Senior Principal Battery Systems Engineer
About The Position
BAE Systems is seeking a propulsion battery systems engineer to design and develop propulsion battery systems for conventional aircraft, helicopters, and Advanced Air Mobility vehicles. The role is part of the Controls and Avionics Solutions team, which develops safety-critical aerospace electronics, high-power electric drive systems, and energy storage solutions for electrically powered aircraft. The engineer will develop and manage 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 review engineering documentation; integrate systems or products; and verify and validate system designs against functional specifications and customer requirements. The role calls for experienced, collaborative, customer-oriented engineers with strong communication skills and a commitment to innovation and continuous improvement.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science degree or higher in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
- At least 8 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 and ability to create required engineering documentation.
- Demonstrated experience providing technical leadership.
- Experience developing and architecting SOC, SOP, SOH, and SOE models and validating them at the model level.
- Knowledge of high-voltage electrical power system design, battery management system designs, and thermal management of energy storage systems.
Nice To Haves
- Master's degree in a related engineering field.
- Experience developing formal validation and verification procedures.
- Knowledge 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 deploying battery systems for safety-critical applications.
- Knowledge of ARP-4754A and ARP-4761, DO-311A, and the 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 review documentation for system designs and architectures.
- Perform system and/or product integration.
- Verify and validate complex aspects of system designs to ensure conformance with functional specifications and customer requirements.
Benefits
- Competitive pay and benefits package.
- Professional growth and development opportunities.
- Every other Friday off, flextime, and telecommuting options.
- Employee recognition program with monetary or non-monetary awards.
- Health, dental, and vision insurance for eligible regular employees scheduled to work 20 or more hours per week.
- Health savings accounts.
- 401(k) savings plan.
- Disability coverage.
- Life and accident insurance.
- Employee assistance program.
- Legal plan.
- Discounts on home, auto, and pet insurance.
- Paid time off and paid holidays.
- Paid parental and military leave, bereavement leave, and applicable federal and state sick leave.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
