Lead Battery Development Engineer

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Tevva

A leader in electrified HGV technology is currently seeking a Lead Battery Development Engineer.

The successful candidate will be involved in the battery system requirement development, specification generation, system design, verification, and validation.

The Lead Battery Development Engineer duties involve:

• Analyse desired battery product/systems specifications and applicable regulations/legislation for their area of the program.
• Define the battery product functional analysis (based on standard) to translate customer specifications and internal requirements into clear product performance criteria.
• Agree on the material and subcomponent choice proposed to be able to meet mechanical performance requirements.
• Subjectively and objectively assess component stability performance in a repeatable, safe manner.
• Use vehicle-based instrumentation to gather on-vehicle data.
• Use tools to gather data on system performance.
• Use gathered data alongside subjective evaluation to identify parameter changes to drive the desired change in system and vehicle performance.
• According to validation/measurement results, define necessary product improvements to meet the specifications.
• Lead the battery product validations for their area of the program.
• Define, plan, and follow the product validations.
• Support reaching the quality, costs, and delivery targets of the program.
• Support design review and contribute to the achievement of Engineering Milestones as well as Customer Program Milestones.

The Successful Lead Battery Development Engineer will have:

• Relevant manufacturing/engineering degree preferred in either Electronic or Electrical, Automotive or Systems Engineering
• Battery cell, module, and pack level experience within manufacture and testing
• Experience with CAN, National Instruments Labview, and Data Loggers
• Willingness to work in a hands-on Battery development role
• Understanding of legislation and standards
• An understanding of Lean Manufacturing
• Sound knowledge of high voltage vehicle safety standards (e.g. R100)
• Proven experience in a similar role, working on HV vehicles (although onsite training will need to be completed)