Sr. Series Engineer

Role Summary:

Responsibilities:

• Member of Battery Module Electro-mechanical design team
• Responsible to lead team in launch of battery pack into start of production, sustaining and continuous improvement of battery module after launch
• Design responsibility of assemblies and components during production launch, ramping up of production and sustaining phase
• Responsible for maintaining ramp rate of battery pack, subassembly, and components during launch and into production
• Holistic sustainability of Battery Module assembly, subassembly, and components
• Continued optimization of Battery Pack, subassembly, and components
• Lead Design Reviews
• Lead BOM management and change management
• Lead DFMEA efforts and support of PFMEA efforts
• Prepare rework plans and quality requirements for rework.
• Collaborate with manufacturing and Quality to solve yield and scrap issues
• Define validation requirements based on design or process change
• Lead product improvements and understanding impacts of cost and mass.
• Lead battery module teardown efforts for factory and field failures
• Lead supplier engagement activities to drive home changes, monitor line audits and manage part qualifications

Qualifications:

• Must have bachelor's degree with 4+ years of industry experience or master's degree with 2+ years of industry experience
• Experience with battery module design including structural, thermal, and electrical components of battery module.
• Understanding of battery system architectures and system requirements.
• Understanding and execution of root cause and corrective action
• Proficiency with statistics and data analysis
• Understanding of line FAT and SAT
• Strong understanding of high-volume manufacturing processes and equipment
• Strong collaboration skills with engineering, manufacturing, reliability, and quality engineers
• Experience with release engineering including CAD design, GD&T, and PLM interface
• Familiarity with modeling/analysis tools for structural and thermal analysis
• Understanding of safety protocols for battery modules
• Experience with automotive DVP&R cycle, requirements management, and issue tracking - JIRA, JAMA, IQ-RM, Plato
• Proficiency with CATIA V6 (3Dx) and Enovia proficiency