Thermal Engineer - Simulation

Job Summary

Thermal engineer with responsibilities to develop, maintain, and conduct high voltage (HV) Li-Ion battery pack level thermal and CFD analysis, develop battery pack thermal models based on test results, and provide technical advises to internal and external customers for the design optimization of HV automotive Li-Ion battery packs. This job is based at ONE's headquarters in Novi, MI.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Involve in battery pack thermal and CFD (computational fluid dynamics) analysis, conduct simulations on battery packs, modules, and electrical subsystems, verify design concepts, provide assessments and recommendations to mechanical, electrical, and hardware engineers.

• Develop and coordinate test and validation activities for verification and validation of battery packs, modules, and thermal management systems, including test plan setup, test involvements, project schedule, and result analyses.

• Analyze cell test data and develop ECM models and life models, use the models developed for module and pack level simulations.

• Conduct cell-level thermal analysis to integrate with electrochemical simulations.

• Provide requirements for improvements to advanced simulation activities to include CFD, Thermal, Structural, and multi-physics.

• Interact with validation engineers to conduct root cause analysis and provide technical proposals and solutions to resolve engineering problems.

• Participate in benchmarking activities.

• Must be solution-oriented and clever at creating contingency plans to meet deadlines and milestones.

• Perform any additional duties as assigned.

Qualifications

To perform the job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and Experience

• S. degree or higher in Mechanical, Civil, Chemical, or Aerospace Engineering.

• Minimum two years of industrial or academic experience with thermal and CFD analysis.

• Experience with the latest thermal and CFD simulation tools such as Star-CCM+ and/or Fluent, etc.

• Experience with MATLAB and Simulink

• Ability to differentiate and utilize both system and subsystem analysis techniques to evaluate complex interactions.

• Ability to define DOEs and analyze the influence of design parameters, to optimize the product design for a given application.

• Prior knowledge of Battery Electric Vehicles, Electrochemistry and Li-Ion batteries and cell design is a plus.

• Proven abilities to take initiative and be innovative.

• Ability to work independently with limited supervision; take proactive role in executing assignments in a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment.

• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills

• Ability to multitask, prioritize workload based on changing needs and manage through conflicting perspectives.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Work at a desk with a laptop

• Mobility to move between office space, test lab and manufacturing plant floor.

Work Schedule

• Full-time 40 hours and generally scheduled Monday through Friday 8am-5pm EST

• Work schedule to be established with supervisor to ensure Company's client and business needs are met.

• Flexible work schedule and environment, see company policy if applicable.