Mechanical Design Engineer, Advanced Battery Technology

Mechanical Design Engineer, Advanced Battery Technology

Enphase Energy is a global energy technology company and leading provider of solar, battery, and electric vehicle charging products. Founded in 2006, Enphase transformed the solar industry with our revolutionary microinverter technology, which turns sunlight into a safe, reliable, resilient, and scalable source of energy to power our lives. Today, the Enphase Energy System helps people make, use, save, and sell their own power. Enphase is also one of the fastest growing and innovative clean energy companies in the world, with approximately 68 million products installed across more than 145 countries.

We are building teams that are designing, developing, and manufacturing next-generation energy technologies and our work environment is fast-paced, fun and full of exciting new projects.

If you are passionate about advancing a more sustainable future, this is the perfect time to join Enphase!

The Role:

Enphase is seeking a Mechanical Design Engineer to work on Advanced Battery Technology within our market-leading Energy Storage Innovation Team.

What you will do:

• Develop new cell/module concepts for energy storage solutions at concept and feasibility stages

• Li-ion battery, Sodium-ion battery, other advanced battery technology (solid state, flow, hydrogen, etc.)

• Rapidly convert concepts to prototypes and characterize prototypes to derisk

• Design experiments, make testing setup, and conduct tests to characterize prototypes

• Model and simulate to accelerate the testing process (i.e., mechanical fatigue simulation)

• Interact with other multi-disciplinary teams to ensure the concept meet requirements

• Conduct root cause analysis for troubleshooting

• Design experiments for battery design validation and basic battery testing device operation

• Solve complex problems with a strong sense of urgency and drive

What you bring:

• Bachelor with 4 + years of industry experience, preferably in battery, ESS, or EV
• Master with 2+ years of industry experience, preferably in battery, ESS, or EV
• Preferred battery module experience

• 1 to 25 kWh

• Hands on, industry experience with mechanical design, targeting battery/module design combined with an understanding of the key steps and parameters for quality battery module design (structure design, assembly process design, DFM, material selection for long duration reliability and battery life, etc.)

• Experience in data collection, analysis, and related tools such as Python, MATLAB, SQL, etc.

• Mechanical FEM simulation with 3D simulation tools like COMSOL, SOLIDWORKS

• Proven ability to independently conceptualize and analyze multiple design options for considering a wholistic Design for Excellence (Scale, Manufacturing, Assembly, Reliability, Serviceability, Environmental Impact, BOM, etc.)

• Proven ability to study competitive products and new technologies safely & thoroughly, while documenting the findings and learnings

• Proven contributions to Root Cause Analysis, DFMEA and good understanding of multi-domain systems and their inter-workings.

• Good communication skills

• Good technical paper, patent, and document writing skills

Valuable Expertise:

• Familiarity of ESS UL, IEC, IEEE standards and able to interpret the requirements

• Battery cell or module mass production experience

• Hydrogen fuel cell and storage system development/testing/manufacturing experiences

• Proven ability to work in a team under highly dynamic timelines and overcoming challenges

The base pay range for this position is $80,000 - $110,000 per year. This salary range may be modified in the future. The successful candidate's starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, education or training, work location, and market conditions. This position offers annual bonuse, equity, and benefits.