Battery Engineer

DescriptionBattery Engineer £up to 40 - 85k prorata
South East ABJ6149a
12 month temp
As a Battery engineer with some industrial experience you will work along with other electronics and battery specialists in global discovery team to develop and qualify new, product integration-ready battery and energy storage technologies for a global organisation
As a battery engineer with a background in electrochemistry or electronics you will support breakthrough innovation across different innovative electronics categories and be a key part of delivering world-class products.
As a battery specialist / battery engineer you would validate and robustly test and support battery development and device validation activities within NPD engineering
A core responsibility for this role will be rigorous testing of emerging battery technologies and chemistries as well as battery integration as appropriate for inclusion in the company’s electronic portfolio
This role also significantly contributes to the new technology selection by establishing the strong datapoints from the battery testing to support proper technical decision-making.
Key Responsibilities
* Supporting the battery and device development team in battery design assessment, device and battery verification testing, sample preparation and functional problems solving.
* Specification of battery requirements from detailed project briefs.
* Communicate the new battery requirement to suppliers as well as arrange technical sessions in order to drive the appropriate technical options.
* Accountable for all aspects of battery design and design verification [theoretical and experimental].
* Battery manufacturer identification and selection.
* Battery validation and the functional safety testing of batteries and devices.
* Experimental and test design for new battery formats, chemistries, or device operating principles
* Specifying full battery validation and product integration test plans, test cases and analysing results to ensure the functionality and reliability of the product and its batteries.
* Failure analysis and root cause investigations of battery failures or poor performance.
Qualifications and Experience
* A degree BSc, MSc, PhD engineering- degree in any of the following fields: chemistry, materials science, electronics, chemical engineering or similar.
* Ideally a few years in experimental experiences with Li-ion battery fabrication, cell assembly, battery testing and validation, understanding fundamental electrochemical principles.
* Hands-on experience either in design development from battery manufacture business or engineering role in battery system integration from consumer electronics or electric vehicle [EV] industry.
* Capable of establishing the test system to perform battery assessment needed.
* Capable of conducting Charge/Discharge testing, environmental and safety relevant testing of electrochemical cells and battery packs.
* Experience in detailed cell and battery pack characterisation.
* Experience in materials characterisations techniques e.g
battery test equipment, X-ray diffraction, SEM and CT.
* Significant knowledge and understanding of battery manufacturing processes.
* Knowledgeable of consumer electronic device validation and product safety requirements.
* Some contemporary knowledge with consumer electronics failure analyses.
Full Time
Temp
To Apply: Please contact Alison Basson about ABJ6149 on [phone number removed] / [phone number removed] or apply to
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£85,000
South East
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