12 Sep
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LOOM SOLAR
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Faridabad
12 Sep
LOOM SOLAR
Faridabad
1. Key Mission
Build an engineering organization capable of developing Loom-owned hybrid inverter and BESS products that are:
- Safe
- Reliable
- Cost competitive
- Highly efficient
- Easy to install and service
- IoT/cloud connected
- Scalable from residential to C&I; applications
- Designed for Indian grid and operating conditions
- Ready for domestic and international markets
Primary objective: Build Loom's core power-electronics IP rather than remaining dependent on OEM products.
2. Key Responsibilities
A. Product Architecture
Own architecture for
- Hybrid inverter
- On-grid inverter
- Off-grid inverter
- Battery inverter
- PCS
- Residential BESS
- C&I; BESS
- Battery packs
- BMS
- EMS
- Energy gateway
- Monitoring platform
Define
PV → Inverter → Battery → Grid → Load → EV system architecture.
B. Hybrid Inverter Development
Lead development of
- 3 kW
- 5 kW
- 6 kW
- 8 kW
- 10 kW
- 15 kW+
- Three-phase hybrid inverter platforms
Key engineering areas
- MPPT
- DC/DC
- DC/AC conversion
- Power semiconductor selection
- MOSFET/IGBT/SiC architecture
- Magnetics
- Gate drivers
- Protection circuits
- Grid synchronization
- Anti-islanding
- Power-factor control
- Harmonic reduction
- Thermal management
- Surge protection
- Firmware/control algorithms
3. BESS Engineering
Develop scalable BESS platforms from residential to commercial applications.
Responsibilities include
- Battery pack architecture
- Rack design
- BMS
- Cell selection
- Battery balancing
- SOC/SOH algorithms
- Thermal management
- DC protection
- Contactors
- Fuses
- Pre-charge circuits
- PCS
- EMS
- Fire protection
- HVAC integration
- Containerized BESS architecture
- Battery monitoring
- Remote diagnostics
Experience with LFP chemistry and large-format battery systems is highly desirable.
4. BMS & EMS Development
Build or manage development of an intelligent BMS capable of:
- Cell monitoring
- Cell balancing
- Over-voltage protection
- Under-voltage protection
- Over-current protection
- Short-circuit protection
- Temperature protection
- SOC calculation
- SOH calculation
- Fault detection
- Event logging
- Remote diagnostics
Develop EMS capabilities for
- Solar self-consumption
- Peak shaving
- Time-of-use optimization
- Backup power
- Grid charging
- Solar charging
- Battery scheduling
- Demand management
- DG optimization
- Dynamic energy management
5. Software & Connectivity
The inverter/BESS should become a connected energy platform, not merely hardware.
Lead integration of
- Embedded firmware
- DSP
- MCU
- CAN
- RS485
- Modbus
- Wi-Fi
- 4G
- Bluetooth
- OTA firmware updates
- Cloud monitoring
- Mobile application
- Remote diagnostics
- API integration
Target architecture
Device → Gateway → Cloud → App → Analytics → AI
6. Product Development Process
Own the complete NPD process:
Market requirement → Product specification → Architecture → Simulation → Prototype → EVT → DVT → PVT → Certification → Mass production → Field validation
Establish engineering gates for
- Design review
- BOM review
- Reliability review
- Safety review
- Software validation
- Hardware validation
- Production validation
- Field testing
7. Testing & Reliability
Build an internal validation laboratory covering:
Electrical
- Efficiency
- MPPT performance
- Power factor
- THD
- Load testing
- Grid simulation
- Battery cycling
Environmental
- High temperature
- Low temperature
- Humidity
- Dust
- Water ingress
- Vibration
- Shock
- Altitude
Safety
- Short circuit
- Over-voltage
- Over-current
- Thermal runaway
- Insulation
- Ground fault
- Surge
- Lightning protection
The engineering head will be accountable for field failure rate and product reliability.
8. Certification & Compliance
Lead product certification and compliance for relevant Indian and international standards, including applicable:
- BIS
- IEC
- IS standards
- EMC
- Grid-connectivity requirements
- Battery safety requirements
- Transportation requirements
- Fire-safety requirements
Experience with certification laboratories and regulatory authorities is strongly preferred.
