Automotive with Li-Ion Battery Pack Design and Testing Engineer

Mechanical Engineer experience in Li-Ion Battery Pack design, development and testing. (with automotive background)

EDUCATION:

•      BE/B.TECH in Mechanical Engineering/equivalent

EXPERIENCE:

•      5 to 7 Years of experience in Mechanical design, development, prototype development and testing preferably having experience in automotive background.

RESPONSIBILITIES: 

•      Analyze the customer requirements, standards, product requirements and prepare detailed mechanical requirement specification.

•      Prepare mechanical design for Battery pack assembly – Plastic enclosures, sheet metal brackets, Die-cast part, Busbars, Insulation sheet design, sealing, assembly techniques, etc. using SolidWorks.

•      Estimation of effort and planning for Mechanical design and development.

•      Coordinate with Circuit team to prepare design layout for electrical components like – Circuit board, relay, fuse, wiring harness, etc.

•      Perform design calculations like clearance-creepage, stack-up analysis, glue dozing quantity, screw selection based on strength, Thermal calculations, gasket or sealant design etc.

•      Apply Design For Manufacturing and Design For Assembly guidelines in the design to meet manufacturing and Assembly requirements

•      Plan/strategize for the required analysis for analytical verification of concepts.

•      Analyze the Risk in the design by FMEA methodology in accordance with AIAG-VDA approach.

•      Prepare 2D Manufacturing drawings, conduct tolerance stack-up studies.

•      Prepare test plans, test cases and testing of battery components to confirm the requirements.

SKILLSETS:

•      Experience in executing the Automotive project as per process standard – IATF16949

•      Experience in completing at least one product from Requirements to mass production

•      Expertise in SolidWorks CAD Software and knowledge in any simulation software

•      Experience in plastic, sheetmetal, Busbar, sealing design and Die-casting.

•      Exposure in thermal cooling design techniques.

•      Knowledge in material selection based on various properties.

•      Experience in sealing design techniques based on Ingress protection (IP) rating

•      Experience in GD&T and Tolerance Stack-up studies 

•      Knowledge in design/product validation testing

•      Exposure in manufacturing techniques – Injection molding, stamping, machining, etc.

•      Knowledge of automotive & Li-Ion Battery test and regulatory standards – ISO, IEC, UN