High Voltage Battery Senior Electrical System Engineer

$120,000 - $170,000/Yr

Weight Watchers - Rochester Hills, MI

Full-time - Senior

Remote - Rochester Hills, MI

10,001+ employees

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About the position

The High Voltage Battery Senior Electrical System Engineer will lead the development of energy storage systems for electrification in commercial vehicles. This hybrid role involves collaboration with internal teams and suppliers to ensure optimal integration of battery systems with vehicle propulsion and auxiliary systems.

Responsibilities

• Defining and leading Pack requirements and system interactions
• Support Pack sizing, DFMEA, mechanical, fitment, and thermal system interactions
• Support battery functional safety, battery controls and specifications
• Creation and maintenance of complete Design Requirement Documents for HV Energy Storage Systems
• Creation and maintenance of relevant system interface documents
• Review of supplier DFMEAs and co-development of HV ESS Functional Safety requirements
• Perform preliminary ESS sizing estimates for power and energy
• Generate static power capability maps and energy walks for ESS variants
• Lead internal and external work-streams to achieve timely execution of program deliverables
• Utilize engineering tools and processes to develop and validate hardware and software of the ESS
• Provide support during vehicle production launch
• Understanding of components in the battery distribution unit
• Interaction with sensors used in HV RESS
• Generate electrical requirements for RESS Design Requirements Documents
• Performing system level stack-ups of sensing errors and communication resolution
• Develop excel-based tools to facilitate quick assessment and visualize impact of changes
• Provide electrical inputs to the RESS modeling engineer
• Responsible for the electrical portion of the RESS DVP&R
• Lead or assist in root-cause analysis and suggest corrective actions
• Author and maintain RESS electrical interface requirement documents
• Work with vehicle electrical wiring team to optimize RESS HV architecture and interfaces
• Integrate the RESS solution into test-benches and development vehicles
• Collaborate and work well in teams across brands and time-zones

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology with at least 8 years of experience in product design/development and at least 1 year leading others
• Master's degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology with at least 6 years of experience in product design/development and at least 1 year leading others
• PhD in Engineering or Engineering Technology with at least 3 years of experience in product design/development and at least 1 year leading others
• Legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship

Nice-to-haves

• Automotive related engineering degree or experience
• Experience or education in Electrical, Systems, Mechanical
• Strong understanding of basic electrical concepts and computations applicable to batteries
• Working experience with HV Energy Storage Systems for commercial or automotive applications
• Working experience with relevant industry standards such as SAE J1939, J1772, ISO15118, ISO26262
• Designing, developing, documenting, and maintaining Battery Management practices
• Developing Battery Management requirements and implementing in software
• Working knowledge of thermodynamics, EMC/EMI, grounding best practices
• Working knowledge of circuit modeling & simulation
• Hands-on experience with power-electronics and electrified propulsion systems
• Experience with physical testing of electrical components
• Familiar with design-for-serviceability concepts
• Working experience in following automotive product development processes

Benefits

• Competitive total rewards package
• Annual salary range of $120K-$170K