BATTERY TEST ENGINEER

We are recruiting an exciting opportunity for an Battery Test Engineer to join a rapidly expanding engineering business in  North Oxfordshire area : 

JOB TITLE 

Battery Test Engineer

SALARY

£55,000 (circa)

LOCATION

Banbury

ROLE PURPOSE

To drive the development and operation of industry leading facilities and methodologies for power system, ancillaries, pack, module, and cell level testing.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Using your knowledge of battery and test systems, lead and train engineers and technicians in resolving test issues during day-to-day activities. 

• Creating user friendly data analysis scripts to assess test measurements, and feedback to engineering. 

• Act as the lead for maintaining calibration of all relevant test equipment. 

• Challenge methods of working to increase team efficiency, quality of testing and safety within the department. 

• Assist in leading H&S activities for the team, taking responsibility for reviewing and approval of Standard Work Instructions and Risk Assessments. 

• Take a leading role in initiatives such as internal safety focus groups, with the aim of creating a safe and positive work environment. 

• Training of new employees for areas of: H&S, safe working practices, use of test facilities and methods of testing for all areas covered by the Battery Test Team. 

• Implement methods of knowledge sharing between the team, acting as a driving force for a positive working environment. 

• Ability to work independently in planning daily activities to deliver testing programmes to strict deadlines and milestones. 

• Interfacing with internal stakeholders to schedule and deliver testing activities within agreed timeframes. 

• Support future planning and delivery of facilities upgrades. 

• Support design and build of bespoke test facilities, as well as leading the team with best practices in maintaining test rig hardware and software.

EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment. 

• Experience designing and building development test facilities. Highly disciplined, analytical and organised. 

• Experienced in industry standard battery test methods and data analysis to develop new methods of battery testing. 

• Working experience of HV battery systems. 

• Ability to work independently in planning daily activities to deliver testing programmes to strict deadlines and milestones. 

• Familiarity with LabVIEW, NI Hardware and CANalyzer. 

• Competent in writing standardised scripts for data analysis in MATLAB.

This job description is not exhaustive, and the job holder will be required to carry out from time to time tasks in addition to the above that will be both reasonable and within their capabilities. 

Reference ID: 704060