Senior Engineer-Mechanical

1 Month ago • All levels

Job Summary

Job Description

Enphase Energy, a global energy technology company, is seeking a skilled Mechanical Engineer to join their India-based team. This role involves leading the mechanical design and testing of modules for Energy Storage Batteries, System Controllers, Accessories, and IoT-based products. Key responsibilities include designing and developing electro-mechanical products using various materials, conducting design verification testing, and investigating/resolving field failures. The role also includes managing mechanical projects, adhering to timelines, budgets, and quality standards, and performing day-to-day tasks like design concepts, CAD activities, and testing.

Must have:

Design and develop electro-mechanical products
Perform design verification testing (DVT)
Investigate and resolve field failures
Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering
6+ years of industry experience in product design

Good to have:

Master's in Product Design is a plus
Experience in SolidWorks and EPDM
Good Exposure on plastics, Sheetmetal, casting part design
Exposure on CAE tools is an added advantage

4 skills required

4 skills required for this role

Add these skills to join the top 1% applicants for this job

prototyping

budget-management

cad-computer-aided-design

mechanical-design

Job Details

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 80 million products installed across more than 160 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:

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 Batteries,System 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 do:

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:

Bachelor's 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