Battery Performance Engineer

Copello are partnered with a technology and engineering services business that are looking for an experienced Battery Performance Engineer to join their experienced team in Oxfordshire. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone to join a company that provides world-class technical innovation, engineering, testing and manufacturing services to customers across sectors from automotive and motorsport to aerospace and defence.

The Role

The successful candidate’s responsibilities will include:

• Advancing cell-driven battery system performance and safety.
• Generating data, design input and validation for battery systems through battery testing, data analysis, modelling and simulations.
• Conceptualisation of battery packs from system level requirements by cell selection and pack sizing activities.
• Determining battery performance capabilities, limitations and improvement opportunities.
• Tracking state-of-the-art cell technology and supporting cell supplier relationships
• Representing the business externally as a technical expert for ongoing project delivery as well as business development purposes.
• Engaging with stakeholders at all levels of the business, as well as external partnering academic and external organisations

The Essentials

• An engineering qualification (Bachelor’s or master’s degree in a STEM subject) or equivalent industry/academic experience.
• Proficiency in data analysis
• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work inter and intra-departmentally, building working relationships across the business.

The Desirables

In addition to the above, you will ideally have knowledge/experience in one or more of:

• Using MATLAB, and modelling physical systems in Simulink
• Battery cell technology or HV Battery Systems
• Battery testing, battery test methods, battery data analysis and cell test data analysis
• Writing battery test procedures.
• Managing large datasets.
• Battery Cell / System equivalent circuit models
• Degradation mechanisms associated with Li-ion batteries
• Battery safety, abuse testing, thermal runaway and propagation-resistant design
• Model-based BMS state-estimation algorithms
• State-of-the-art lithium-ion cells on the current market
• Working with lithium-metal solid-state cell technology and other advanced chemistries.
• Understanding of Systems Engineering principles (V-cycle)

The Package

• Salary up to £65,000 depending on experience
• 26 Days Holiday + bank holidays, increasing with Service and options to Buy/Sell up to 1 Week extra.
• Car Schemes
• Performance based Bonus Scheme
• Childcare Benefits such as Childcare Vouchers or TEDS Nursery Vouchers
• Free Onsite Gym with Classes
• National Gym Membership Discounts Available
• Private Medical Insurance
• 8% Employer Contributions Pension Rising To 10% After 3 Years
• Cycle To Work Scheme

The Application

To apply please send your CV directly to Sam@copello.co.uk or call me on 07771487618.