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Generac is seeking a Staff Electrical Components Quality Engineer with a focus on Wire-Wound and Magnetics to join our growing Generac team. This role is responsible for ensuring the selection, quality, reliability, and performance of electronic components used across Generac’s energy products. The successful candidate will work with electrical design team and support in component selection, their in-circuit performance verification, lead supplier qualification activities, and manage the technical aspects of assigning electronic commodities. This includes conducting process audits, driving root cause analysis, and resolving supplier-related quality issues. This position requires a strong passion for delivering high-quality, defect-free components and subassemblies, ensuring they meet design specifications and support the reliable manufacture of final assemblies.
This role will require flexible work hours, including night meetings, in order to work with offshore supply locations in different time zones. It will also include up to 30% travel of which some % may be international.
This position is preferable located onsite in South Portland, ME (alternate onsite locations- Waukesha, WI or N. Billerica, MA or possible Reno NV)
Major Responsibilities
+ 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 to