Senior Safety Engineers – Batteries

Sr Safety Engineer

Job Description:

Senior Safety Engineers – Batteries

Job duties:

• Define safety requirements as a member of a cross-functional design team. Contribute to the development and qualification of new products for the New Product Development business unit.
• Lead Hazard Analysis Reviews with cross-functional engineering teams to perform risk assessments of concepts, designs, and products.
• Advise Project Leaders, Product Managers, Design Engineers, and Reliability Engineers regarding safety requirements including tests and design constraints to minimize risk of injury and/or property damage.
• Effectively communicate and motivate up, down and across the organization to a diverse range of technical and non-technical team members.
• Set direction for safety activities on assigned categories based on industry safety standards, product rules, and product regulations.
• Lead Product Safety Team efforts for Battery Pack development.  Assess organizational capacity to support current and future battery pack projects.
• Mentor and onboard new safety engineers. May manage project team members.
• Review embedded system designs.
• Conduct product design and construction reviews. Review test results and determine acceptability.
• Review operator's manuals, on-product markings, and other technical communications.

Job Requirements:

Master’s or equivalent degree in Mechanical Engineering or related engineering field and 2 years of relevant experience or Bachelor’s or equivalent degree in Mechanical Engineering or related engineering field and 5 years of relevant experience. Experience must include:

• Handling product safety activities, regulatory listings design of Li-Ion battery packs/systems, battery chargers, or consumer products.
• Risk-Based Hazard Analysis.
• Perform and review failure mode and effects analysis.
• Fault Tree Analysis.
• Thermodynamic Analysis.
• Current Battery Cell, Battery Pack, Battery Charger, and Battery Management Systems Standards.
• Electrical Circuit Analysis.

Ability to travel up to 10% domestically and internationally.

Partial weekly work from home is allowed on a regular basis.