Principal Mechanical Engineer
Job Description
Job Detail
- Lead in the design, development, and implementation of new solid-state Li-metal battery designs for manufacturing scale-up with cross functional teams
- Utilize thermal and mechanical simulation to drive the detailed mechanical design of cell architecture to meet customer mechanical, thermal, and pack level integration requirements
- Identify, specify, and set requirements with suppliers for cell components, assembly tools and manufacturing solutions for scale-up
- Develop methodologies and experiments to validate key cell design performance, reliability, and safety criteria
- Collaborate with cell build process teams, equipment design teams, safety, quality, metrology, and production teams to execute on critical path projects
Skills You’ll need: BS or higher degree in mechanical engineering, material science, or similar concentration - Minimum of 10 years experience with a Bachelor’s degree, or minimum of 8 years experience with a Master’s degree
- Proven experience driving mechanical design projects across the product life cycle, concept through production experience is preferred
- Expertise with at least one major CAD package ex: AutoDesk Inventor, SolidWorks, Catia, etc
- Expertise with mechanical & thermal simulation packages ex: ANSYS, ABAQUS, Comsol, etc
- Prior experience or knowledge of lithium-ion batteries is preferred
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