The Corporate Quality Manager is responsible for Quality Management System (QMS) compliance. Responsibilities include managing all company-wide, quality policies, procedures, processes, programs, and practices, to assure the company of continuous conformance with appropriate standards and regulations and meeting customer expectations.

Primary Responsibilities

• Promote quality achievement and performance improvement throughout the organization.
• Develop, implement, communicate and maintain a quality plan to bring the Company’s Quality Systems and Policies into compliance with internal and external quality system requirements.
• Interact effectively with Sales, Operations Supply Chain and Engineering to enhance quality process and product performance in satisfying customer requirements.
• Work with the supply chain staff in establishing quality requirements from external suppliers.
• Ensuring compliance with domestic and international standards and laws.
• Coordinate the staff from different disciplines to plan, formulate and agree upon comprehensive quality procedures and corrective action processes.
• Manage and maintain the Company’s quality inspection and product release programs for incoming and in-process materials and components, processes and finished goods.
• Assess the product specifications of the company and its suppliers, and compare with customer requirements.
• Establish standards and clearly defined quality methods for staff to apply.
• Act as liaison with customers’ auditors and ensure the execution of corrective action and compliance with customers’ specifications.
• Monitoring performance by gathering relevant data, analyze this data against defined parameters and recommend any appropriate corrective action.

Experience and Education/Skills and Training Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in an applied science or engineering field is preferred.
• 5 years prior experience in Quality Management for a domestic and international manufacturer.
• Demonstrated experience working with cross sales, operations, supply chain and engineering.
• Demonstrated exceptional written and oral communication skills.
• Experience in quality management systems.
• Experience in quality system audits.
• Desire to own decisions and take responsibility for outcomes.
• Willingness to travel when required.

• Interact with scientists and engineers to review test objectives and develop the test system
• Design test system and produce standard operating procedure (SOP)
• Procure the components, interacting with outside resources
• Set up test system and data collection system
• Develop test plan
• Collect data or work with other staff to collect data
• Reduce and analyze data
• Interact with engineers to review test results and make an impact on creative solutions
• Contribute to written reports

 Responsibility:

• Ensure occurrences are properly reported, investigated, analyzed and followed up on in a timely fashion
• Assist/Lead Root Cause Analysis for factory occurrences and wherever else it is deemed appropriate and take corrective action in implementing new procedures
• Identify and recommend preventive measures and corrective actions
• Testing and validating battery systems
• Designing and performing cycle tests using battery/battery pack cycling programs
• Developing test plans, monitoring data and reviewing test reports
• Writing and running macros to process test results
• Collaborating with other engineers

Requirements/Experience:

• Software, Firmware, Hardware, and/or System testing and development experience
• Experience with automated test environments utilizing a variety of tools and scripting languages
• Extensive industry experience in power/battery technology a plus
• Experience working within Visual Basic and/or LabVIEW for control of Automated Test Equipment
• Experience working with off-site development, factory, and test teams
• Flexibility and a positive attitude towards change in a fast moving environment.
• Proven ability to collaborate with diverse groups within and outside the business including other engineering groups, sales, marketing, technical support, manufacturing, quality, and vendors.
• Designing and performing cycle tests using battery cycling programs based on LabVIEW and embedded firmware
• Writing and running macros and database management software to process test results
• Developing test plans, reviewing and monitoring data, generating test reports, and processing data
• Working with battery system Engineers/technicians to develop needed fixture to support testing
• Assisting in the troubleshooting of battery issues; at the R/D and product development stage

Education/Skills:

• BS degree in Engineering (or related experience) with 3-6+ years of testing experience with batteries or power related fields
• Must have experience being very involved in the certifications, environmental testing, other testing, etc. of batteries and relevant products. Strong experience testing at the cell or stack and system level of battery or fuel cell systems – preferred
• Must have experience with LabVIEW
• Experience with data acquisition
• Able to work on multiple projects

The position is responsible for recommending to management and implementing an appropriate overall marketing strategy based on an in depth understanding of the industry and the Company’s growth plans. Key functional responsibilities include marketing strategy, branding and communications, market and competitive analysis and the creation and optimization of go-to-market plans This position is expected to be strategic and visionary, but attentive to successful tactical implementation.

Primary Responsibilities

• Creates and drives the annual marketing plan with the appropriate input and approvals
• Develops and executes marketing communications strategy
• Shapes overall brand, messaging, and differentiating points to be used in all marketing and sales materials
• Improves the company’s reputation and perception as the preferred source for rechargeable systems on an on-going basis
• Develops  scripts for product line and service extensions and provides technical content for web presence, collateral materials, white papers, and case studies
• Manages outside contractors and external agencies; web developers, hosting sites, graphic design and public relations firms
• Oversees and administers the marketing budget
• Drives and coordinates market research activity and makes key items visible across the company
• Provides tailored content, presentations, and strategy input to key market penetration initiatives

Experience and Education/Training Requirements

This position requires an individual with demonstrated experience in developing and maintaining marketing strategies in a B2B environment. It also requires experience in technical aspects of marketing such as software solutions, web based applications and social media. Outstanding written and verbal communication skills are essential. In addition, analytical problem solving, organization and planning abilities are mandatory. A Bachelor’s Degree in Business or a marketing related curriculum is required with a Master’s Degree being an advantage.

