If you are a Solar Product Development Engineer with experience, please read on! This role will support our rapidly growing team. The ideal candidate will be organized, great with people, and love to have their hands on hardware. Together, our team is taking an entirely new approach to solar tracking, including work on novel actuators made from mass-manufactured polymers, innovative pneumatic systems as replacement to traditional mechanical drives, and rugged integrated controls to drive, test, and collect data for solar installations.
What You Will Be Doing
As a Product Development Engineer you will be responsible for the engineering, design, and realization of new parts and products on our roadmap. The position spans a wide set of responsibilities within the our product development process, including: concept ideation, prototyping, design validation, design for manufacture, and product testing.
Programs are fast paced and are a mix of independent and collaborative work. The role includes cross-functional collaboration on the development and implementation of qualification plans, coordinating with manufacturing partners, modeling of component and system level cost impacts and supporting program planning.
Essential Functions & Responsibilities:
Design steel and aluminum components for high volume manufacturing, incorporating process specific best practices, results from FEA analysis and generated part cost models
Guide manufacturing programs from introduction to the supplier through part approval.
Design of prototypes, test equipment, plates, brackets, stands or any other peripheral item that may be needed for the program
Implementation, fabrication, and assembly from drawings and CAD
Create test plans and documentation (with guidance from Reliability). May require the design and build of physical test equipment.
Implementation of test plans.
Create systems to collect, organize and store program relevant data.
Process data and create reports to accompany a design portfolio for the product.
Interface directly with suppliers when technical issues arise or specific data is needed
Own product(s) from design through product launch
What You Need for this Position
5+ years professional experience in an engineering role transitioning multiple high-volume, cost-conscious mechanical products from engineering concept through high-volume production GD&T, drawings, specifications, and proficiency with modern productivity tools.
Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
Ideal candidates will demonstrate the following:
Familiarity with designing for high volume manufacturing processes including:, die casting, progressive die stamping, roll forming, etc.
Familiarity with designing products for total lifetime cost and DFX
Experience in Computer Aided Design, preferably SolidWorks
Experience with Finite Element Analysis (FEA)
Machine shop skills, preferably experience with CNC
Ability and desire to organize documents and data effectively
Clear communication with internal team members and external vendors
What's In It for You
We offer a desirable salary, excellent medical, vision, and dental coverage, 401K, and access to our in-house 2500 sq. ft modern prototyping shop.
So, if you are a Solar Product Development Engineer with experience, please apply today!
Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S.
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