Senior Product Engineer

Navitas Systems LLC, a leader in comprehensive energy storage solutions, was formed in 2011 with the merger of Micro Sun Innovative Energy Storage Solutions and Micro Sun Electronics, and the acquisition of lithium battery company A123 Systems’ Government Solutions Group. In 2019, East Penn Manufacturing, one of the world’s leading battery manufacturers, acquired majority interest in Navitas Systems. In SEVEN remarkable decades, East Penn has grown from a one-room shop with a product line of five automotive batteries to one of the world’s leading battery manufacturers with over 10,500 full-time employees, 515 product designs, operations around the world, and hundreds of awards for industry excellence.

At our Navitas facilities we engage in the research, design, development, and manufacture of advanced lithium cells and energy storage products and systems for both commercial and industrial customers. We invest in our people, they are and always will be the heart of this company. Are you ready to join a family-owned enterprise committed to honoring the contributions of everyone? Then Navitas is the right place for you.

The Senior Product Engineer leads complex product development activities for lithium-ion battery modules and packs used in commercial, industrial, and automotive applications. This role leads product-level technical work streams, develops and refines product requirements and interfaces, drives complex integration and validation activities, and makes higher-level technical decisions within assigned products or programs. The engineer provides technical leadership across mechanical, electrical, systems, thermal, manufacturing, quality, test, supplier, and program teams while delivering robust products that meet technical and business objectives.

• Lead complex battery-pack product development activities from concept through production and launch.
• Develop and refine product requirements, specifications, interfaces, and technical acceptance criteria from system and customer needs.
• Develop and influence product architecture and resolve complex mechanical, electrical, thermal, structural, and packaging interfaces.
• Lead complex product integration activities and make product-level technical decisions within assigned programs.
• Lead major design reviews, technical reviews, and issue-resolution activities across engineering functions.
• Lead prototype builds, design verification, validation, and simulation-to-test correlation for complex products.
• Drive root-cause investigations for complex test, field, manufacturing, supplier, and reliability issues and ensure effective corrective actions.
• Lead product-level tradeoffs involving performance, cost, quality, reliability, manufacturability, serviceability, timing, and technical risk.
• Lead complex engineering changes through impact analysis, review, validation, and release.
• Lead supplier technical resolution for critical or complex components and interfaces.
• Develop and improve product architecture, layouts, BOMs, specifications, design standards, and engineering documentation.
• Drive technical risk identification, mitigation planning, and closure across product development work streams.
• Present technical recommendations, risks, decisions, and product status to engineering and cross-functional leadership.
• Develop engineering methods, standards, and processes that improve product development effectiveness and product performance.
• Mentor Mechanical Engineer I/II and Product Engineer I/II team members and provide technical leadership across engineering work streams.

Minimum (Required)

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related…