A Day in the Life of… A Mechanical Design Engineer at Connected Energy

Charlie says: “My daily tasks are mostly design-focused, but this can be around anything from creating racking or enclosure designs for components like batteries or inverters of all shapes and sizes, to creating the designs for a bespoke tool to assist onsite engineers with system maintenance.

“I also spend a lot of time creating manufacturing drawings and liaising with the supply chain throughout the ordering process, as well as creating instruction manuals where necessary.”

Another big element of Charlie’s role is communicating and sharing his plans with the engineering and software teams, as well as discussing future customer projects and product developments.

Charlie adds: “I work closely with other mechanical design engineers, sharing ideas and thoughts for products and challenges we come across, as well as discussing projects with the electrical and controls teams as we need our designs to allow for cabling, secure mounting and cooling.”

Having moved into his design engineering role almost a year ago, Charlie has already played a major part in our product development. His proudest achievement is the completion of our new battery rack removal platform.