What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Manager Mechanical Engineering, Power Electronics position at Amperesand?
Job Location: Reno Nevada
Company Overview:
Amperesand is disrupting industrial power with the first commercialized Solid State Transformer systems. Solid State Transformers systems are much more than a transformer replacement, enabling numerous advanced features to unlock solutions for data centers, EV charging, renewables, microgrids, and industrial installations. We are looking for mission driven team members passionate about making amazing products for worldwide electrification at maximum acceleration. Amperesand is building a global company and looking for talent across our geographies.
Responsibilities:
- Lead mechanical packaging for industry leading density, cost effectiveness, and manufacturable power electronics module systems and associated cabinets
- Hands on technical leader, must be capable and excited to lead the team on game changing design approaches based on first principles of physics and engineering
- Design power electronics and magnetics packaging for thermal, structural, and manufacturing goals.
- Thermal design leadership including simulation to ensure optimized cooling and system efficiency at module and cabinet levels
- High voltage direct to grid, high power multi-MW mechanical design leadership including PCB/component packaging, insulation systems, thermal interface, and high-performance bus bar/connection design with EMC focus integrated from EE teams
- Establish complete mechanical design team including processes, FMEA based approach, simulation environment, configuration management systems, and mechanical validation
- Drive complete validation of mechanical systems for Solid State Transformer systems
- Shape the product roadmap with design, product, validation, and supply chain teams
- Build the team from ground up establishing a culture of excellence
Qualifications:
- Technical degree or equivalent experience in mechanical engineering for power electronics products
- 7 years' experience in mechanical engineering, with 3 years’ experience in team leadership
- Outstanding knowledge of mechanical and thermal fundamentals related to power electronics
- Expert capability in thermal and structural simulation for power conversion
- Exceptional experience working with Electronics design teams, Supply Chain, Applications, and Compliance engineering to drive harmonized and efficiently executed solutions for the customer
- Evidence of delivering strategic and tactical based mechanical solutions that push the boundaries
- Entrepreneurial mindset with clear bias for informed action and leading new initiatives with limited resources and support
- Evidence of ability to establish sound design processes and configuration management systems for overall team efficiency
- Demonstration of ability to build and mentor a design and validation team
- Excellent written and verbal communications in English
- Willingness and ability to travel up to 10%
