Senior OEM Programme Lead - Battery Energy Storage

Rimac Energy; Witney; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days annual leave

Private medical insurance

Company pension

Remote working by agreement

Educational budget

Pet-friendly workplace

Job summary

Rimac Energy is creating a new OEM product line and is hiring a programme leader to own the end‑to‑end delivery from concept to first production units over ~2 years. The role reports to the Head of Programme Management & Supply Chain and aims to become a stand‑alone business unit.

The candidate will drive partner selection, contract negotiations, and certification planning for its PCS‑based battery energy storage system, with ~30–40% international travel. Hybrid working available.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of programme or NPI leadership in energy storage, power electronics, automotive or comparable complex electro‑mechanical hardware.
• At least one physical product taken from concept to start of production, including significant supplier‑manufactured content.
• Personally led supplier selection from RFI through to award, and negotiated substantial supply or manufacturing agreements.

Responsibilities

• Own the programme end to end, from product definition through to the first production units, on roughly a two‑year horizon.
• Lead partner identification and selection across battery modules, contract manufacturing and EMS - market scanning, RFI, RFQ, technical and commercial evaluation, supplier audits and down‑selection.
• Lead contract negotiation, working with legal and finance - module supply agreements (pricing and raw‑material indexation, capacity reservation, warranties and performance guarantees), the CM manufacturing services agreement (NRE and tooling, quality agreement, liability and logistics) and the EMS partnership.
• Coordinate product integration across mechanical, electrical, thermal, safety, controls and serviceability, and establish change control across design authority, module partner, EMS partner and CM
• Own the certification roadmap for the integrated product (for example UL 9540 and 9540A, UL 1741 SB / IEEE 1547, IEC 62619 and 62933, NFPA 855, CE/UKCA, as target markets dictate), building on the PCS's own certifications
• Drive industrialisation - design transfer, prototype and pilot builds, process validation, PPAP‑style qualification, ramp readiness and first deployments
• Build the business case, governance and executive reporting, and hire and shape the initial team as the programme matures into a business unit

Skills

Programme leadership

NPI leadership

Supplier selection

Contract manufacturing

Power electronics

Electro-mechanical hardware

Stakeholder management

Commercial awareness

Travel 40%

Education

Engineering degree

Tools

ERP software

MS Office

Job description

Rimac Energy is creating a new OEM product line and is hiring a programme leader to own the end‑to‑end delivery from concept to first production units over ~2 years. The role reports to the Head of Programme Management & Supply Chain and aims to become a stand‑alone business unit.

The candidate will drive partner selection, contract negotiations, and certification planning for its PCS‑based battery energy storage system, with ~30–40% international travel. Hybrid working available.