Senior Battery Engineer

FEV is seeking a qualified electrical engineer with battery development experience. Battery engineer position offers engineers passion with battery development. An opportunity in designing, testing, and engineering battery, modules, and battery packs.
 
Job Responsibilities:
 

• The Senior Battery Engineer will be responsible for linking system-level battery pack requirements with vehicle targets and driving thermal, Battery Management System (BMS), electrical, mechanical and power distribution unit subsystem requirements accordingly
• This will require the Battery Engineer to coordinate efforts of mechanical design, thermal design, electrical design, harness design, BMS and software team members
• As a member of the energy storage systems group, the Battery Pack Systems Engineer will be responsible full integration into vehicle and with all interfacing systems, power modes, charging and seamless integration of supplier partner development and validation with the development processes
• Translate vehicle requirements into battery pack system electrical and mechanical requirements, including electrical, mechanical, thermal, software, environmental, reliability and cost requirements
• Manage battery pack Bill of Materials and ensure requirements flow down to component design/procurement activities
• Conduct internal battery system design reviews, including CAE analysis and interfacing vehicle systems
• Develop Functional Safety and Cybersecurity system requirements for necessary electrical system and software development for vehicle integration
• Coordinate Packaging for battery pack systems in the CATIA V5 as well as NX environment, across vehicle systems
• Lead and/or participate in technical design reviews with customers
• Track Open Issues, communicate issues to all groups and setup meetings as required to close all issues
• Escalate major issues immediately to leadership
• Plan and execute assembly and component timing alignment with overall program timing and mitigate strategies as appropriate to resolve conflicts
• Create and maintain battery electrical, battery management system, power distribution unit, thermal and mechanical system-level DFMEAs and DVP&Rs
• Retrofit, test, rework, and debug on prototype & pre-production vehicles

• Bachelor’s Degree in EE with relevant experience  
• Minimum of 5 years with high voltage battery pack & electric powertrains design, product development and validation
• Experience translating vehicle performance into battery system and subsystem technical specifications and requirements
• Experience leading direct and cross functional teams effectively
• Experience designing and releasing electrical and mechanical subsystems
• Knowledge of CAN, LIN and Ethernet protocols as well as HVIL systems
• Direct experience with lithium-ion battery pack design and testing
• Thorough understand of battery management requirements and functionality, including power

 
Physical Demands:  
 
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls and reach with hands and arms. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, sit, and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Must occasionally lift and/or move more than 5-10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
 
Company Overview:
 
FEV is a globally leading engineering and digital mobility company. Together with our customers, we are shaping the future of the mobility sector for carbon-neutral and efficient, connected, and safe transportation. Through our in-depth expertise we provide customers and society with cutting-edge solutions for the highest value of mobility and the most advanced transport experience from A to B. Our expertise includes intelligent software and sustainable propulsion system development, as well as full vehicle engineering. Additionally, our range of services includes sophisticated systems engineering, cyber physical system development, software- and E/E-integration for software defined vehicles with highly automated and safe driving functionalities as well as vehicle integration. FEV’s engineering capabilities span the entire mobility ecosystem including all on-road applications as well as rail, marine, aerospace, agriculture, construction, mining, and industrial applications. Additionally, we transfer our elaborate know-how and innovations to adjacent markets, such as the energy sector, to deliver best-in-class industry solutions.
The FEV Group currently employs 7,000 highly qualified specialists in customer-oriented development centers at more than 40 locations on five continents.
Headquartered in Auburn Hills, MI, FEV North America, Inc. employs more than 500 highly skilled specialists. For more about FEV please visit our website at www.fev.com

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Last updated on Apr 14, 2023