Posted on: 23 May 2023
ID 860495

Electrical Design Engineer

This role is in a renewable energy company that designs, develops, and assembles battery storage systems in Johannesburg.

Responsibilities

The role is primarily responsible for new product design and development and its key responsibilities are

The Design Engineer is responsible for developing and implementing the companys energy storage technology and product roadmap in line with the overall strategy of the organization.

Research and Development
  • Conduct research on technical trends, applications, and battery functionality to the direction that product development takes.
  • Develop new product concepts in line with customer and market demand
  • Develop and implement improvement initiatives on existing products
Product Design
  • Guide the early-stage product development process by producing high level designs and prototypes as per IG3Ns product development process
  • Complete detailed designs for new products and ensure that technical documentation is accurate and complete
  • Participate in design reviews and collaborate with the other teams to improve designs
  • Develop all the necessary documentation to prepare products for production including product test results, usability results, product blueprints, wiring guidelines, Spec Sheets, etc.
  • Ensure all technical documentation is completed in-line with design requirements, international standards, and local legislation
  • Design the manufacturing/assembly process in line with the design of the products
  • Validate model-based designs using desktop simulation packages
  • Implement requirements using MATLAB/Simulink/State flow
  • Interact with other teams to develop controls requirements
  • Develop and maintain design documentation
  • Support tools development, compiler setup, static analysis, and software configuration management
  • Support failure mode analysis of the various hardware features and failure mode management strategies
  • Develop design specifications based on requirements.
  • Support Worst Case Circuit Analysis and Schematic Reviews with BMS supplier.
  • Handle multiple tasks and responsibilities
Process and Quality
  • Maintain accurate and up-to-date production BOM, wiring, etc to ensure product and component traceability
  • Adhere to full product design and related processes to ensure IG3N maintains its process certification
Requirements
  • B.Sc/B.Eng Electrical Engineering
  • Minimum 2 years experience in electrical design
  • Proficient in electronic design software i.e Altium designer, Proteus, AutoCAD, SKM
  • Simulation experience with MATLAB/Simulink advantageous
  • Experience designing and developing embedded systems
  • Good understanding of power electronics and power converters
  • Good understanding of C Programming
  • Good understanding of communication protocols i.e., CAN, RS485, Modbus
  • Electrinic hardware testing experience (advantageous)
  • 1 to 2-year experience in PLC/Controller Programming
  • Experience in energy storage design and development will be an advantage
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