Advanced Battery Systems Engineer

Vertical Aerospace

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Bristol, United Kingdom

Posted on: 2022-06-08

Category: transportation

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Employment type:

Full time

Experience required:

Intermediate

Salary

Salary not provided

About the company:

Revolutionising urban air mobility and electrifying air travel

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