Thermal Runaway Protection Engineer

SES AI Corporation is an advanced battery technology company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, focused on developing lithium-metal (Li-Metal) and lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery solutions for electric transportation and energy storage applications. The company operates three core business units: Drones, which supplies high-energy and high-power density NDAA-compliant cells for drones, urban air mobility, and robotics; ESS (Energy Storage Systems), which provides integrated hardware and software solutions for data centers and commercial and industrial customers; and Materials, which leverages AI-driven discovery to supply next-generation battery materials. Central to its operations is the Molecular Universe platform, an AI-for-Science SaaS platform that powers material discovery, battery management, and workflow automation across all business units.

Thermal Runaway Protection Engineer

 

Responsibilities

• Responsible for simulation analysis and optimization design of power battery modules and system thermal runaway, thermal diffusion and exhaust

• Responsible for the mining and application of new technologies, new materials and new processes for thermal runaway protection of battery packs and modules

• Responsible for the development and optimization design of protective parts and materials for thermal runaway of battery packs and modules, to ensure that the thermal design can meet the needs of thermal runaway and thermal diffusion

• Responsible for the simulation analysis and optimization design of battery pack system and module thermal management

• Responsible for the design of power battery thermal safety related products, analysis of advantages and disadvantages of schemes, and verification of technical solutions

• Responsible for the preparation of technical plans for thermal management and the output of relevant technical documents

 

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or above in Power Engineering, thermal engineering, fluid mechanics, vehicle engineering, machinery or related field

• 3 years or above experience in system design and simulation analysis of battery thermal management components, proficient in structural simulation or fluid simulation tools (Fluent, CFX, Star CCM+, etc.), capable of relevant simulation work

• Familiar with the development of thermal management-related components, such as heat exchanger (liquid cooling plate), pipeline, heating components, sensors, fire insulation materials and other thermal management components design, selection and application experience

• Independent and high quality project completion experience, foreign project experience is preferred

• Work hard and flexible, careful and rigorous, have a sense of responsibility and good team spirit, pursue continuous progress