Solar Design Engineer

For more than 80 years, our client’s engineers and product specialists have partnered with customers to produce highly engineered connectivity and sensing solutions that make a connected world possible. Their focus on reliability, durability, and sustainability exemplifies their commitment to progress. The unmatched range of their product portfolio enables companies, large and small, to turn ideas into technology that can transform how the world works and lives tomorrow.

Responsibilities:

• Work with cross functional teams to transform VOC into internal specifications and design features, documented properly as Product Requirements Document.
• Design and develop new products for renewable applications using metallic and polymeric material to meet customer requirements
• Assess technical risk and compliance of project
• Prototype sample development for feasibility studies
• Product Data management of engineering bill of materials
• Executing on cost optimization/reduction (VA/VE) opportunities for the business
• Engineering communication with global team and localize global product teams in China
• Preparing design verification test plans, Design C Process FMEAs, FEAs
• Engineering sample preparation for design and process verification tests
• Executing test plan within the lab, ensuring successful product testing and verification results
• Perform failure mode analyses and improvements to optimize product
• Recording results of design reviews, design decision meetings, and writing technical summaries
• Assisting with product compliance and approvals for all new products and platforms
• Work with FAI approvals, Process Capability Study, judging manufacturing deviations and make decisions on deviation acceptance

Requirements:

• Must have a minimum of an Bachelor's degree in a discipline of Engineering
• More than 5 years design experience on connector, plug or terminal. Solar or battery energy storage relevant or power / utility design experience is plus,not must
• Ability to develop connectors to meet critical global standards, such as ANSI, UL, IEEE, and IEC
• Component material selection to optimize strength, electrical insulation, stability, and longevity, while meeting the product and standard requirements
• Basic knowledge of product development processes in a stage-gate approach
• A basic understanding of manufacturing processes, such as molding, stamping, plating, and assembly processes
• Possesses high degree of initiative, technical competence, engineering process knowledge and strong communication skills
• Fluent communication with own team, customers, internal business leaders and technology leaders in English (CET-4 or above)
• LDFSS or DMAIC 6-sigma black or green belt an advantage
• Familiarity of engineering software: Creo or Pro/E
• Mastery of office software, such as Word, Excel, PPT, etc.