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