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A charging station for a ruggedized hand-held computer terminal used in manufacturing, warehouse, and route delivery applications required a 4-bay Li-ion battery CC/CV charger with individual buck/boost Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) controllers on each pocket. The customer indicated that the batteries did not need to be rapid charged, and that the 4-hour maximum charge time was acceptable.

Additional requirements were as follows:

• 4-pocket charger capable of charging 2-cell and 4-cell batteries
• 2-cell battery required buck converter
• 4-cell battery required buck-boost converter
• Power supply: maximum allowed 100W power supply
• Charge duration: allowed to charge in 4 hours max
• Charge current per battery: allowed 1.1A / bay max

ICCNexergy Solution

The final design was a 4-bay Li-ion battery charger with VVT digital charge technology capable of charging a 2-cell or 4-cell battery pack with 40% less power. This was possible because the VVT charger could extend the CC stage and actively monitor the cell voltages, requiring less charging power. Thus, the system input power could be reduced by 40%. By implementing VVT charging technology, tests showed that the batteries could be fully charged within 4 hours with approximately 750mA maximum charge current. The net result of the reduced input power adapter was a significant cost savings to the customer. Not only did VVT reduce project cost, but it also provided a less stressful charge for the cells and lower subsequent thermal side effects.

Reduced System Redundancy

• PWM integrated into single microcontroller controlling all four pockets
• Eliminated the need for 4 integrated charging circuits
• Integrated data transfer, encryption, power management capabilities

Reduced Cost Of Total System

• Reduced power supply from 100 watt to 72 watts
• Total system cost reduction of 10-15%

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The standard method for charging Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries is the constant current/constant voltage (CC/CV) method. It incorporates a two-step process of constant current (CC) followed by a constant voltage (CV) charge phase. In the first stage of the charging process, a constant current equal to or lower than the maximum charge rate for a particular cell is applied. This stage continues until the battery pack voltage approaches the preset threshold at the charger contacts. Once the charging voltage approaches the preset level, current begins to taper exponentially until a cutoff threshold is achieved.

Although CC/CV is widely used across the battery industry, it does have limitations. The charging voltage is fixed and typical chargers cannot compensate for changes of a resistive string within the battery pack. If faster charging is needed, for example, the constant charging current would need to be increased, inducing even greater internal losses.

VVT Overview

Realizing the limitations of standard CC/CV chargers, ICCNexergy has developed a patented method that compensates for internal battery resistance by creating two active modes, where the transition from the CC to the CV stage is controlled by a microprocessor allowing active control by monitoring actual cell voltage during the charging process. This functionality is achieved without a requirement for additional feedback signals. This subsequently creates greater allowances for the input charging voltage.

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The Inside Sales Representative (ISR) manages assigned customer accounts.  This person possesses a strong customer centric focus and delivers high customer satisfaction to assigned accounts to sustain and potentially grow company revenue.

Primary Responsibilities

• Builds strong customer relationships with, and delivers high customer satisfaction to assigned accounts. Owns day-to-day management of the customer accounts assigned. (20%)
• Understands customer demand and translates it into credible sales forecasts for the business based on customer’s outlook, account share, product life cycle and historical trends (15%)
• Oversees Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) programs including risk management of inventory levels (10%)
• Takes ownership of Return Materials Authorization (RMA) resolution (5%)
• Knows the products ICCNexergy manufactures for his/her accounts and understands what it takes to produce them (5%)
• Understands the roles and responsibilities of others within the business and utilizes appropriate resources to solve customer issues or concerns (10%)
• Ensures commercial Purchase Order (PO) coverage for existing business account according to current lead-times as well as commercial milestone coverage for development programs (15%)
• Confirms orders to customers and negotiates material expedite coverage, order pull ins and, push outs to customers (20%)

Experience and Education/Training Requirements

• Bachelors Degree required
• 3 years sales experience a plus
• 2+ years sales operations experience required
• Experience within a manufacturing environment preferred
• Key industry knowledge preferred
• Ability to handle multiple customer accounts
• Strong attention to detail and follow up skills
• Excellent planning and organization skills
• Clear and precise communication skills
• Team focused
• Proficient computer application skills

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This position is responsible for the organization, direction and supervision of all accounting and budgeting activities, maintenance of financial records and preparation and interpretation of financial statements and reports. Also responsible for strengthening internal controls and financial processes and facilitating external audits and tax compliance.

