Senior Manager, Engineering – Power Conversion, eBOS

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🕒 May 29

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Nextracker Inc.

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2013

⚡ Energy

🔧 Hardware

🤝 B2B

Energy • Hardware • B2B

Nextracker Inc. is a provider of solar energy solutions that designs, supplies, and supports utility-scale solar projects from design through operations. The company delivers specialized solar tracking hardware, installation logistics, training, and ongoing operations support, and pairs field-proven equipment with data-driven “solar intelligence” to improve yield, speed deployments, and ensure reliable performance in challenging environments worldwide.

📋 Description

• Lead the technical engagement with ODMs, design partners, component suppliers, and contract manufacturers in China, supporting Nextpower power conversion and eBOS initiatives. • Drive technical execution of partner-led development activities for products such as inverters, DC string combiners, AC/DC disconnects, wire management assemblies, trunk bus assemblies, protection devices, and other power collection platforms. • Review and challenge partner technical deliverables, including product architectures, design assumptions, component selections, test plans/results, compliance plans, and manufacturing readiness. • Translate Nextpower engineering and product requirements into clear technical expectations for external partners, ensuring alignment with system-level requirements, reliability targets, manufacturability goals, and project milestones. • Work closely with Nextpower HQ engineering, product management, and program management teams to assess technical risks, identify design gaps, evaluate tradeoffs, track open issues, and drive timely closure. • Support supplier qualification and manufacturing transfer activities, including technical capability assessments, documentation transfer, test readiness, process reviews, and production ramp support. • Participate in design reviews, validation reviews, failure analysis, root cause investigations, and corrective action planning with internal and external engineering teams. • Help ensure partner designs comply with applicable standards, including relevant IEC, UL, NEC, IEEE, grid code, and regional certification requirements. • Maintain strong technical communication between China-based partners and Nextpower global teams.

🎯 Requirements

• BS or MS degree in Electrical Engineering, Power Electronics, Power Systems, or equivalent technical experience. • 10+ years of experience in electrical product development, power electronics, PV systems, battery systems, inverter products, or related power conversion applications. • Strong understanding of power electronics architectures, inverter systems, PV and/or battery system applications, electrical protection, grounding, component selection and technical tradeoffs. • Ability to review technical documentation, identify gaps and risks, challenge technical assumptions, and drive issue closure. • Familiarity with product development processes, design reviews, validation planning, qualification testing, engineering change management, manufacturing transfer, and production ramp. • Familiarity with relevant IEC, UL, NEC, IEEE, and grid-code compliance requirements. • Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical topics clearly to engineering, product, program management, supplier, and executive stakeholders. • Willingness to travel (10% of time) to US, Europe, and India.

🏖️ Benefits

• Health insurance • Retirement plans • Paid time off • Flexible work arrangements • Professional development