Mechanical Design Engineer

Description ABOUT US Hanwha Q CELLS Technologies, Inc. a subsidiary of Hanwha Q CELLS, one of the world´s largest and most recognized photovoltaic manufacturers for its high-performance, high-quality solar cells 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 PURPOSE

Our team provides the foundation for Qcells’ growth. We design and develop across the complete stack of Solar PV energy solutions to serve Qcells businesses and enable our ambitious enterprise strategy. By innovating the next generation of products and services we also support the accelerating, global energy transition.

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 for creating structural designs for mechanical packaging and other related mechanical parts including PCBA design supports
• Responsible for generating drawings and taking care of BOMs, FAIs, ECOs, and MCOs.
• Responsible for performing 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
• 5+ years of post-graduate design experience
• Minimum of 3+ years of experience as Mechanical Engineer working in the electrical device industry
• Experience with CAD systems with a minimum of 2+years of 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 plate design
• Capable of managing suppliers, vendors, and prototyping shops
• Good communication and teamwork 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

Benefits

Competitive salary commensurate with experience

Competitive benefits

Flexible work-from-home-office opportunities

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Make a difference: join a group of people who are passionate about renewable energy Have an impact: everyone’s contribution has a significant impact on the success of the company and opportunities to lead teams, projects, and contribute to growth and development.

DIVERSITY

We value the insights that a diverse team can bring. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been traditionally underrepresented in tech.

Hanwha Q CELLS Technologies, Inc. (HQCT) is proud to be an at-will Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination against race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, pregnancy, citizenship, disability, protected veteran status and any other classification protected by applicable federal, state or local law. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

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