Principal Battery Systems Engineer - Hybrid - Sign on bonus and Relocation

BAE Systems•Village of Endicott, NY

17d•$107,359 - $182,510•Hybrid

About The Position

This individual will develop propulsion battery systems for conventional aircraft, helicopters, and Advanced Air Mobility vehicles using the latest cell and packaging technology. The role includes opportunities to create system architectures, develop requirements, design solutions, perform system integration and verify the design. As a technical leader in our organization, you will be responsible for ensuring successful technical execution of development programs, providing critical input to Systems Engineering discipline processes and growing the organization’s talent pipeline through mentoring and coaching. The role includes applying system engineering principles to development of aerospace propulsion battery systems through one or more of the following responsibilities: Develop, allocate and manage complex system, hardware and software requirements Research and develop complex, safety critical, high power battery system designs and architectures Define hardware, software, and programmable logic interfaces and functionality Prepare and/or review documentation for system designs and architectures in accordance with established system development processes and procedures Perform system and/or product integration Verify and validate complex aspects of system designs to ensure conformance with functional specifications and customer requirements Produce and/or review technical documents, specifications and standards Candidates should possess strong communication skills both written and oral. Candidates should also demonstrate sound interpersonal skills, including the ability to interface, coordinate and negotiate with company personnel, customers and suppliers. An individual at this level should demonstrate the ability to lead small work groups or program teams. BAE Systems offers competitive pay, benefits, and important work-life balance initiatives including every other Friday Off, Flextime, and Telecommuting. BAE also believes in a culture of recognition for the extraordinary contributions of our skilled employees. This position is based in Endicott, NY. Who you are: Collaborative: “You love working with a team and receiving input from others.” Customer / Client-Oriented: “You’re always anticipating your customer’s needs and working to exceed their expectations.” Innovative: “You are always looking for ways to do things better and faster.” #IJS

Requirements

B.S. Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or a related field.
6 years of experience designing, architecting and integrating battery systems, especially for high-power or safety critical applications
Demonstrated experience integrating battery systems into vehicles or high-level power system architectures.
Experience in full lifecycle development including system requirements, design, system-level integration, validation, and verification.
Technical writing skills: capable of creating required engineering documentation.
Demonstrated experience providing technical leadership.
Knowledge of high voltage (> 400 volts) electrical power system design.
Knowledge of battery management system designs
Knowledge of thermal management of energy storage systems, air and liquid cooling.
Knowledge of system safety principles and failure modes and effects analysis techniques.
Strong communication skills both written and oral.
Sound interpersonal skills, including the ability to interface, coordinate and negotiate with company personnel, customers and suppliers.
Ability to lead small work groups or program teams.

Nice To Haves

Master’s Degree in related engineering field
Experience with development of formal validation and verification procedures.
Knowledgeable of commercial and military certification objectives and activities.
Working knowledge of model based development of systems and/or software.
Demonstrated experience testing batteries and power systems.
Demonstrated experience with deploying battery systems for safety critical applications.
Knowledge of with ARP-4754A and ARP-4761.
Demonstrated experience with DO-311A
Demonstrated experience with FAA TSO process

Responsibilities

Develop, allocate and manage complex system, hardware and software requirements
Research and develop complex, safety critical, high power battery system designs and architectures
Define hardware, software, and programmable logic interfaces and functionality
Prepare and/or review documentation for system designs and architectures in accordance with established system development processes and procedures
Perform system and/or product integration
Verify and validate complex aspects of system designs to ensure conformance with functional specifications and customer requirements
Produce and/or review technical documents, specifications and standards
Ensuring successful technical execution of development programs
Providing critical input to Systems Engineering discipline processes
Growing the organization’s talent pipeline through mentoring and coaching