Primary Responsibilities

• Direct and coordinate the preparation of monthly/quarterly/annual financial statements.
• Develop consistent and efficient processes to ensure timely and accurate financial reporting, including identification of variances and the ways in which they will be addressed.
• Oversee all general accounting activities, including accounts receivables and accounts payable.
• Manage the cash balance and short-term investment strategies.
• Maintain effective banking relationships and handle the day-to-day transactions.
• Participate in the development and implementation of goals, objectives, policies and priorities for finance activities; identify resources needed and manage the corporate accounting team.
• Serve as the primary interface with the external auditors including facilitating the year-end audit.
• Assure compliance for all required corporate tax returns and in taking full advantage of all favorable tax codes.
• Interface with Financial Controllers in forecasting, budgeting and reporting/analysis of actual financial results.
• Evaluate and recommend insurance coverage for protection against property losses and potential liabilities.
• Develops, plans, and recommends standardized practices and procedures for proper financial control at the Business Unit level.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Experience and Education/Training Requirements

•  B.S. in Accounting and CPA certification.
• Five (5) or more years of hands-on accounting experience in a global manufacturing environment; in addition, seven (7) plus years of strong managerial experience or any equivalent combination of education, experience, and training that provides the required knowledge and abilities to do the job.
• Strong understanding of all aspects of finance including banking, financial analysis, general/cost accounting, systems, and M & A.
• Candidates should possess excellent verbal and written communications skills and the ability to present information to all levels including senior management and investors.
• Ability to participate in strategic decisions as well as flawless tactical implementation.
• Minimal travel required.

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The effective compliance dates for the regulation are as follows:

• Feb. 1, 2013: Consumer products used in mobile phones, personal care devices and power tools
• Jan. 1, 2014: Industrial chargers (forklifts etc.)
• Jan. 1, 2017: Small commercial chargers (walkie-talkie for emergency personnel, portable barcode readers)

Medical devices requiring FDA approval are exempt from this new regulation.

The new California standard impacts general battery charger form factors:

• Power supply and charge control circuitry, each in separate housings;
• Power supply and charge control circuitry in one housing, battery in separate housing;
• Charge control circuitry and battery in one housing, power supply in separate housing;
• Power supply, charge control circuitry, and battery all in the same housing

Large battery chargers (defined as those which draw peak power of 2 kW or more) manufactured on or after July 1, 2013 shall meet the applicable performance values in the table below:

Small battery chargers (defined as those which draw peak power of 2 kW or less) that are consumer products and are manufactured on or after July 1, 2012 shall meet the applicable performance values in the table below:
Small battery chargers that are not consumer products and are manufactured on or after July 1, 2013 shall meet the applicable performance values in the table below:

Battery backup and uninterruptable power supplies manufactured on or after July 1, 2013 shall consume no more than 0.8+0.0021 x Eb watts where Eb is the battery capacity in watt-hours.

CEC Documentation

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CEC: Staff Analysis of Battery Charger Standards

CEC: Draft Proposed Amendments to Appliance Efficiency Regulations

This paper describes the project, including a discussion of how medical imaging equipment can benefit from the innovative design approach ICCNexergy took to solve the customer’s problem.

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The MWA220 is ideal for motorized medical applications such as hospital beds and orthopedic devices.

CHICAGO, IL, –– November 1, 2011 –– ICCNexergy, Inc. (ICCN, www.iccnexergy.com), a global leader in the design and manufacture of rechargeable power systems, today announced the launch of its new 220 watt (220W) desktop power supply line at COMPAMED, Hall / Stand 08B N15 in Düsseldorf, Germany. The new 220 watt power supply meets EISA, EuP level V efficiency standards and delivers a full 220W at all DC output voltages compared to current offerings in the market that are limited to 180W in the 12V and 18V DC output voltages.

FWA220 is designed for IT applications with high power requirements such as large displays, LED systems and networking equipment.

“Building on the demand from the marketplace, we are proud and excited to be launching our highest performance medical power supply product for the global medical market to date,” said Peter Sadler, ICCNexergy’s Vice President, Europe. “The MWA220 is the most powerful desktop power supply in the industry, purposefully designed for higher power medical applications, and we are pleased to introduce it through the European medical market with all our strategic European resources behind it.”

The MWA220 (approved to 60601) has been designed for use in motorized applications such as hospital beds and orthopedic designs, while the FWA220 (approved to 60950) is ideal for applications with high power requirements such as large displays or large LED systems.

The MWA220 and FWA220 delivers  220 watts of power at 90-264 VAC without derating, while other 220W desktop power supplies require a minimum of 100 VAC to be rated at 220W and may not be able to draw a full 220W in countries like Japan.

The MWA/FWA220 is IPX1 rated, enabling safe use in areas where dripping water, leaks, and spills may occur. All models feature a status indication LED and are backed by an industry-leading, five-year limited warranty.

Elpac brand power supplies are available and ready to ship today from authorized ICCNexergy distributors: Allied, Digikey, Mouser, Newark, and PEI Genesis. Datasheets with complete technical specifications and regulatory information for the MWA220 and FWA220 can be found at www.iccnexergy.com.

About ICCNexergy™
ICCNexergy, Inc. is a privately held global developer and manufacturer of innovative power solutions. With more than 40 years of operational excellence, we continue to lead the industry with expertise in designing and manufacturing custom rechargeable power systems including: Lithium-ion battery packs, battery chargers, docking stations, and highly efficient power supplies. Our partners include major OEMs in the medical, data server/storage, prosumer electronics, safety/security, data acquisition, and military/aerospace industries.

ICCNexergy is part of the Inverness Graham Investments portfolio of companies.

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