Design Engineer Lead

We use technology to solve problems in spaces, light, and more things to comefor our customers, our communities, and our planet.

Acuity Brands, Inc. (NYSE: AYI) is a market-leading industrial technology company. We use technology to solve problems in spaces, light, and more things to come. Through our two business segments, Acuity Brands Lighting and Lighting Controls (ABL) and the Intelligent Spaces Group (ISG), we design, manufacture, and bring to market products and services that make a valuable difference in people’s lives.

**Key Tasks & Responsibilities (Essential Functions)**:

- Support the new product development, starting from concept to concluded in production for OT Drivers,
- Generate new concepts and theories applicable to the driver performance, cost, manufacturability, etc. that give a competitive advantage to the company on the market
- Generate new topologies and solutions, document and train the team with them
- Mentor early career design engineers (Jr / Design Engineers)
- Participate on sustaining and resolution of field problems to generate knowledge to prevent the recurrence.
- Update the design guidelines with the new developments and lesson learn from field failures.
- The role requires this person to lead prototyping, testing, and verification of samples and lead various Product Design/development projects.
- Proficient interaction with other Design Center and Specialist on the different company Sites
- Able also to collaborate with cross-functional members of the design team locally and externally
- Leads various aspects of the design process including, but not limited to, the development of new knowledge, Hardware design development. Design work varies from new product development to product enhancements and cost reduction activities.
- Discuss and get agreements with other specialist about the technology roadmap for the new products (Regional/Business unit).
- Product design and development of LED Drivers, including product definition, parts selection and qualification.
- Generation of engineering documentation including specification, schematics, layouts, BOM and quality reports.
- Perform all qualification tests to ensure new drivers meet electrical, Thermal, EMI, mechanical and environmental requirements.
- Actively participates in, or lead, team meetings using the product delivery system (stage gate product development) for each major product.
- Follow the instructions and procedures applicable to the ISO 14000 systems

**Skills and Minimum Experience Required**:

- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Master degree (desirable).
- Fluent in English
- 6 to 9 years as Senor Design Engineer or 1 to 3 years in a similar role
- Solid expertise level and experience in power electronics circuits (Boost, Buck, Flyback Topologies / LLC, LCC and resonant topologies / Linear regulators / Transient protection) circuits
- Electronic component selection
- Equipment knowledge (Oscilloscope, Spectrum Analyzer, AC/DC power supplies)
- Proficient work in cross-functional team environments.

**Preferred Skills and Experience**:

- EMI filter design
- Deep PCB design knowledge, electrical, standards and manufacturing rules
- Design Procedure Guideline creation for different topologies
- Lifetime for electronic SMPS calculation
- Electrical simulation experience (Pspice / LTSpice)
- Thermal basics for simulation
- Microcontroller programming skills and experience (Cortex M0 microcontrollers (32bits) / 8 Bits microcontroller / C/C++ and assembler knowledge / Communication Protocols)
- Experience on new product validation and certification process (UL/CSA)
- Knowledge on UL standards and testing, applicable to LED drivers and lighting
- Experience on APQP and administrative tools
- Project management experience
- Management by objectives
- Decision making based on risk analysis
- High Problem solving and root cause analysis skills
- Understand and adhere to appropriate established industry and safety Standards
- Engineering change requests and BOM maintenance

**We use technology to solve problems in spaces, light, and more things to comefor our customers, our communities, and our planet.**

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