1st Avenue PowerRemote
Sr. Mechanical Engineer
United States of America
Full Time
5 hours ago
$155,000 - $170,000 USD
H1B Sponsor Likely
Key skills
Mechanical EngineeringCAD systemsSolidWorks3D modelingCAD drawingsPlastics injection moldingSheet metal designCasting designExtrusion designMachiningRapid prototypingProduct mass productionThermal designFEA softwareConductionConvectionFluid dynamicsAir coolingLiquid coolingHeatsink designFan designHeat exchanger designCold plate designSupplier managementPrototypingCommunication
About this role
1st Avenue Power is on a mission to deliver customer-centric and intelligent power systems leveraging solar energy. They are seeking a Senior Mechanical Engineer to work on packaging and thermal design of high power electronics, focusing on mechanical architecture and cooling solutions for power semiconductors.
Responsibilities:
- Create structural designs for mechanical packaging and other related mechanical parts including PCBA design supports
- Generate drawings and taking care of BOMs,FAIs,ECOs and MCOs
- 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
- Perform mechanical and thermal tests in the lab to validate concepts
Requirements:
- 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
- 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