9. Manufacturing Transfer
Work closely with
- Manufacturing
- Quality
- Supply Chain
- Procurement
- NPD
- Service
to achieve
Design → Prototype → Pilot → Mass Production
Responsibilities include
- DFM/DFA
- BOM optimization
- Component localization
- Test fixtures
- End-of-line testing
- Production calibration
- Yield improvement
- Cost reduction
10. Cost Engineering
The leader must build products that can compete with Chinese and Indian manufacturers.
Own
Target Cost → Design Cost → BOM Cost → Manufacturing Cost → Gross Margin
Focus on
- Component localization
- BOM reduction
- Design simplification
- Common platforms
- Supplier development
- Power density
- Manufacturing yield
11. Engineering Team to Build
The Head of Engineering should build the following organization:
Team
Initial Strength
Head – Power Electronics
1
Power Electronics Engineers
4–6
Embedded/Firmware Engineers
4–6
BMS Engineers
3–4
EMS/Software Engineers
3–4
Hardware Engineers
3–5
Mechanical/Thermal Engineers
2–3
Battery Pack Engineers
2–3
System Engineers
2–3
Testing & Validation
5–7
Certification/Compliance
2
Reliability Engineers
2
NPD/Project Managers
2–3
Initial team
~35–50
The organization can subsequently scale to 75–100+ engineers as Loom develops multiple product platforms.
12. First 12-Month Deliverables
The leader should be evaluated against concrete product milestones.
0–90 Days
- Build engineering organization
- Finalize product roadmap
- Select technology architecture
- Identify OEM/technology partners where required
- Establish laboratory requirements
- Freeze first-product specifications
- Create engineering SOP/NPD process
3–6 Months
- Working hybrid inverter prototype
- Battery pack prototype
- BMS prototype
- EMS prototype
- Cloud monitoring prototype
- Initial laboratory validation
6–9 Months
- Engineering validation
- Field trials
- Certification
- Manufacturing prototype
- Reliability testing
9–12 Months
Mass-production-ready Loom hybrid inverter + BESS platform with:
- Certification
- Production BOM
- Manufacturing test system
- Service manual
- Installation SOP
- Warranty framework
- Remote monitoring
- Field-service architecture
13. Key KPIs
The Head of Engineering will be measured on:
KPI
Target
Product development cycle
≤ 9–12 months
Prototype success rate
>90%
First-pass certification
>90%
Product efficiency
Industry competitive
Field failure rate
<1%
Engineering change after launch
<5%
BOM cost reduction
10–20% annually
Localization
>70% initially, increasing
On-time NPD
>90%
Warranty cost
<1–2% of sales
Product gross margin
Company target
Recent products launched
3–5/year
14. Candidate Profile
Must Have
- 12+ years in power electronics
- Strong inverter experience
- Hybrid inverter/PCS experience
- BESS experience
- BMS understanding
- Embedded systems experience
- Product development experience
- Manufacturing-transfer experience
- Certification experience
- Team-building experience
Preferred
Experience with companies/products involving:
- Solar inverter
- Hybrid inverter
- PCS
- BESS
- Lithium battery
- EV power electronics
- Energy storage
- EMS
- Microgrid
Experience working with Indian and Chinese engineering/manufacturing ecosystems would be a major advantage.
15. Leadership Expectations
This is not a conventional R&D; manager role.
The person must be able to:
Think like a CTO + engineer + product manager + manufacturing leader.
They must be comfortable moving between:
Customer → Product → Circuit → Firmware → Prototype → Factory → Certification → Field and personally solve critical engineering problems.
Requirements
Look for senior engineers/leaders from companies involved in:
- Solar inverters
- BESS
- Power electronics
- EV chargers
- UPS
- Industrial drives
- Energy storage
- EV powertrain
Potential talent pools include organizations such as Sungrow, Huawei Digital Power, Delta Electronics, Schneider Electric, ABB, Siemens, Luminous, Su-Kam, Exide Energy, Amara Raja, Waaree, Enphase, Growatt and GoodWe, among others.
Benefits
Work Timing : 10:00 am to 7:00 pm (Monday to Saturday)
Education : MBA/Computer Science
Address : Loom Solar Pvt Ltd (14/4 Mathura Road, Faridabad 121003)
Contact : Muskan Singh
Gender : Male / Female
Job Type : Full Time
Job Location : Faridabad
📌 Head of Engineering (Faridabad)
🏢 LOOM SOLAR
📍 Faridabad