Battery Lab Engineer

Intertek, a leading provider of quality and safety solutions to many of the world’s top-recognized brands and companies, is actively seeking an Engineer
- Battery Lab to join our Electrical team in Cortland, New York
. This is a fantastic opportunity to grow a versatile career in Engineering.

Intertek's Electrical business line applies more than 100 years of product testing expertise to quickly and efficiently help clients meet safety, performance, environmental and quality requirements for every market. Spanning a wide range of industries such as Medical, Lighting, Renewable Energy, HVACR, Appliances & Electronics, Hazardous Locations, Industrial Equipment, Life Safety & Security, IT & Telecom Equipment, Intertek's global network of laboratories employ world-class experts in their fields who deliver quality, accurate testing and certification that continually exceeds our clients' expectations and helps to clear a path for their product's success.

Intertek is continually innovating and evolving to reduce risk for consumers, brands and organizations in every sector and industry around the world. We go beyond Testing, Inspection and Certification of products: we are a Total Quality Assurance Provider to industries worldwide. Our

Purpose:

Bringing quality, safety, and sustainability to life.

The Engineer
- Battery Lab is responsible for performing testing and evaluations on military and aerospace products to the provisions of U.S., Canadian and other international product standards; writing reports; and communicating with clients. Ability to travel up to 25%.

The base wage or salary range for this position is $70,000-$72,000. Individual compensation packages are based on a variety of factors unique to each candidate including skill set, experience, qualifications, and other job-related reasons.

In addition to competitive compensation packages, when working with Intertek you can expect benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, 401(k) with company match, generous vacation / sick time (PTO), tuition reimbursement and more.

• Read and determine applicability of standards for the EUT (equipment under test).
• Wear appropriate PPE; including work gloves and steel toe shoes.
• Use proper lifting techniques and equipment to move heavy, oversized samples.
• Perform testing of batteries/battery systems in accordance with standards.
• Operate environmental chambers.
• Document testing using data loggers and photographs.
• Use a schedule to plan testing, evaluations and report writing.
• Develop, set up, and follow established test plans.
• Compile test results during testing. Compile data and product description and compose final reports. Submit report to reviewer for final approval.
• Communicate project status and test results to clients, sales personnel, and management throughout testing.
• Destructive & nondestructive testing of battery cells, packs, modules and systems.
• Disassembling batteries to evaluate components and setup samples for fault testing.
• Support senior engineers in conducting thermal runaway fire tests.
• Assist in test setup, teardown, and cleanup (respirator is required).
• Will operate battery cyclers for charge/discharge of batteries.
• Support shipping/receiving of samples.
• Performing electrical calculations and measurements.
• Manage battery projects that are assigned and communicate with clients throughout projects.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Provide on-going support to clients as needed.

This position outline is a general guideline and does not represent all encompassing details. The position assumes that the incumbent has both the mental and physical requirements to carry out the above defined…