Battery Design Engineer

ARCA Consulting Ltd; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

ARCA Consulting Ltd. is seeking a Senior Battery Design Engineer for a Bristol-based contract role, requiring hands-on, detailed mechanical design of high‑performance battery pack assemblies.

You will own designs from concept through to manufacture, with emphasis on housings, enclosures and HV component packaging. The role involves collaboration with electrical, manufacturing and analysis teams, and expects experience in injection moulding, sheet metal, cast components and sealing.

Qualifications

• Strong mechanical/product design experience in battery, EV, automotive or aerospace.
• Hands-on detail design and design ownership experience.
• Experience with injection moulding, sheet metal, cast components and sealing.

Responsibilities

• Detailed mechanical design and development of battery pack assemblies.
• Design of housings, enclosures and internal components.
• Packaging and integration of HV components.
• Working with electrical, manufacturing and analysis teams from concept to manufacture.

Skills

Battery design

Detail design

Design ownership

Mechanical design

HV considerations

Tools

CATIA

3DEXPERIENCE

Job description

Senior Battery Design Engineer

ARCA is supporting an aerospace programme to bring in an experienced Battery Design Engineer on a contract basis.

This is a hands-on role within the Battery team, focused on detailed mechanical design and design ownership across high-performance battery pack assemblies.

The work:

• Detailed mechanical design and development of battery pack assemblies
• Design of housings, enclosures and internal battery components
• Injection-moulded components, sheet metal, cast parts and sealing
• Packaging and integration of HV components
• Designing with consideration for creepage & clearance, busbars and electrical bolted joints
• Supporting designs from concept through to manufacture and assembly
• Working closely with electrical, manufacturing, analysis and wider engineering teams

What they're looking for:

• Strong mechanical / product design experience within battery, EV, automotive, aerospace or another complex engineering environment
• Hands-on detail design and design ownership experience
• Experience with injection moulding, sheet metal, cast components and sealing
• Good understanding of HV electrical considerations within mechanical design
• Experience designing smaller-scale assemblies for manufacture
• CATIA / 3DEXPERIENCE experience preferred

Details:

• Contract: 3 months initially - Outside IR35
• Location: Bristol - 2 days onsite per week