Job ID: WD29128 Your contribution: You will technical modeling and simulation leadership as needed to design, develop, and support low voltage Li-Ion battery systems for vehicle OEMs. Particular emphasis will be placed on design for mechanical robustness and thermal performance of Li-Ion battery packs. This position also requires close collaboration with battery system engineers on conceptual development of battery systems. Responsibilities: What you will do - Provide expert thermal management system designs and guidance to facilitate the development of Li-Ion battery cells and battery packs. - Provide and/or supervise CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) and thermal simulations to predict the performance of the temperature distribution within the cells and battery systems and establish operating ranges and key design parameters. - Optimize the system design to balance cost, performance, mass, volume and thermal efficiency - Provide expert knowledge for defining and executing FEA simulations to validate battery design concepts regarding mechanical robustness - Provide technical guidance to designers, engineers, suppliers, and support personnel as needed - Generate test plans (DVP&R) for thermal, mechanical and durability related requirements. Ensure that designs meet expected functions and failure modes in the full validation of components and battery systems - Assist in the assembly and test of battery systems or prototypes for low volume programs or experiments - Manage engineering documentation to ensure a sensible archive of information including engineering calculations, engineering drawings, intellectual property, DFMEAs (Design Failure Mode Effects Analysis), validation reports, meeting minutes, trip reports, supplier evaluations, and customer documents/communication - Design for manufacturability (DFM) to ensure that the design of all components, and battery systems optimizes the manufacturing process at the battery system assembly, and vehicle level assembly. - Ensure that the design of all components facilities handling throughout the product life cycle from shipping through disassembly and recycling Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: What we look for - MS in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering or relevant to position description from an accredited four-year university. - Thermal & Mechanical Modeling and simulation skills. - Solid years of working experience in thermal and mechanical system design and FEA and CFD simulation , specifically experience with ANSYS and StarCCM+ tools - 3+ years of experience in selection and characterization of thermal materials - 3+ years CAD (SolidWorks) professional capability - 3+ years MatLab Experience desirable - FEA experience for crash, crush, mechanical shock and vibration analysis desirable - Experience with Li-Ion battery systems is desired, specifically regarding thermal management and mechanical design - Strong Communication and organizational skills - OE Automotive/Tier 1 experience with systems/assemblies is highly desirable - Fluency in English, German is nice to have Benefits: What we offer As a technology leader with strong brand (i.e. VARTA® and OPTIMA®), Clarios notably lives on the creativity, capability and satisfaction of its employees. Therefore, we offer people with drive and power many good reasons to join us: - Exciting professional tasks and challenges in a diverse international environment with strong commitment to integrity, values, social engagement and sustainability. - Arrange your working hours and breaks flexible via our flexible and trust-based working hours model and combine your professional and private life even better according to our mobile work policy and company kindergarten. - A competitive remuneration package, including additional payments such as holiday, Christmas as well as company pension scheme. - Your well-being is very important to us: Take advantage of our preventive health care offers such as fitness center, physiotherapist, modern office environment, healthy canteen, team and company events or hobby clubs. - Stay fit whilst at the same time positively contributing to our environment: Lease your company bike and use public transportation subsidized by Clarios (Job Ticket). - Our well-advanced onboarding process and buddy program supports you to quickly grow into the position and team. By using the offering in our Internal Learning Academy, LinkedIn Learning and EMEA Mentoring Program you will be able to further grow professionally and personally. - Last, but not least we support you in relocating and finding a flat in location surrounding if appliable and depending on individual factors. \#LI-OG1 Über Clarios: Clarios ist der weltweit führende Anbieter von fortschrittlichen Niederspannungsbatterietechnologien. Wir treiben den Fortschritt durch immer intelligentere Lösungen für nahezu alle Fahrzeugtypen voran. Mit 16.000 Mitarbeitern in mehr als 140 Ländern bieten wir unseren Aftermarket- und OEM-Partnern fundiertes Fachwissen sowie Zuverlässigkeit, Sicherheit und Komfort für den Alltag. Wir tragen Verantwortung für unseren Planeten mit einem entschiedenen ESG-Fokus - wir fördern erstklassige Nachhaltigkeitspraktiken und setzen uns in unserer Branche dafür ein. Wir gewinnen bis zu 99 % unserer Batteriematerialien zurück, recyceln sie und verwenden sie wieder. Clarios ist ein Portfoliounternehmen von Brookfield
Battery System Modeling Engineer (m/f/d) (Ingenieur/in - Chemietechnik)Battery System Modeling Engineer (m/f/d) (Ingenieur/in - Chemietechnik)