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Battery System Engineer
$125K–$255K
Palo Alto · On-site · Full-time · Posted Mar 27, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years in battery systems engineering, with demonstrated ownership of battery architecture and requirements on a shipped product.
- Education
- BS/MS in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field.
About the job
Own battery system architecture and analysis for small electric vehicles, shaping battery design, operating strategy, performance, and integration.
What you'll do
- Lead battery trade studies and build electrical, thermal, and degradation models to guide architecture and product decisions.
- Define battery charging, operating strategy, requirements, and BMS constraints in partnership with controls and embedded teams.
- Plan cell evaluation and testing, support hardware and vehicle bring-up, and correlate models with measured data.
What they ask for
- Deep understanding of lithium-ion cell behavior, thermal characteristics, and degradation.
- Hands-on battery modeling expertise using Python, MATLAB, and Simulink.
- Experience developing or validating EV or electrified-powertrain duty cycles and translating them into battery requirements.
- Ability to translate cell and pack behavior into BMS hardware and firmware requirements; BS/MS in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field.
Nice to have
- Cell characterization experience and familiarity with BMS state estimation algorithms.
- Experience with Ansys Mechanical, Fluent, Icepak, or equivalent; fast-charge protocol development; or small EVs and light electric mobility.
Pay
$125,000 - $255,000 per year (USD; base salary)
Tools
Python, MATLAB, Simulink, Ansys Mechanical, Fluent, Icepak
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