Role Purpose
Provide end-to-end engineering leadership for power electronics products and system architectures, driving innovation, product robustness, cost competitiveness, and scalable platforms across AC-DC, DC-DC, DC-AC, Solar Inverter (Central and String), PCS, EV Charger and Electrolyser Power Supply and other power conversion Products and systems.
Key Responsibilities
1. Product & System Architecture
- Define product and system architecture for: Solar Inverters (String, Central)
- BESS PCS (Grid-following & Grid-forming)
- EV Chargers (AC & DC Fast)
- Electrolyser Power Supplies
- Establish platform-based designs to enable reuse across power levels and applications.
- Own system-level requirements: efficiency, power density, reliability, safety, grid compliance.
2. Engineering Execution & Technical Governance
- Lead multi-disciplinary engineering teams of Electrical and Mechanical, System control Engineering
- Define engineering standards, design guidelines, and review mechanisms.
- Own design reviews, technical risk management, and design trade-off decisions.
- Ensure DFMEA, PFMEA, and functional safety concepts are embedded early.
3. Product Development & Lifecycle Ownership
- Own complete product lifecycle : Concept Architecture Prototype Validation Certification Production Field support
- Implement V-Model / Stage-Gate / APQP product development processes.
- Drive design for manufacturability (DFM), cost (DFC), and serviceability (DFS).
- Lead cost-down, value engineering, and platform reuse initiatives.
4. Compliance, Standards & Certification
- Ensure compliance with:Grid Codes: IEC, IEEE, UL
- Safety: IEC 62109, UL 1741, IEC 61851
- EMC/EMI: IEC 61000 series
- Functional Safety: IEC 61508 (where applicable)
- Interface with certification agencies (UL, TV, Intertek).
- Own system-level validation strategies and test coverage.
5. Manufacturing, Quality & Field Reliability
- Partner with manufacturing for NPI, ramp-up, and yield improvement.
- Lead field failure analysis, root cause investigations, and corrective actions.
- Drive reliability engineering and accelerated life testing.
- Enable localization and second-source strategies with supply chain.
6. Business, Customer & Stakeholder Engagement
- Act as technical interface in customer interactions, RFQs, and pre-sales.
- Align product strategy with market needs, cost targets, and revenue goals.
- Mentor senior technical leaders and build long-term engineering capability.
- Collaborate with Product Management, Sales, Operations, and Service teams.
Key KPIs
- Time-to-market adherence
- Product efficiency, reliability & cost targets
- Certification success rate
- Field failure rate (PPM)
- Platform reuse and engineering productivity
Education
- BE / BTech in Electrical / Power Electronics
- MTech / PhD preferred
Experience
- 15-25+ years in power electronics product and system development
- Proven leadership across high-power Solar inverter, PCS, Electrolyser and Ev Charger product in MW scale Range
- Experience with global product deployment and certification
- Should have handed team of 25-50 Engineering
- Should be have experience of product/System Engineering and advanced development.
Core Technical Competencies
- Converter and inverter system design (kWMW)
- Grid-tied and standalone systems
- SiC / IGBT device application
- Control algorithms & DSP/FPGA platforms
Thermal, EMC, and reliability engineering
