Battery Unit & Systems Engineer

Location Basildon
Job type: Contract
Salary: £29.52PH Umbrella (after 13 weeks the rate will increase to £35.65 in line with AWR)
Contact name: Vicki Martinson

Contact email: vmartinson@select-engineering.net
Contact phone: 01245403560
Job ref: 56161
Published: 30 days ago
Duration: 4 months rolling
Expiry date: 01 Feb 2025 23:59
Startdate: ASAP

​Position Description:

  • Part of the European Electrified Propulsion Engineering team (EPE) team is responsible for the integration of high voltage components to help deliver the future powertrain solutions for the company.

  • An opportunity has opened for a Battery Unit Systems Engineer.

  • You will have responsibility for the system design and validation of the HV battery unit and to ensure that product development deliverables and program attribute targets are met for Battery Units on the company's next generation of Electric Vehicles.

Skills Required:

  • Demonstrable experience of working with little supervision.

  • Experience of attribute trade off and management.

  • Good working knowledge of GPDS process and utilisation of company Product Development toolset such as: Teamcenter, FEDE Workbench, VSEM, G8D, DFMEA

  • Robustness & Reliability toolset

  • Strong oral and written communication skills.

  • Self-motivated with excellent team working skills.

Skills Preferred:

  • Has an enthusiasm for electrification with awareness of other vehicle area requirements and the integration conflicts that they present to deliver a vehicle level solution that meets all attributes

Experience Required:

  • Knowledge of HV battery technology, design and validation is desirable, however we will help you build the experience you need.

Experience Preferred:

  • Demonstrated ability to plan and execute technically complex projects working cross functionally.

Education Required:

  • Education is important to us; ideally, you'll have a Degree in Engineering Discipline (or equivalent) in hand, or you have completed two third of formal study towards degree course and commitment to complete studies. But if that's not the case and you have experience/skills you feel are relevant and beneficial to the role, we're interested to hear from you.

Education Preferred:

  • Degree in Engineering Discipline (or equivalent)