High Voltage Battery Cell Technical Specialist

Position Overview

At Navistar, we're driving change in the transportation industry and striving to help create a cleaner, more sustainable world where future generations can thrive. With that, it's an exciting time to be at Navistar, as we work to accelerate the impact of sustainable mobility throughout North America and, with our TRATON GROUP colleagues, worldwide. We are undergoing a transformation from being a supplier of trucks and buses to a supplier of complete and sustainable transport solutions.We are seeking a High Voltage Battery Cell Technical Specialist to develop cell-level requirements for HV Batteries optimized for our platform applications and meet or exceed Government, Navistar, and appropriate transportation standards.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain cell requirement specification and test specification that includes mechanical, electrical, environmental, and safety requirements and test procedures.
• Work with internal teams and suppliers to develop and test cells through various sample stages from concept to production.
• Research, aggregate, and rate present and future cell technologies
• Create and maintain a cell database of cell KPIs, supplier capability, application potential
• Establish relationships with potential cell suppliers and work with Navistar engineering and procurement to assess and rank supplier capability
• Keep Navistar eMobility team and Navistar management abreast of latest cell technologies; research and respond to related inquiries
• Create and maintain cell technology roadmaps and sync with Navistar product plans
• Obtain cell samples, create test plans, schedule, and manage testing internally or with independent third parties to: characterize cell, identify limits, verify performance, life, and abuse results, and gather data for modeling and BMS calibration
• Create and update reports from cell test data
• Review and assess suppliers' DVP&R results, track production, and support resolution of quality issues via 8D process
• Work with thermal, integration, and controls teams to optimize cell selection and design for future programs
• Work with our Global Traton partners to identify opportunities for cost-sharing and commonization
• Work with cell suppliers to localize cell production and secure supply chains
• Work with cell suppliers on opportunities to reduce costs, improve cell performance, quality, and processes
• Develop a simplified tool to allow marketing/sales team to provide rapid guidance to customers on the optimal vehicle configuration for their applications
• Create, validate, and update cell chemical, electrical, and thermal models using closed-loop learnings
• Utilize cell modeling to predict pack performance and life over customer representative usage scenarios

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology
• At least 8 years of experience in product design/development
• At least 1 year leading others in engineer/design activities

OR

• Master's degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology
• At least 6 years of experience in product design/development
• At least 1 year leading others in engineer/design activities

OR

• PhD in Engineering or Engineering Technology
• At least 3 years of experience in product design/development
• At least 1 year leading others in engineer/design activities

Additional Requirements

• Qualified candidates, excluding current Navistar employees, must be legally authorized on an unrestricted basis (US Citizen, Legal Permanent Resident, Refugee or Asylee) to be employed in the United States. Navistar does not anticipate providing employment related work sponsorship for this position (e.g., H-1B status)

Desired Skills

• Experience in creating and maintaining cell requirement specification and test specification.
• Experience in cell testing and familiar with cell development process from concept to production.
• Experience in cell modeling - including life, performance, chemical, and thermal behavior
• Strong written and verbal communication skills - Must be able to break down complex and esoteric concepts and explain them to a general audience
• Able to properly utilize DOE at the development level
• Experience with FMEAs and root-cause analysis
• Six Sigma Black Belt
• Strong in engineering concepts related to cells and their development including electrochemical, thermodynamic, material, mechanical principles and the underlying physics
• Strong understanding of lithium-ion chemistries like NMC & LFP, and how to optimize them for specific applications
• Ability and flexibility to travel domestically and abroad
• Experience with MathCAD, Matlab, Simulink, and/or other modeling software
• Experience with CFD simulations
• Familiar with UN 38.3 requirements and other relevant standards (IEC, IEEE, SAE, UL) and related cell test procedures
• PhD in Chemical engineering or Masters with significant experience in secondary cell development
• Proven experience with energy cells for transportation (academia, cell OEM, or high-volume customer)
• Development of cell models - including life, performance, chemical, and thermal
• Development of developing and running CFD simulations
• Experience with cells used for transportation applications
• Expertise in statistical analysis

Benefits and Compensation

Navistar provides a competitive total rewards package commensurate with applicable skills, knowledge, and experience and consistent with internal and external market practices. The annual salary range for this role is $116K - 155K a year.

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Navistar is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.

 

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Employment Type: FULL_TIME