Lead Thermal Inverter Engineer

2 days ago


Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India GE VERNOVA Full time ₹ 12,00,000 - ₹ 36,00,000 per year

**Job Description Summary****

The Lead Engineer will be a self-driven engineer responsible for leading the Thermal design activities associated with the develop of new products and the execution of projects for LV/MV drives especially for the PV and BESS applications. This individual must have the ability to work with a high skilled team to design the new utility scale PV and BESS Inverter products portfolio and provide the full products package to the business.

Job Description

The Lead Mechanical Engineer will require a wide base of knowledges across mechanical, Thermal, packaging and cooling systems with sufficient details to drive the design across these main areas of the PV and BESS Inverter products/projects design.

In the Lead Mechanical Engineer role, you will:

  • Work in cooperation with the rest of the NPI/product/project teams to develop procedures, documentation, user manuals, test plans and all necessary to deploy the new products introduction to the PV and BESS Inverter business
  • Develop mechanical/thermal design of PV and BESS Inverter system products from conceptual stage to final design, testing, and manufacturing while meeting difficult requirements for size, environmental conditions, maintainability, reliability, long lifetime, and cost.
  • Build thermal models (in MS-Excel and/or Matlab) for overall system level calculations to incorporate the heat losses and their management for different operating modes and cycles.
  • Perform CFD analysis, fluid flow analysis, and thermal heat transfer analysis for air cooling and/or liquid cooling systems for the Inverter systems.
  • Perform HVAC calculations to determine the overall cooling power required for different operating cycles.
  • Prepare Design FMEA, define validation plan and execute validation activities working with global cross functional teams
  • Manage internal resources for prototype building and testing to comply with the associated IEC/UL standards.
  • Manage external resources such as consultants or test labs in testing various pertinent aspects of the product such as environmental testing, and arc flash testing.
  • Effectively communicate results to both internal and external customers by preparing detailed written reports or presentations describing analyses performed, solutions developed, and customer value propositions.
  • Support the requisition team by providing optimized integrated both Mechanical and Thermal solutions and customization per customer requirements

Qualifications/Requirements:

  • Masters degree in Mechanical or Thermal engineering with minimum 8 to12 years experience.
  • Minimum of 6 years of experience with New Product Development
  • Execute with limited guidance, the analysis/evaluation of assigned projects that meets business requests. Self-start attitude is strongly requested
  • Excellent interpersonal communication skills (e.g. ability to effectively communicate with all levels of GE and customer/plant staff).
  • Ability to summarize and communicate complex technical information
  • Have strong Mechanical design, Thermal transfer analysis and cooling/heating system design knowledges
  • Have strong Mechanical packaging experience in containerized as well as building solutions
  • Have strong Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems knowledge; interfaces, usage and design
  • Strong experience with ANSYS CFD simulation tools.
  • Ability and willingness to travel 20% of the time

Desired:

  • Masters degree in mechanical, thermal or Power system engineering with at least 10 years in Thermal and Mechanical system design or PhD with at least 5 years of experience.
  • Practical experience with common field mechanical and thermal practices involving in handling, installation, commission, operating and maintenance of complex systems.
  • Electrical/LV and control systems knowledge
  • Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
  • Ability to guide and influence others
  • Problem analysis and resolution skills
  • Curiosity, passion for excellence, drive to deliver on-time
  • Demonstrated process orientation


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