Battery Engineer

Our OEM Client based in Gaydon, is searching for a Battery Engineer to join their team, Inside IR35. This is a contract position until 31st March 2026.

Umbrella Pay Rate: £33.64 per hour.

Duties:

• Accountable for all Battery System Engineering and Failure Mode Avoidance work relating to thermal/cooling elements of the System. Including but not limited to:
  
  
  • Identifying potential HV Battery System causes of failure.
  • Analysing potential failure chains from battery cooling components to battery thermal system to HV battery system to vehicle thermal system.
  • Identifying and drafting new or updated Battery System requirements and tests to prevent/detect potential failures right first time.
  • Analysing and defining thermal system interface requirements and arbitrations.
  • Designing appropriate system responses to failures.
  • Implementing robust prevent recurrence measures for known system-level issues.
  • Support system modelling activities.
  • Reviewing and influencing future architecture designs based on current knowledge and requirements.

Essential Skills:

• System Engineering.
• HV Battery Thermal Systems.
• Failure Mode Avoidance.
• Authoring of tests & requirements.
• Collaboration, coaching & influencing.

Desirable Skills:

• Problem solving and prevent recurrence.
• Model-Based System Engineering in MSOSA or other systems.