Advanced Battery Systems Engineer
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Employment type:
Full time
Experience required:
Intermediate
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About the company:
Why work with us?
We at Vertical Aerospace are pushing the boundaries of what is possible, creating technology to achieve sustainable air travel like never before. Vertical comprises a world-class team of leaders, experts, engineers who're all striving towards the same goal, to make air travel personal, on-demand, and carbon free. This is your chance to be a part of this extraordinary team.
Vertical is one the world’s leading eVTOL businesses, and a pioneer of this ground-breaking new segment, which marks the beginning of sustainable aviation.
Founded in 2016, Vertical uniquely combines the best of the aerospace, Formula 1 and automotive industries and has become one of only seven companies globally to have successfully flown multiple full-scale eVTOL prototypes. The VX4, is a world-leading fully composite tilt-rotor winged eVTOL that will carry one pilot and four passengers or cargo. VX4 is in plan to be certified in late 2024, placing the business in the top two companies globally with a commercially viable aircraft capable of spanning intra and intercity passenger and cargo eVTOL markets.
We are looking for an Advanced Battery Systems Engineer who will:
Enjoy working with a world class team comprised of leading aerospace and technology thinkers as well as some of the finest engineering talent. Of course, you will possess or be able to rapidly adopt a passion for sustainable aviation and it’s benefits for both society and sustainability.
Day to day work is undertaken with a significant degree of independence and initiative, with supervision and guidance from accountable manager on longer range planning and unusual problems. Uses strong interpersonal skills to establish and maintain excellent relationships with other engineers, both internal and external to vertical, to ensure work is aligned with wider engineering effort. Other functions of the business are supported or consulted for advice where needed (e.g. programme, marketing, finance, legal, procurement etc).
The responsibilities and duties of the Advanced Battery Systems Engineer will be as follows:
- Responsible for all batteries in the field including, storage, service and maintenance.
- Approval for battery design relevant in use operations
- Specify, design and build commissioning rings for integration testing
- Emulate CANbus nodes using CANoe or Speedgoat
- Support flight test campaign
- Assist with root cause analysis for failures
- Process raw test data, and analyse and interpret test results
- Supporting the Test team as required to explore and validate technical solutions
- Develop operational and service manuals for the battery system
- Responsible for battery operational requirements
- Develop service training materials for the battery system in use
The successful Advanced Battery Systems Engineer will have the following Experiences & Qualifications:
- Experience with complex system integrations
- Experience with communication protocols (CANbus, Ethernet)
- Experience with Cell and Battery pack integration and testing
- Experience with hybrid system integration
- Experience with HV Systems
This is an on-going advert and interviews will be held on an ad-hoc basis until sufficient applications have been received.
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