Job Details: Senior Applications Engineer, Product Development (Solar)

Job Title Senior Applications Engineer, Product Development (Solar)
Company Konarka Technologies
Location Lowell MA (US)
Date Posted 06/18/09
Position Summary:
Build, validate and test prototype products incorporating photovoltaic devices for consumer, industrial and government applications.

Key Responsibilities:
• Develop prototype products and design building blocks to provide reference designs for photovoltaic-based applications.
• Work with customers on product design.
• Provide documentation suitable for regulatory approvals (UL, CSA, etc.) and customer operations.

Required Qualifications:
• BS in Electrical Engineering or equivalent and 5-10 of relevant experience. Advanced degree preferred.
• Experience in product development involving design of electronic circuit and software/firmware development to support DC-DC conversion, DC power regulation, DC-AC conversion, etc.
• 5-7 years of experience in solar/photovoltaics.
• Strong communication skills and experience interacting with customers.

Preferred Qualifications:
• Experience in analog and digital design.
• Experience with AC grid connected applications including DC-AC conversion, use and selection of inverters, connectors and busses meeting code for specific applications.

Konarka Technologies:
Konarka is developing solar materials that are lightweight, flexible and more versatile than traditional solar materials. This new breed of coatable, flexible, plastic photovoltaics can be used in a wide range of applications where traditional photovoltaics cannot compete. Konarka’s technical advances will expand the relevance of solar technology across product lines, as well as across geographic divides, providing lower cost energy wherever it is needed.


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