Mechanical Design Engineer

Hanwha Q CELLS Co., Ltd., is 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 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