Senior Mechanical Engineer - Power Electronics

We empower smarter business operations by connecting equipment, software, and services to protect, control and optimize assets within electrical infrastructures. The business provides customers, across various industries, with end-to-end product and service solutions ensuring the reliability and protection of their electrical infrastructure. We provide the latest industry insights and technology to develop solutions needed to meet customers evolving challenges, including innovative critical power solutions designed for high reliability and performance. Our culture is one of quality and operational excellence fueled and supported by talented people, tools and processes, and expertise. 

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Senior Mechanical Engineer – Power Electronics

As a Senior Mechanical Engineer - Power Electronics, you will design innovative power supply products for datacenters, industrial and telecommunications from concept realization through introduction of products into high volume production. These will include New Product Introduction (NPI), New Technology Introduction (NTI), resolving customer issues, and sustaining existing products. Reporting to the R&D/ Senior Technical Manager, this position will be expected to demonstrate leadership globally.

This role reports to the R&D Manager of Front-End Power Supplies and is located at our OmniOn Power HQ in Plano, TX

Your responsibilities include:

• Own the mechanical and thermal design of new power supply products and new technology demonstration projects
• Conduct thermal analysis and simulations, prepare design reports, tests in the lab with the help of your technical support staff
• Lead investigations and qualifications of new design technologies and power electronics packaging techniques to improve power density and efficiency
• Create CAD models in a linked model environment using CREO
• Create definitions of parts, sub-assemblies, and top-level end items in the form of 2D drawings, 3D models, tolerance stack-ups to support analysis, manufacturing, assembly, tooling, and inspection
• Facilitate design reviews for printed circuit boards and assemblies during the NPI process
• Ensure compliance with established design guidelines for thermal management, printed circuit board design, safety, manufacturing efficiency, quality and reliability
• Prepare invention disclosures to protect intellectual property
• Mentor junior engineers

Basic Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering from an accredited university or college
• Minimum of 5 years of engineering design experience, with focus on power electronics applications

Desired Requirements:

• Master of Science degree in Mechanical or Aerospace Engineering
• Proven experience in the design and manufacture of AC/DC or DC/DC power electronics products including PCB layout, design for safety and manufacturing
• PTC CREO 3D modeling / Windchill PDMLink
• ICEPAK (ANSYS CFD) thermal analysis
• Conduction, convection (passive and active), and radiation thermal optimization techniques using modeling techniques and CFD thermal simulation
• A thorough understanding of heat management including heatsink and coldplate design and fan selection, as well as flow and thermal measurement techniques
• Performance optimization including efficiency, power density, and scalability
• Knowledge of industry standard mechanical Design Practices & Design for Manufacturing guidelines
• Knowledge of IPC 9592B - Requirements for Power Conversion Devices for the Computer and Telecommunications Industries
• Strong oral and written communication skills, as well as strong interpersonal and leadership skills
• Ability to drive projects to completion