Site Engineering & Development System Professional - Bms

BATTERY SYSTEMS ENGINEER RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACTIVITIES

• Responsible for performing battery pack design; emphasis on architectural and electrical aspects
• Develops test procedures and cell cycling equipment for performing electrical product and component evaluations (both internally and in labs)
• Perform technical risk and performance analysis and simulation
• Maintain time records and project reports as required
• Participate in process improvement

• Collaborates with customer and development team to analyze and document requirements
• Collaborate with other engineers on the global team as needed or required
• Perform 5S duties at the end of the day/week

• Provide technical guidance to all engineering disciplines through all phases of the APQP development process
• Support customer integration and validation of battery pack, onsite when required
• Support program management in post-sourcing reviews of hardware, software and systems

• This role operates under TISAX confidentiality level [Level 2], requiring appropriate handling of sensitive information
• Ensure legal compliance with state, federal and OSHA requirements
• Ensure ISO procedures are followed
• Maintain compliance with all company policies, work instructions and procedures

Personal Background

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical or Chemical Engineering, Applied Physics, Materials Science or related engineering field
• Required:
  
  Minimum of 8+ years of experience in engineering, ideally in the battery or automotive industry with hybrid and/or electric vehicles
• Preferred: 4 years’ experience in battery pack development

Job Technical Skills

• Strong knowledge of DFMEA process
• Experience with schematic software
• Experience with design verification
• Ability to review customer requirements and develop gap analysis to establish variant lists
• Background in mechanical engineering or electrical engineering and battery systems is a big plus
• Familiarity with automotive quality systems (IATF/ISO standards)
• Knowledge of quality, safety and manufacturability of battery packs
• Experience with high voltage and high capacity lithium ion battery systems: LTO and NMC preferred
• Experience specifying and setting up tests with cyclers and other diagnostic equipment
• Experience with BMS software control algorithms and hardware design preferred
• Experience with power electronics preferred
• Demonstrable experience with tools and test equipment (e.g., oscilloscopes, meters, diagnostics/analysis software) to perform standardized certification testing

Job Soft Skills

• Independent and proactive problem solver
• Comfortable working in a cross-functional, international team environment
• Stay focused on the quality of every deliverable by ensuring consistency and adherence to high standards, as well as paying close attention to even the minutest details involved
• Ability to possess higher-order thinking skills that enable one to see both sides of the coin. Provide solutions by creating and implementing new methodologies
• Balance listening and talking, speaking and writing clearly and accurately, influencing others, keeping others informed
• Taking ownership of our work, doing what is needed without being asked, following through
• Planning ahead, managing time well, being on time, being cost conscious, thinking of better ways to do things

• Team of 5 locally plus strong support from a 40-person European team (Poland, France, Germany)
• Travel:
  Once per month (e.g., to Indiana – 3 hour drive)