Battery Design Engineer

Job Description Senior Battery Design Engineer ARCA is supporting an aerospace programme to bring in an experienced Battery Design Engineer on a contract basis. This is a hands‑on role within the Battery team, focused on detailed mechanical design and design ownership across high-performance battery pack assemblies. The work:

• Detailed mechanical design and development of battery pack assemblies
• Design of housings, enclosures and internal battery components
• Injection-moulded components, sheet metal, cast parts and sealing
• Packaging and integration of HV components
• Designing with consideration for creepage & clearance, busbars and electrical bolted joints
• Supporting designs from concept through to manufacture and assembly
• Working closely with electrical, manufacturing, analysis and wider engineering teams

What they’re looking for:

• Strong mechanical / product design experience within battery, EV, automotive, aerospace or another complex engineering environment
• Hands‑on detail design and design ownership experience
• Experience with injection moulding, sheet metal, cast components and sealing
• Good understanding of HV electrical considerations within mechanical design
• Experience designing smaller-scale assemblies for manufacture
• CATIA / 3
  
  DEXPERIENCE experience

Details:

• Contract:
  
  3 months initially – Outside IR35
• Location:
  
  Bristol – 2 days onsite per week