Power and Electronics Engineer

Power & Electronics Engineer

Job Locations Ruckersville, VA or Alpharetta, GA

Position Type Regular Fulltime Direct Hire

Overview

The Power & Electronics Engineer will be responsible for the design and development of Chargers and peripheral equipment, as well as large Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS). The engineer will be designing low-power circuit card assemblies for various functions, and high-power circuits for managing both AC and DC power transfer and storage. In addition, the engineer will provide production and field support for troubleshooting and discovering root cause analysis, as well as special order variations.

The engineer will act as a subject matter expert in high power lead acid and Lithium battery chargers, battery energy storage solutions (BESS), and other electrical designs, and provide guidance to other electrical engineers, systems engineers, and other stakeholders in multiple geographical locations supporting the EMS product line.

Responsibilities

1. Design power circuits and controllers for Chargers and BESS
2. Cables, wire harnesses, and circuit card design utilizing Altium (schematics, PCB, fabrication files, etc.)
3. Manage design project tasks to achieve timely completion per project schedule
4. Oversee prototype build, test, and validation
5. Use of a variety of test equipment in a controlled lab environment
6. Generate production prints and documentation for manufacturing
7. Design and implement end-of-line production quality test solutions
8. Consider Design for Manufacturing (DfM), Design for Safety (DfS), and Design for Environment (DfE) in new product development
9. Investigate and propose Value Analysis & Value Engineering (VAVE) improvements
10. Interface with subcontract entities to keep production running
11. Interface with customer service and sales to aid root cause analysis and specify new products
12. Write embedded firmware for digital power controls where able, or communicate detailed code requirements to software engineering
13. Other tasks as required by the Director within the framework of power electronics design

Qualifications

1. Bachelor Electrical Engineering or other 4 year electronics degree
2. 2-5 years of power electronics experience required, particularly for AC/DC power converters and digital power control of switching topologies
3. Proficiency in Altium electronics and electrical design software, or a similar tool, is required
4. Proficiency in PSIM or other power simulation tools required
5. Proficiency in practical applications such as soldering, crimping small gauge wires, reworking circuit card assemblies to PC standards, etc. all considered an asset
6. Experience with UL, CEC, and/or EMC regulatory agencies and standards is a plus
7. Experience with embedded software coding in C, specializing in digital power control, is a plus
8. Knowledge and understanding of industrial lead-acid and/or Lithium-ion batteries is desirable
9. Strong communication, time management, and interpersonal skills
10. Ability to work with multiple products/projects and track product life cycle from planning through launch
11. Must be self-motivated and ambitious, ability to organize and prioritize daily work with the ability to successfully perform multiple tasks with strict deadlines
12. Highly motivated problem solver with meticulous attention to detail
13. Experience in energy storage, lithium batteries, or charger product documentation would be an asset
14. MS Office skills, especially Word, PowerPoint, Visio, MS-Project, and Excel

WORK ENVIRONMENT (include physical requirements)

1. Office-based environment, required to be on site.
2. Occasional on-site visits to manufacturing facilities
3. Occasional short-term travel may be required