High Voltage Battery Engineer

ROLE TITLE: HIGH VOLTAGE BATTERY ENGINEER

REPORTING LINE: The High Voltage Battery Engineer will report to the Director of Technical Operations for Energy Solutions.

DEPARTMENTAL OVERVIEW:

Energy Solutions is a sub-systems solutions arm of Artemis Technologies, responsible for the delivery of Marine lithium-Ion battery and High-Power Charging systems. The group is growing its presence within the business and building on the technology modules developed in our vessel programmes, furthering development for the wider marine market.

THE ROLE:

Responsible for the design and development of ATL in-house propulsion battery systems including vessel integration. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES / ACCOUNTABILITIES: 

• Responsible for the electromechanical design and on time delivery of 800V DC battery pack products.
• Deriving Mechanical, Electrical & Hardware Sub-System/Component requirements for design realisation or for COTS hardware requirements specification.
• Integration of Lithium-Ion battery modules, working closely with critical suppliers to meet strict physical and functional integration requirements.
• Supporting LV and HV internal harnessing and connectivity strategy.
• Support the implementation of the battery system safety concept.
• Developing innovative busbar and electrical distribution concepts for high-voltage batteries, in line with international normative standards.
• Deriving Mechanical/Electrical/Hardware Requirements and verifying they are satisfied by electromechanical design.
• Integration of Fuses, switchgear, LV hardware and Battery Management System hardware.
• Supporting in the development and refinement of the thermal management strategy for the battery modules and co-ordinating appropriate CAE activities where required.
• Supporting in electromechanical system calculations and utilising first principals’ approach to problem resolution.
• Authoring technical documentation as required (test reports, user manuals, hardware manuals etc.).
• Contributing and leading Robustness Analysis (DFMEA, FTA’s) as required throughout the development program.
• Support the product Integration & Test programs as required.
• Providing support to the Aftersales team in identifying issues and find resolutions (root cause analysis, 8D’s).
• Introducing new technology to ATL where appropriate.
• Attend team and 1-1 meetings and fulfil reporting requirements as required by Artemis Technologies.
• Ensure compliance with Artemis Technologies Policies and Procedures.
• Build good working relationships across Artemis Technologies.
• Contribute to shaping a culture that reflects Artemis Technologies Values and Behaviours and enables the company to achieve its goals.

PERSON SPECIFACTION:

Education/Qualifications and Experience Required:

• Holder of Bachelor (BSc /BEng) degree in a relevant engineering discipline (Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Control Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Aerospace Engineering).
• 5+ years working in automotive, marine or industrial sectors within a complex regulatory framework. Experience with Lithium-Ion HV battery system design.  

Key Skills Required:

Technical/Design Skills:

• Systems thinking and experience working with requirements management & management tools (Jama Connect).
• Electromechanical design acumen and strong knowledge/understanding of electrical product design and best practices.
• Experience with 3D modelling and PLM (CATIA V5, 3DX, PTC Creo).
• Knowledge of safe working practices, standard and legislative requirements for LV DC Systems (60-1500VDC).
• Knowledge of product lifecycle management from concept through to production.

Communication Skills:

• Good report writing skills – clear, concise, and well structured.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.

Organising Skills:

• Ability to coordinate with other departments and flag issues.
• A focus on ‘delivery’ to an agreed schedule.

Teamworking Skills:

• Ability to relate well to others, and build co-operative and collaborative working relationships, both internally and externally.

Behavioural Competencies: Personal Qualities Required: 

Joining a multi-professional, friendly, state of the art team, successful candidates will have the following attributes:  

• A positive, can-do attitude - role modelling a positive approach especially through organisational growth and change.
• Integrity – honest, trustworthy, dependable.
• Adaptable and flexible – able to adapt quickly during fast growth and changing situations, and to be flexible as the demands of the role may require.
• A proactive, responsive and responsible approach to fulfilling the requirements of role.
• Reliable – can be counted on to fulfil what is expected of them.
• A professional and mature attitude to the tasks in hand.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a small team.
• Calm and able to think on feet.
• Self-starter and independent thinker; able to solve problems and instigate solutions.
• Resilient – able to work under pressure such as meeting deadlines, volume of work, accuracy levels required etc.
• A pleasure to work with – supportive, helpful, co-operative and collaborative.
• Friendly and approachable, and able to create a sense of enjoyment at work.
• Committed – possesses a strong work ethic, committed to excellence and the success of ATL.

Remuneration:

Artemis Technologies Ltd offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package which includes:

• Private Medical Insurance.
• Health Cashback Plan.
• Group Income Protection
• Stakeholder Pension.
• Sponsored Translink annual travel card loan scheme.
• Cycle to Work scheme.
• Electric Vehicle scheme.
• Life Insurance (3 x salary)
• Employer Assistance Programme.
• ·22 days holiday plus 13 public/bank/closure holidays (pro-rata). You will also accumulate up to 5 service – related holidays over your first five years of employment.
• Regular social events (staff and family). 

Equal Opportunities 

Artemis Technologies is an equal opportunities employer and therefore is committed to promoting diversity and equality of opportunity and does not discriminate, whether on grounds of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender re-assignment, disability, age, class, religion or belief, community background or passport held. These principles underpin our professional behaviour and are embedded in our policies, procedures, day-to-day practices, and external relationships.  We therefore welcome and encourage job applications from a fully diverse range of candidates.  

We monitor the community background and sex of our job applicants and employees in order to demonstrate our commitment to promoting equality of opportunity in employment and to comply with our duties under the Fair Employment & Treatment (NI) Order 1998. If you do not answer the related application questions, we are encouraged to use the residuary method of making a determination, which means that we can make a determination as to your community background on the basis of the personal information supplied by you in your application form.  

Note: If you provide these details you are obliged to do so truthfully as it is a criminal offence under the Fair Employment (Monitoring) Regulations (NI) 1999 to knowingly give false answers to these questions.

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