Principal Battery Qualification & Test Engineer

Volantes Technical Recruitment Ltd; Dubai; On-site; AED 300,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Volantes Technical Recruitment Ltd is recruiting a Principal Battery Qualification & Test Engineer for a confidential advanced eVTOL programme based in Dubai.

This role requires hands-on experience planning and delivering battery qualification programmes within safety-critical environments, with DO-160 knowledge desirable and experience managing external test houses and facilities.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in test & qualification engineering.
• Experience with battery / energy storage systems.
• Cell, module and pack-level testing experience.
• Abuse & thermal propagation test campaigns.
• Environmental qualification testing experience.
• Definition of test procedures, fixtures & instrumentation.
• Development of qualification evidence packages.
• Experience working with certification or independent assurance bodies.
• Management of external test houses / specialist facilities.

Responsibilities

• Plan and deliver battery qualification programmes in safety-critical environments.
• Coordinate with external test houses and facilities.
• Develop qualification evidence packages to support certification.
• Define test procedures, fixtures and instrumentation for battery tests.
• Ensure conformity to environmental qualification standards (e.g., DO-160 or equivalent).

Skills

Test & qualification engineering

Battery / energy storage systems

Cell/Module/Pack testing

Abuse & thermal testing

Environmental qualification testing

Test procedures & fixtures

Instrumentation definition

Qualification evidence packages

Certification bodies interaction

Management of external test houses

Job description

Principal Battery Qualification & Test Engineer

Volantes Technical Recruitment are recruiting a Principal Battery Qualification & Test Engineer for a confidential advanced eVTOL engineering programme.

This role requires someone with significant hands-on experience planning and delivering battery qualification programmes within safety-critical environments.

Key experience required:

• 10+ years' test & qualification engineering experience
• Battery / energy storage systems experience
• Cell, module & pack-level testing
• Abuse & thermal propagation test campaigns
• Environmental qualification testing
• Test procedure, fixture & instrumentation definition
• Test article configuration & conformity control
• Qualification evidence package development
• Experience working with certification or independent assurance bodies
• Management of external test houses / specialist facilities

Aerospace battery qualification experience is highly desirable, alongside knowledge of DO-160 or equivalent environmental qualification standards.