Senior Electrical Components Engineer

Overview

Senior Electrical Components Engineer responsible for selection, quality, reliability and performance of electronic components used across Generac's energy products, working with the electrical design team and supporting component selection, supplier qualification and quality issues.

What you'll do

• Participate in design reviews with the electrical engineering team, contributing to the development and validation of electrical systems, including schematics, PCB layouts, and wiring diagrams for solar and battery energy storage applications.
• Utilize circuit simulation tools such as LTspice to analyze and validate designs, ensuring component selection meets performance, reliability, and regulatory requirements.
• Own qualification and technical evaluation of electronic components, including MOSFETs, PCBs, magnetics (wound components), discrete analog/digital components, relays, ICs, and interconnects (cables and connectors).
• Experience with magnetics design such as transformers, inductors and chokes with knowledge of analyzing core materials, winding configurations and losses.
• Apply strong expertise in power electronics, including high-frequency AC–DC, DC–AC, and DC–DC conversion topologies.
• Analyze and interpret component datasheets to support optimal part selection, performance, and reliability.
• Serve as a key contributor in electrical design reviews, ensuring component reliability and alignment with system requirements.
• Review engineering drawings and specifications to verify quality requirements; identify and communicate gaps, risks, and improvement opportunities.
• Identify CTQ components within BOMs and manage PPAP activities with suppliers to ensure component quality, reliability, and compliance requirements are met.
• Apply 8D problem-solving methodologies to investigate component issues, conduct root cause analysis, and issue SCARs to suppliers to drive effective corrective actions and prevent recurrence.
• Conduct electrical and electronic component supplier process audits across domestic and South Asian locations, evaluating manufacturing processes, quality controls, testing, process capability, and corrective actions.
• Partner with Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, and Reliability teams to resolve component issues and support new product development, qualification, and production readiness.
• Collaborate with U.S.-based engineering and design teams, requiring flexible working hours to support cross-functional activities through at least noon U.S. Central Time.
• Perform additional duties as required.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering.
• At least 5 years of manufacturing high reliability electronic, electromechanical products with a focus on quality management in a contract manufacturing environment.
• Hands-on experience in electronic parts selection and qualification to ensure parts are qualified by design documents and selected test parameters.
• Experience working on electronic assembly environments with contract manufacturing where component qualification through Parts PPAP process and IQC was required.
• Must possess strong technical fluency in selecting wire wound magnetics and power mosfets.
• Experience with eCAD tools like Altium, Eagle to design review an electrical design at schematic and layout levels.
• Solid quantitative skill set and the ability to analyze and communicate with well-supported data.
• Proficient with the suite of Office Software, Quality and Statistical tools.
• Critical thinker able to strategically align actions to needs and set goals for a technical team for success.

Nice to have

• Formally trained in magnetics design for power electronic applications.
• Familiarity with lean manufacturing principles; Six Sigma green or black belt preferred.
• IEEE certification will be a plus.
• Proven experience collaborating with multiple sites and functions to drive common solutions.
• Experience collaborating with component manufacturers, distributors, and field application engineers (FAEs) to stay current on new product introductions and application-specific solutions.

Details

• Location: Pune, India.
• Up to 30/40% travel may be required.
• Candidate must be flexible with working hours to collaborate with the team in the USA.
• Occasional travel; valid Driver's License required where travel is regular.