projects.
If you are passionate about advancing a more sustainable future, this is the perfect time to join Enphase!
About the role
You will be proficient in Thermal and structural design of Electronics, Electromechanical and Battery products. You will work in a team of Mechanical Engineers who design and develop state of the art solar power microinverter, Energy storage systems, Peripheral component interconnection equipment etc and work on day-to-day support of released products and cost reduction projects.
What you will do
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Responsible for Thermo-Mechanical and structural design from concept to final product.
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Experience in development of products for outdoor application which meets various Ingress Protection (IP) ratings.
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Good knowledge in product standards like IEC, UL & NEMA standards for different countries.
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Good knowledge in Mechanical design standards for various products & experience in DFMEA analysis for new product development.
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Responsible for the development of thermal and structural design solutions and working with component suppliers like heatsink, fan, thermal pad, etc.
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Should have interacted with UL and other labs (CPRI, TUVE, etc) for conducting various experiments related to solar products for product validation.
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Should have thorough knowledge of preparing test plans for validation of the analysis solution.
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Product qualification testing in environmentally controlled chamber at different ambients following industry standards/specifications.
- Should have experience of working with global development and cross functional teams.
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Complete documentation for simulation design, analysis and experimental/testing results.
Who you are and what you bring
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Good expertise in one or more Analysis Tools – Simcenter Flotherm, Icepack, Solidworks Flow simulation, ANSYS Fluent, COMSOL Multiphysics MSC Nastran etc
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Able to prepare simplified CAD geometries to perform CFD simulations independently using Tools like Solidworks
- Strong fundamentals in Heat transfer, Fluid flow and CFD concepts
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Ability to think laterally and solve unique problems.
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Investigate, analyze and resolve product failures.
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Should have experience on experimental techniques and methods using flow measurement devices, thermocouples, flow and thermal visualization tools.
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Good communication and documentation skills.
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Technical Degree (Bachelor or higher qualification) in Mechanical Engineering.
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5+ years of experience in product development
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Experience in thermal design of Inverters and Battery Energy storage systems development is preferred.
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Experience of Thermal and Structural Mechanical design from concept to final product.
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Experience and thorough knowledge of preparing test plans for validation of the analysis solution.
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Knowledge in thermal modelling of Circuit breakers and PCBAs is an added advantage.
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Experience in both thermal and structural simulations (FEA)
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Experience in passive cooling techniques like heatpipe, Phase Change materials and other state of the art techniques.
- Experience of working with global development and cross functional teams.
