Job Description Summary

The Firmware and PCBA Electrical Design Technical Leader will lead a team responsible for both Pitch and Frequency Converter software/firmware releases and PCBA design. The engineers on the team are responsible for electrical design within the Onshore product and consultation as needed for the Offshore specs. The Technical Leader will provide technical work direction, mentoring and on-going feedback to engineers and work cross functionally with Electrical subsystem (Pitch & Yaw, Converter, Grid), controls and operability, systems engineering, product line, validation, sourcing and quality teams. Focus for a Technical Leader is two areas:
i) ensure operational excellence: ensure on time completion of firmware releases, design reviews and engagement with larger systems for PCBA plans, coach/support technically engineers in their design challenges; identify training to address gaps of skillset within the team.
ii) develop aned work to ensure consistency of practice within the team: standardization of processes, design practices, lean tools used across components and products; own the MGPP for components and work with the Functional Manager to implement that MGPP.

Job Description

Essential Responsibilities

 

• Leading:

• • Communicate design details and technical recommendations to senior leadership

  • Ensure lessons learned are promptly incorporated into design

  • Assist team in providing innovative design solutions to deliver world class Safety and Quality for firmware and PCBA

  • Overall schedule and conflict resolution with tools to show resource constraints and help with escalation preparation

  • Drive should-cost assessments and support cost optimization efforts with suppliers to meet component cost targets at sub-system level (PCBA)

• Operation:

• • Prioritize and delegate work to a global team of design engineers but mostly focused in Salem, VA

  • Coordinate daily operations of the team with Functional Manager: Definition of priorities, schedule, assignation of resources

  • Work closely with customers, fleet support teams and systems engineering on fleet issues and improvement determinations

  • Support as AL Edison roles or Intern roles

• Deliverables:

• • Review, as needed, requirements, lab results, validation test plans, manufacturing tests, schematics and technical specification for accuracy prior to release

  • Review, as needed, design reviews documents prior to CTH evaluation to ensure it is according to standards

  • Ensure quality of deliverables, on time delivery, design cost, DFMEA, performance, availability, and general targets defined by the business related to the firmware release and PCBA design.

• Support:

• • Work with cross-functions (other engineering teams, systems, product line, sourcing, manufacturing, quality) to ensure a cross-segment development of sub-system

  • Interface with test labs, suppliers and manufacturing to drive validation strategy of firmware, PCBA and how it relates into the larger system and turbine design

  • Provide technical guidance, supporting CTH and engineers to define and apply design practices, standards, new methods or tools to ensure safety and quality of the product.

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Required Qualifications

 

• Bachelor’s Degree in an Engineering or related discipline.
• 5+ years proven technology and/or product management experience in frequency converter or pitch systems or in similar position.
• Fluent in English (spoken and written).

Desired Characteristics

•  ​Wind industry expertise with proven results developing & implementing technology programs.
• Experience in conducting system validation, test bench testing, and field measurements
• Knowledge of Standards and Design Codes.
• Skilled in electrical component design calculations, specifications and schematics.
• Demonstrated system thinking: ability to assess tradeoffs, effectively assess risk, and optimize results.
• Business acumen and customer focus.
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