Principal Engineer Energy Storage System

Lilium

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Munich, Germany

Posted on: 2022-04-20

Category: transportation

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Employment type:

Full time

Experience required:

Intermediate

Salary

Salary not provided

About the company:

Lilium’s vision is to create a sustainable and accessible mode of high-speed, regional transportation.

Using the 7-Seater Lilium Jet, an electric vertical take-off and landing jet, offering leading capacity, low noise and high performance, Lilium is building a transport network and service for people and goods. Working in partnership with world-leading aerospace, technology, and infrastructure partners, commercial operations are set to launch in 2024.

Lilium’s 700+ strong team includes over 400 aerospace engineers and a leadership responsible for delivering some of the most successful aircraft in aviation history. Founded in 2015, Lilium’s headquarters and manufacturing facilities are in Munich, Germany, with teams based across Europe and the U.S.

A career at Lilium is for those who want to do something extraordinary. We take pride in pushing the boundaries of engineering, technology and customer experience.

As part of a team, you will tackle challenges and deliver something that has never been done before. By joining Lilium you will have the opportunity to work with a world-class entrepreneurial team of more than  800 people who are as passionate about changing the world as you are.

You will always act with safety and integrity in mind and embody our core behaviors of efficient and positive collaboration, ownership of time, continuous improvements and, ultimately delivering results.

We thrive on diversity and creating an inclusive culture, with more than 50 nationalities currently working hard to bring our vision of a sustainable world to life.

Your role and your team:

We are looking for an outstanding Principal Energy Storage System Engineer to join our IPT Energy team that will drive the future of urban e-mobility.

This position will report to our Head of Mechanical Engineering and will be technically accountable for Energy-Storage-System-level topics regarding architecture, design, certification and delivery in the context of the Lilium Jet. The Energy Storage System encompasses the mechanical enclosure, the cells, the battery management system as well as the thermal management system aspects – in both development and industrialization. The Energy Storage System being an integral part of the electric powertrain (EPS), your task will demand to arrive at optimal transversal solutions.

Your Day to Day:

Managing the development and implementation of our eVTOL's Energy Storage System, defining requirements and architecture, overseeing the system engineering design team and ensuring that the end result is an integrated, safe and certifiable system in the aircraft-level context
Drive selected transversal topics to arrive at an integrated EPS solution, engaging the propulsion system team and the energy management system team
Review allocation of EPS and system-level-requirements and overseeing the break-down to sub-system
Driving, approving and releasing Energy-Storage-System-level design documentation, incl. change notices
Specifying and supporting system level validation and verification according to acceptable means of compliance, link with systems testing
Cooperating closely with systems engineers within our system design teams regarding design, interfaces and control

Your Profile:

M.Sc./Eng. or PhD in Mechanical, Electrical or Aeronautical Engineering or a related field required
Broad base in the relevant engineering discipline and natural sciences required
Min. 10 years of professional experience in system engineering, either on electric vehicles or in the aviation industry
Skilled in systems engineering in accordance with ARP4754A, preferably also awareness of DO160 and DO178 and DO254 and DO311
Experience with electrical propulsion system or battery systems is a must, experience with power electronics would be advantageous
Experience in capture tools, such as Siemens Polarion or IBM Rational Doors would be advantageous
Strong motivation to help build structures and processes
High level of self-reliance with the ability to lead and coordinate multi-disciplinary teams of engineers
Target-oriented, driven workstyle with analytic problem-solving skills are required
Fluent English language skills are essential, fluent German or any other language would be beneficial

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Life at Lilium:

You are joining us as we are building our global footprint. While the current COVID-19 restrictions mean that many of us are working remotely, we are still making the most out of this time. Meet fellow colleagues via our culture sessions and free weekly yoga classes, or improve your German or English with our free language courses.

Lilium is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all qualified individuals regardless of ethnicity, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

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