Technical Lead – Converter Design

Responsibilities:-

• Lead, maintain and implement Converter design work within project scope from start to finish, ensuring that they are completed within budget, on time, and to the required quality standards
• Coordinate project teams, including engineers, technicians, contractors, and other stakeholders, to ensure that everyone is working towards the same goal
• Responsible for all project documentation for Converters to Ensure that all project documentation is complete, accurate, and up to date
• Prepare and deliver regular progress reports to senior management and other stakeholders
• Work closely with Project managers and project planners to maintain project plans, schedules, and budgets, and ensure that they are regularly updated
• Conduct risk assessments and develop risk mitigation strategies as needed in alignment with functional lead and Project manager
• Prepare and deliver component peer-reviews and technical reviews
• Responsible for alignment on all the interfaces and stakeholders for the project and ensure alignment of functionality with other components, system, and value chain
• Balance trade-offs in design towards other interfaces to meet overall system performance targets and cost
• Able to develop, maintain and execute the PR (problem reports), CR (change requests) and CN (change notices) within project scope and secure plan for change execution and implementation

Qualifications And Experience:-

• Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in a relevant area, i.e., Electrical, Mechanical, Power electronics
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in delivering project in Converter design or similar
• Experienced in project execution in matrix organization
• Experience in project management, including planning, scheduling, and budgeting
• Ability to work collaboratively with other teams and stakeholders
• Knowledge of project management software tools like Jira and Microsoft Project is good to have
• In-depth understanding Converters in relevant power and voltage class
• Understanding of converter circuit and operation and of principal components
• Systems Engineering process adherence through concept-requirements-design-verification-handover

Competencies:-

• You are process oriented and have a structured way to work
• You possess good leadership, communication skills, problem solving skills and decision-making skills
• You have a proactive personality along with understating of stakeholder management
• You naturally develop, guide, advise and share knowledge with team and stakeholders
• You are a good networker and able to build, develop and maintain relationships in a global environment
• You possess English skills at a high level
• You should believe in and comply to our values of Collaboration, Simplicity and Accountability

Location:-

• Chennai, India.

Company Overview:-

Vestas strives to be the most inclusive workplace in the sustainable energy industry and ensure equal opportunities for everyone regardless of the social identity. We are stronger as a company not despite our differences, but because of them, both professionally and personally. Beyond a diverse workforce, we want to ensure that all of our employees are included and actively contributing to Vestas’ success and innovation. Only then can we become the global leader in sustainable energy solutions and ensure sustainability in everything we do.

At Vestas, we offer global opportunities for people with growth mindsets and the desire to make a shared and positive impact. We work in the true spirit of our corporate values: accountability, simplicity, collaboration, and passion. We expect everyone to live up to these in their day to day work – no matter what you do and where you are in the organisation