Mechanical Design Engineer
Santa Clara, CA, United States
Hanwha Q CELLS Co., Ltd., is one of the world´s largest and most recognized photovoltaicmanufacturers for its high-performance, high-qualitysolarcells and modules. It is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea (Global Executive HQ) and Talheim, Germany (Technology & Innovation HQ). Through its growing global business network spanning Europe, North America, Asia, South America, Africa, and the Middle East, the company provides excellent services and long-term partnerships to its customers in the utility, commercial, government, and residential markets. Hanwha Q CELLS is a flagship company of Hanwha Group, a FORTUNE Global 500 firm and a Top 7 business enterprise in South Korea.
Our mission is to provide affordable and smart energy solutions through technology and innovation to create a sustainable future for the planet. We are expanding our business by offering revolutionary energy systems to residential customers including ESS, MLPE (power optimizers, micro-inverters), EV charging solutions, and Smart IoT with world-class solutions.
POSITION OVERVIEW
Future Energy Technology Center (FETC) is looking for a Mechanical Design Engineer. You will work on proposing and designing solutions, performing testing to validate all solutions, and support from design concept to hand off to production.
RESPONSIBILITIES Responsible to create structural designs for mechanical packaging and other related mechanical parts including PCBA design supports
Responsible to generate drawings and taking care of BOMs,FAIs,ECOs and MCOs.
Responsible to perform DFM/DFA analysis, both internal and with external suppliers
Work with hardware, compliance, reliability and NPI engineers to meet electrical parameter targets, compliance, quality/reliability and manufacturing requirements for the products
Analyze and design cooling solutions for power electronics devices and other power electronics elements
Performing mechanical and thermal tests in the lab to validate concepts
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS Bachelor’s or higher Degree in Mechanical Engineering, or a related field
Experience with CAD systems with minimum 2+years Solidworks experience
Good knowledge of 3D modeling and generation of CAD drawings
Familiar with different design skills including plastics injection molding, sheet metal, castings, extrusion, machining and rapid prototypes.
Experience in bringing a product to mass production and support for it.
Experience in thermal design in FEA software to include conduction, convection, and fluid dynamics for both air and liquid-cooled solutions
Good knowledge of heatsinks, fans, heat exchangers (liquid cooling), cold plates design
Capable of managing suppliers, vendors, and prototyping shops
Good communication and team work skills to work in a fast paced environment.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS Previous experience in a similar power electronics field in powers ranging from hundreds of Watts to 1MW
Experience in areas of PV (solar) inverters, EV chargers, battery storage, or similar technologies
Experience in low and high-volume production
Experience in mold/tooling optimization
Experience with Creo 3D modeling software and PLM systems
#J-18808-Ljbffr