Battery Engineer - Power Storage
Responsibilities
- Contribute to the definition and refinement of space power system-level requirements for electrical power storage subsystems.
- Design electrical power storage hardware, including batteries, voltage conversion and conditioning circuits, charge and discharge control, and related fault protection and management circuitry.
- Create detailed test plans and procedures to verify and validate electrical power storage equipment performance and reliability.
- Develop and implement test systems and setups using appropriate test equipment to validate hardware designs under representative operating conditions.
- Evaluate supplier issues, identify risks, and develop recovery strategies to maintain program schedules and technical performance.
- Support milestone reviews across design, manufacturing, test, and operations phases by providing technical input, documentation, and status updates.
- Communicate project progress, technical status, and potential issues clearly and proactively to stakeholders and leadership.
- Perform additional related engineering duties as assigned to support the broader avionics and power storage team.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
- Experience in power storage system design, integration, and test.
- Strong Hardware and hardware design for electrical power storage applications.
- Hands-on experience with batteries and battery management systems (BMS), including design and implementation.
- Proficiency in electrical, analog, and digital circuit design related to power storage and power electronics.
- Experience with hardware test and validation of electrical power storage systems.
- Proficient use of test equipment such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, electronic load banks, power supplies, and power analyzers.
- Experience with integration and test of electrical power storage hardware within larger systems.
- Ability to develop and execute comprehensive test plans and integration strategies for power storage equipment.
Qualifications
- Experience in power storage system design, integration, and test.
- Strong Hardware and hardware design for electrical power storage applications.
- Hands-on experience with batteries and battery management systems (BMS), including design and implementation.
- Proficiency in electrical, analog, and digital circuit design related to power storage and power electronics.
- Experience with hardware test and validation of electrical power storage systems.
- Proficient use of test equipment such as oscilloscopes, multimeters, electronic load banks, power supplies, and power analyzers.
- Experience with integration and test of electrical power storage hardware within larger systems.
- Ability to develop and execute comprehensive test plans and integration strategies for power storage equipment.
Skills
- Power storage system design.
- Electrical power storage hardware design.
- Battery and battery management systems (BMS).
- Electrical, analog, and digital circuit design.
- Hardware test and validation.
- Test equipment proficiency (oscilloscopes, multimeters, etc.).
- Integration and test of electrical power storage hardware.
Benefits
- Medical, dental & vision coverage.
- Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital coverage.
- 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available.
- Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents).
- Short and long-term disability coverage.
- Health Spending Account (HSA).
- Transportation benefits.
- Employee Assistance Program.
- Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave).
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $55.00 - $75.00/hr. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:
- Medical, dental & vision coverage.
- Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital coverage.
- 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available.
- Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents).
- Short and long-term disability coverage.
- Health Spending Account (HSA).
- Transportation benefits.
- Employee Assistance Program.
- Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave).
About Actalent
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