EnerSys Delaware Inc.
Project Engineer
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EnerSys
EnerSys is a global leader in stored energy solutions for industrial applications. We have over thirty manufacturing and assembly plants worldwide servicing over 10,000 customers in more than 100 countries. Worldwide headquarters are located in Reading, PA, USA with regional headquarters in Europe and Asia. We complement our extensive line of Motive Power and Energy Systems with a full range of integrated services and systems. With sales and service locations throughout the world, and over 100 years of battery experience, EnerSys is the power/full solution for stored DC power products.
Motive Power applications include industrial lift trucks and pallet jacks, rail equipment, mining equipment, and airline ground support equipment. Some of the motive power brands include Hawker, Ironclad, General Battery, and Fiamm. Wherever there is a need for motive power, EnerSys offers the perfect energy solution.
Job Purpose
An excellent opportunity for a Project Engineer to join a well-established, exciting and growing Lithium-ion space business. The company designs, manufactures and qualifies batteries for international space missions on satellites, launchers, and interplanetary vehicles. The company’s customers include both national and international space agencies like NASA and European Space Agency as well as working across the commercial market supporting missions that include Earth observation, internet of things satellite constellations and global positioning systems. The position is based in the Culham Science Centre near Abingdon in Oxfordshire and is a job that can truly impact people across the globe.
The Project Engineer acts as a lead engineer on customer or internal projects. The engineer provides technical assessment, analysis, data review and technical documentation for the specified project. The engineer will work within a multi-disciplinary team, with support from Junior Engineers, to ensure on-time and on-quality delivery to the customer. The role will be the primary technical representative to the customer for the specified project. The candidate will have a STEM background, and a keen interest in working on space projects. The candidate will have experience working as a technically responsible engineer.
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Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Responsible for the detailed project design solution under guidance from Senior/Principal engineers:
- Analysis of the electrical, thermal and mechanical performance of the battery
- Specification of battery components e.g. heaters
- Work with CAD Manager to generate drawings
- Support in-build technical checks
- Support technical checks during the battery test campaign, including support to testing at external sites, e.g. vibration
- Verification of project hardware from test data, and correlation to predicted performance
- Produce project documentation such as analysis reports, battery user manuals, test plans, and test reports
- Contribute technical information to project readiness review and non-conformance meetings
- Production of compliance statements to the project and industry standards
- Communication on technical matters to customers
- Support proposals by providing technical inputs
- Support inputs to technical papers and presentations
Responsible for on-time and on-quality solutions
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- Supports allocation of tasks to assigned Graduate/Junior Engineers
- Supports department level process management documentation
- Supports continuous improvement in the department
Qualifications
- A degree in STEM subject, or equivalent qualification
Knowledge and Experience
Required
- Experience as an engineer in a customer facing role
- Good level of IT skills for data analysis, modelling, results presentation and reporting
- Experience with test and verification activities
- Experience in report writing
Desirable
- Experience working with space industry primes, agencies and end users
- Experience in some of the following areas:
- Mechanical design and analysis
- Thermal design and analysis
- Li-ion battery performance
- Reliability and failure modes
- Vibration/shock testing
- Knowledge and understanding of ECSS standards
Skill and Competencies
- Attention to detail and an ability to examine and present data clearly
- An ability to effectively prioritise and work to detailed scheduled plans and tight deadlines
- Excellent people skills; be a proven team worker but with an ability to work independently
- An enthusiasm for problem-solving and delivering solutions
EnerSys provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
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