Senior Staff Thermal and Structural Engineer

2 Months ago • 12 Years +

Job Summary

Job Description

As a Senior Staff Engineer - Thermal and Structural, you will be proficient in thermal and structural design of Electromechanical, Battery products and power electronics. You will be working with a team of Mechanical Engineers designing and developing state-of-the-art solar power microinverters, energy storage systems, peripheral component interconnection equipment. You will also work on day-to-day support of released products and cost reduction projects. Key responsibilities include developing thermal and structural design solutions, preparing test plans, product qualification testing, and thermo-mechanical design from concept to final product. The role involves working with global development and cross-functional teams, and ensuring products meet various Ingress Protection (IP) ratings.

Must have:

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering.
12+ years of related experience + BE OR Masters + 10 yrs in product development.
Expertise in analysis tools like Simcenter Flotherm, ANSYS, and others.
Strong fundamentals in Heat transfer, Fluid flow, CFD and structural design concepts.
Knowledge in product standards like IEC, UL & NEMA.

Good to have:

Experience in thermal design of Inverters and Battery Energy storage systems.
Knowledge in thermal modelling of Circuit breakers and PCBAs.
Experience in passive cooling techniques like heat pipe, etc.
Experience in active cooling using fans.

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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:

As a Senior Staff Engineer- Thermal and Structural, you will be proficient in Thermal and structural design of Electromechanical, Battery products and power electronics, 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:

Responsible for the development of thermal and structural design solutions and working with component suppliers like heatsink, fan, thermal pad, etc.
Should have thorough knowledge of preparing test plans for validation of the analysis solution.
Product qualification testing in environmentally controlled chamber at different ambient following industry standards/specifications.
Responsible for Thermo-Mechanical and structural design from concept to final product.
Work with global development and cross functional teams.
Development of products for outdoor application which meets various Ingress Protection (IP) ratings.
Interact with UL and other labs (CPRI, TUVE, etc) for conducting various experiments related to solar products for product validation.
Complete documentation for simulation design, analysis and experimental/testing results

Who you are and what you bring:

A technical Degree (Bachelor or higher qualification) in Mechanical Engineering.
12+ yrs related experience + BE OR Masters + 10 yrs in product development
Experience in thermal design of Inverters and Battery Energy storage systems development is preferred.
Good expertise in one or more Analysis Tools – Simcenter Flotherm, Icepack, Solidworks Flow simulation, ANSYS Structural, COMSOL Multiphysics MSC Nastran etc
Able to prepare simplified CAD geometries to perform CFD simulations independently using Tools like Solidworks
Strong fundamentals in Heat transfer, Fluid flow, CFD and structural design concepts
Good knowledge in product standards like IEC, UL & NEMA standards for different countries.
Good knowledge in Mechanical design standards for various products & experience in DFMEA analysis for new product development.
Experience of Thermal and Structural Mechanical design from concept to final product.
Experience and thorough knowledge of preparing test plans for validation of the analysis solution.
Knowledge in thermal modelling of Circuit breakers and PCBAs is an added advantage.
Experience in both thermal and structural simulations (FEA)
Experience in passive cooling techniques like heat pipe, Phase Change materials and other state of the art techniques.
Experience in active cooling using fans
Experience of working with global development and cross functional teams.
Ability to think laterally and solve unique problems.
Investigate, analyse and resolve product failures.
Should have experience on experimental techniques and methods using flow measurement devices, thermocouples, flow and thermal visualization tools.
Good communication and documentation skills.