Fluence Energy LLC
Director – Platform Hardware Engineering
USA-TX-Houston · Director
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About the role
- The Director - Platform Hardware Engineering is a leadership role responsible for defining and driving multi-platform hardware architecture, engineering strategy, and organizational capability across complex product portfolios.
- This leader operates at the intersection of long-term business strategy, hardware architecture, multi-generational product roadmaps, and cross-functional operational governance.
- 1) Strategic Platform Vision & Architecture
Responsibilities
- Platform Architecture & Modularity: Define and drive multi-generational hardware platform architectures, establishing reusable building blocks, standard interfaces, and scalable options/variants across global project configurations.
- Technology Roadmap: Lead technology trade-off studies, integration of innovative technologies (e.g., advanced power conversion, thermal systems, auxiliary integration).
- Technical Leadership: Provide technical requirements direction to engineering leads and specialists across all workstreams and related disciplines.
- Engineering Competency Development: Support Engineering leads to establish technical competency frameworks, engineering best practices, design standards, training programs, and knowledge-sharing mechanisms.
- Technical Community Leadership: Build strong collaboration across global engineering teams and establish mechanisms for sharing architecture, design standards, lessons learned, and reusable solutions.
- System and Component Requirements: Collaborate with the Systems Engineering to establish the System and Component Requirements in Jama.
- Full-Lifecycle Ownership: Lead hardware engineering milestones across all release gates-from initial concept definition through prototyping, testing, validation, pilot builds, and full-scale manufacturing rollout.
- Technical Requirements: Establish hardware design specifications, and acceptance criteria in alignment with international standards (IEC, UL, IEEE).
Company info
- Fluence (Nasdaq: FLNC) is a global market leader delivering intelligent energy storage and optimization software for renewables and storage.
- Our solutions and operational services are helping to create a more resilient grid and unlock the full potential of renewable portfolios.
- With gigawatts of successful implementations across nearly 50 markets, we are transforming the way we power our world for a more sustainable future.
- For more information, please visit fluenceenergy.com.
- At Fluence, our culture is the foundation that drives our ambitious growth strategy and fuels our mission to transform the future of energy.
- Our customers are at the heart of everything we do.
- We're committed to delivering exceptional value that exceeds expectations by understanding our customers' needs and adapting swiftly to meet them.
- We are committed to creating the impossible.
Equal opportunity
- Employer
- At Fluence, we believe great teams are built on a collaborative and connected culture. We're proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and welcome qualified applicants of all backgrounds. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other status protected by law.
- At Fluence, we believe great teams are built on a collaborative and connected culture.
- We're proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and welcome qualified applicants of all backgrounds.
Visa & Work Authorization
- To join our team, you'll need to be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of application and throughout your employment, without the need for employer sponsorship.
- Please note that Fluence does not sponsor work visas for this position.
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