REQ ID: 122612
JOB TITLE: Cell Swelling Engineer
SALARY: £45,500 - £60,200 + Additions & Benefits
POSTING END DATE: 29/04/2024
LOCATION: Gaydon, Warwick, UK

We’re re-examining our vehicles and what a vehicle means in the emerging world of automation, connectedness, electrification and the shared economy. New ideas, new technology, and new approaches to mobility are our business. Join a team of next generation thinkers.

WHAT TO EXPECT

The battery team is one of the fastest growing teams in the JLR business with its main focus to respond to the increasing mix of BEV vehicles in our cycle plan.

We are looking for a Cell Swelling Engineer in the Battery Systems Advanced Concepts & Research Pillar, reporting to the Cell Simulation Manager.

The Cell Swelling Engineer will be responsible for defining and implementing simulation and testing methodologies to achieve component and system functional targets.

Your mission? Implementing Test and Validation solutions to meet component functional targets.

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities

• Consolidate and create benchmark material from device to vehicle that maximises our understanding of our competitors and the current / latest technology landscape being deployed.
• Coordinate testing and simulation.
• Work alongside key business stakeholders to ensure we meet our vehicle product needs.
• Investigate the how, why and impact of battery swelling.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

Essential

• Experience of the multi-physics nature of simulation and testing within cell/battery design and integration.
• Experience within the competitor battery manufacturing industry.
• An ability to communicate a technical concept and strategy vision to the wider vehicle and Power Train electrification teams in order to drive toward a single optimised roadmap.
• Ability to build and manage multiple internal and external relationships in complex stakeholder environments.
• Knowledge of the BEV Test and Simulation battery landscape across the worldwide supply base or other OEM manufacturers to allow credible and competitive concepts and strategies to be followed.

SO WHY US?

Bring all this to the home of premium innovation, and you’ll find the opportunities to further your career with a world-class team, a discounted car purchase and lease scheme for you and your family, membership of a competitive pension plan and performance related bonus scheme. All this and more makes JLR the perfect place to continue your journey.

This role may offer the opportunity for hybrid working where you can split your time between working from home and in the office. At JLR, hybrid working is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement providing employees with more choice and flexibility around how, when and where they work, if suitable for their role. Further details can be discussed with the Hiring Manager at interview stage. 

JLR is committed to equal opportunity for all.