Company: InnovateNX Private Limited
Industry: LED Lighting Manufacturing
Product Category: Outdoor LED Lighting – High Bay Lights, Street Lights, Flood Lights and other Industrial/Outdoor Lighting Products
Department: Production / R&D / Quality
Reporting To: Management / Plant Head
Location: Madhya Pradesh
Job Purpose
InnovateNX Private Limited is looking for a technically strong and hands-on Production & R&D Engineer/Manager who can independently lead the complete LED lighting production process while also contributing towards product development, electronics R&D, quality improvement and process optimization.
The person will be responsible for taking the product from components/raw material stage to completely tested and packed finished goods.
Key Responsibilities
1. LED Production Management
- Manage complete production of LED Street Lights, Flood Lights, High Bay Lights and other outdoor lighting products.
- Plan daily, weekly and monthly production based on sales orders and inventory.
- Monitor complete assembly process including:
- Die-cast aluminium housing
- LED PCB/MCPCB
- LED Driver
- Lens/Reflector
- Wiring and connectors
- Thermal paste / thermal interface material
- Gaskets and waterproofing components
- Glass/diffuser
- Screws, fasteners and accessories
- Ensure production targets are achieved with minimum rejection and rework.
- Create and improve assembly SOPs and work instructions.
- Optimize manpower and production line balancing.
2. LED Driver & Electronics
- Understand LED Driver architecture and operation.
- Handle both in-house developed drivers and externally procured LED drivers.
- Evaluate driver performance including:
- Output voltage
- Output current
- Power factor
- Efficiency
- THD
- Surge protection
- Over-voltage protection
- Over-current protection
- Short-circuit protection
- Thermal protection
- Troubleshoot LED Driver and PCB related failures.
- Coordinate with driver suppliers for technical improvements and failure resolution.
- Support development/modification of constant-current LED drivers wherever required.
3. LED PCB / MCPCB Development
- Coordinate with external PCB/MCPCB manufacturers.
- Review PCB layouts and LED configurations.
- Work on different LED configurations such as series/parallel combinations.
- Select suitable LEDs based on:
- Wattage
- Lumen output
- Efficiency
- CCT
- CRI
- Junction temperature
- Forward voltage/current
- Improve PCB thermal management and reliability.
- Develop different wattage variants using common platforms wherever possible.
4. Product R&D
Continuously work on improvement and development of LED lighting products.
R&D activities may include:
- Increasing lumen-per-watt efficiency.
- Reducing product wattage while maintaining required illumination.
- Improving driver efficiency.
- Improving heat dissipation.
- Optimizing aluminium die-cast housing.
- Evaluating new LEDs, drivers, lenses and electronic components.
- Developing smart lighting and dimming solutions.
- Developing surge-protected outdoor lighting products.
- Improving product life and field reliability.
- Value engineering and product cost reduction.
- Development of new product variants.
5. Thermal Management
The candidate should understand thermal behaviour of high-power LED lighting.
Responsibilities include:
- LED junction temperature monitoring.
- PCB temperature measurement.
- Heat sink temperature analysis.
- Thermal paste/thermal pad selection.
- Aluminium housing heat dissipation evaluation.
- Identification of thermal hot spots.
- Recommendations for die-cast housing design improvements.
6. Quality Control
Create and maintain a strong quality control process covering:
Incoming Quality
- LED
- MCPCB
- Drivers
- Electronic components
- Lenses
- Gaskets
- Cables
- Connectors
- Hardware
In-Process Quality
- Soldering
- Wiring
- Torque
- Thermal paste application
- Driver installation
- PCB mounting
- Waterproof sealing
Final Product Testing
- Wattage
- Current
- Voltage
- Power Factor
- Lumen
- CCT
- CRI
- Insulation
- Earth continuity
- Hi-Pot testing
- Surge testing
- Burn-in testing
- Functional testing
- IP/water ingress testing
7. Failure Analysis
Investigate failures observed during production or received from customers.
Follow structured root-cause analysis for issues such as:
- LED failure
- Driver failure
- Flickering
- Low lumen
- Excessive heating
- Water ingress
- PCB damage
- Surge failure
- Earthing issue
- Component failure
Maintain proper RCA and CAPA reports and ensure corrective actions are implemented in production.
8. Production Process Improvement
Continuously improve production through:
- Line balancing
- Fixture and jig development
- Poka-Yoke
- Standard operating procedures
- Reduced assembly time
- Reduced rejection
- Reduced rework
- Better operator training
- Automation wherever commercially viable
- Improved testing methodology
9. Vendor Development
Technically evaluate vendors for:
- LED
- PCB/MCPCB
- Drivers
- Lenses
- Electronic components
- Gaskets
- Connectors
- Cables
- Thermal materials
Work with vendors for quality improvement, cost reduction and alternate source development.
10. Documentation
Maintain proper technical and production documentation including:
- BOM
- Product specifications
- Assembly SOPs
- Testing SOPs
- QC checklist
- Production records
- Failure analysis reports
- CAPA
- Engineering Change Notes
- Vendor evaluation
- Product development records
- Test reports
Desired Technical Knowledge
The candidate should preferably have knowledge of:
- LED Electronics
- SMPS / LED Drivers
- Constant Current Drivers
- LED PCB / MCPCB
- SMD Components
- PCB Troubleshooting
- Multimeter
- Oscilloscope
- Power Meter
- LUX Meter
- Integrating Sphere / Photometric testing
- Surge Protection
- Electrical Safety
- IP65/IP66 Outdoor Lighting
- Thermal Management
- Aluminium Die-Cast Heat Sinks
- Basic PCB Designing
- Soldering and Electronics Assembly
Knowledge of DALI, 0–10V dimming, PWM, smart street lighting, IoT lighting or programmable drivers will be an added advantage.
Qualification
Preferred:
B.E./B.Tech – Electronics / Electrical / Electronics & Communication
or
Diploma – Electronics / Electrical with strong practical experience in LED lighting manufacturing.
Experience
Preferred: 3–8 Years
Candidates having direct experience in:
- LED Lighting Manufacturing
- LED Driver Manufacturing
- Electronics Manufacturing
- Outdoor Lighting
- Industrial Lighting
will be preferred.
Candidate Profile
We are looking for someone who is:
- Hands-on rather than only managerial.
- Comfortable working directly on the shop floor.
- Good at electronics troubleshooting.
- Interested in experimentation and product development.
- Strong in problem-solving.
- Quality focused.
- Able to manage operators and technicians.
- Capable of coordinating with suppliers.
- Able to convert technical improvements into practical production processes.
Key Performance Indicators – KPI
Performance will primarily be measured through:
- Daily production achievement
- Production rejection %
- Customer complaint %
- Product failure rate
- Rework %
- On-time production completion
- Productivity per operator
- Product quality improvement
- Cost reduction achieved
- New product development
- Production cycle time reduction
- Vendor quality improvement
- Field failure reduction
Ideal Candidate
The ideal person should be able to take ownership of an LED product from:
Design → Component Selection → PCB/Driver → Assembly → Testing → Quality → Finished Goods → Field Feedback → Product Improvement.
The role is intended for someone who can act as the technical backbone of InnovateNX's LED manufacturing operations, combining Production, Electronics, Quality, and R&D capabilities.
Pay: ₹20,000.00 - ₹50,000.00 per month
Benefits:
- Flexible schedule
- Paid sick time
- Provident Fund
Work Location: In person
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