Senior PCB Design Engineer

at  Enphase Energy

Our mission at Enphase Energy is to advance a sustainable future for all.
Today, our intelligent microinverters, which turn sunlight into an affordable, safe, reliable, and scalable source of energy, work with virtually every solar panel made, and when paired with our award-winning smart battery technology, we engineer one of the industry’s best-performing clean energy systems. To date, we have installed more than 42 million microinverters on more than 1.9 million homes across 130 countries.
Like our customers, our innovative teams are also worldwide, making Enphase Energy a truly global company. We are one of the fastest growing and most dynamic energy companies in the world. Nimble and acutely focused on developing ground-breaking solar energy management technology, each of our teams has a shared goal of creating a carbon-free future.
Do you want to help change the world? Learn more about the role:
We are looking for a Senior PCB Design Engineer to help our microinverter team bring the future generations of microinverters to life by delivering cost effective, easy to manufacture and compliant designs.
This role is integrated into our development team and works with Hardware, Mechanical and Manufacturing disciplines to deliver world class designs that will deliver clean reliable energy across the world.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• 5+ years PCB design experience
• Familiar with Cadence Allegro and Orcad packages
• Fluent in at least one design tool environment (Allegro, Altium etc)
• IPC Designer Certification CID & CID+ (or equivalent) preferred
• Experience designing high power boards (4-6 layers)
• Understanding of PCB layout on EMI performance
• Knowledge about manufacturing limitations and design for low cost and high-volume design
• Design with Constraint Manager
• Complex and high-speed boards with high layer count.
• Power and Signal Integrity analysis.

VISA REQUIREMENTS:

Enphase Energy NZ is currently only considering candidates for this role with valid New Zealand work visas, permanent residency or citizenship

• Design PCBs per the specs provided by Technical Team
• Design and own quality PCB layouts from schematic import to production artifact release
• Create PCB layouts from scratch as well as updating and modifying existing designs
• Design to meet IEC standards of EMC/EMI, Surge, EFT, Safety and Reliability.
• Maintain and update PCB Design Documents.
• Participate in Design Reviews, PCB inspection and testing.
• Contribute to defining design criteria for new and emerging technologies.
• Verify existing designs and recommend PCB- and manufacturing-related improvements.
• Propose process improvements to ensure PCB functionality, quality and reliability.
• Perform updates according to changes in customer or internal requirements.
• Identify technical risks and challenges and propose action plans.
• Investigate new technologies and how they can impact future design.
• Mentor other PCB designers and Engineers on good design practices.
• Define PCB stack-ups tailored for relevant applications.