Senior Mechanical Engineer - Energy Storage System
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Full time
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Senior
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About the company:
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.
Senior Mechanical Engineer – Energy Storage System
We are looking for an exceptional Mechanical Engineer with experience of Battery System/Energy System development to lead critical topics within our Energy Storage System architecture.
This position will report to the Engineering Manager, Battery Technology and will be technically accountable for Energy Storage System level topics regarding architecture, design, certification and delivery of the Lilium Jet. The Energy Storage System encompasses the mechanical enclosure, the cells, the cell supervision circuit 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:
- Lead, develop and implement solutions around critical topics of our eVTOL's Energy Storage System, including Thermal Runaway and Venting system development.
- Define requirements and architecture, overseeing the battery pack mechanical integration 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
Required Profile:
- University degree in Aerospace Engineering or Mechanical/Vehicle Engineering (aerospace specialization, MSc/Eng preferred)
- Professional experience in the aerospace or automotive industry is required
- Experience in technical leadership of small engineering teams is required
- Experience with supplier selection, evaluation and management is beneficial
- Detailed in depth knowledge of HV battery systems and their design principles is preferred
- Good knowledge of thermal, mechanical, and electrical engineering principles is required
- Skilled in systems engineering, awareness of DO160, ARP4754 and/or DO311 would be highly advantageous
- Basic knowledge with PDM/PLM systems (Teamcenter or equivalent) is beneficial
- Experience developing and working to system requirements is required, ideally using capture tools such as Siemens Polarion or DOORS
- High level of self-reliance with the ability to work in a team, as well as autonomously is required
Life at Lilium:
The wellbeing of our employees is a high priority. In our HQ we have many initiatives such as free healthy food and drinks, free in-house gym and health days. In remote offices we offer online opportunities to stay connected and develop yourself as well including our culture club, free e-library, learning terminal, Employee Assistance Program and many more.
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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