Battery Development Engineer

Darwinbox Digital Solutions Pvt. Ltd.; Pune District; Hybrid; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

MTBI is seeking a skilled engineer to lead predevelopment and concept design for high‑voltage battery systems for electric trucks and buses. You will own mechatronic and electronic components, collaborate with interdisciplinary teams, and ensure cyber security, functional safety, and EMC compliance across the system.

You will evaluate emerging technologies, perform benchmarking, and translate findings into roadmaps, contributing to advanced engineering initiatives and strategic decision making.

Qualifications

• Experience leading predevelopment and concept design of high-voltage battery systems.
• Knowledge of Functional Safety, EMC regulations, and automotive Cyber Security requirements.
• Ability to translate emerging battery technologies into product roadmaps.

Responsibilities

• Take responsibility for mechatronic and electrical components and systems in high‑voltage battery tech for trucks and buses.
• Assume technical ownership and work with interdisciplinary development teams.
• Ensure Cyber Security, Functional Safety, and EMC compliance at component and system levels.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and assess TRLs for future vehicle applications.
• Conduct technology scouting, benchmarking, and competitive analysis.
• Maintain a holistic view of system architecture and interfaces between hardware and software.
• Define and align component requirements and test/validation strategies in predevelopment.
• Translate scientific findings into industrial product development roadmaps.
• Represent domain interests in cross-functional reviews and coordinate initiatives.

Skills

Mechatronic systems

Electrical components

High-voltage battery tech

Technology scouting

Benchmarking

Functional safety

Cybersecurity

EMC compliance

Cross-functional leadership

System architecture

Tools

MS Office

Catia Enovia PLM basics

3D experience

OAS

Job description

We are part of The TRATON organization and shares purpose of “Transforming Transportation Together. For a sustainable world.”. This is what defines us as a Group. It’s not the purpose itself that makes us different, but how we execute it together and how seriously we take this commitment.

At TRATON, you are part of something bigger! We are convinced that the whole can be greater than the sum of its parts. Together with our brands Scania, MAN, International and Volkswagen Truck & Bus we have the power to bring about decisive change and overcome the challenges of our time, such as advancing climate change, the growing importance of sustainability, decarbonization and digitalization.

We are now looking for a new colleague within Cabin and Chassis, who wants to join this change journey.

• Wha t kind of position/job is this? This is a permanent position
• Where is the job located? The role is located in Pune (Hybrid working policy)

With Us
Growing through collaboration

At MTBI , we see ourselves as the sum of the skills, interests, competencies, ideas and backgrounds of our individual employees. As part of a global team of industry experts, you will have the opportunity to think bigger, gain more experience and achieve higher goals. By joining Us, you will also become part of our transformation. We are a flexible and agile team where you can actively participate in the further development of our company

What Defines Us
Our Core Values

• Customer First: Our customers need to be the reference for what we do and don’t do. Our reason of being – and ability to thrive – is defined through how well we manage to solve our customers’ current and future problems.
• Respect: Mutual respect is necessary for psychological safety, individual responsibility and creativity. It is also required as we want collaboration within and between teams, creative improvements and efficient processes.
• Team spirit: We work together to create synergies, learn from each other, deliver value and make use of our unique strengths. We can only win together. Team spirit is the foundation of all collaboration.
• Responsibility: Acting with responsibility and integrity always pays off in the long run – not only for society and environment – but also for the company’s competitiveness.
• Elimination Of Waste: A relentless search for waste – activities with no value – is imperative to our continued competitiveness

Experienced in leading the predevelopment and concept design of high-voltage battery systems for electric trucks and buses, with responsibility for mechatronic and electronic components. Skilled in technology scouting, benchmarking, functional safety, cybersecurity, EMC compliance, and translating emerging battery technologies into industrial product roadmaps while coordinating advanced engineering initiatives and cross-functional teams.

To ensure that you will-

• Take responsibility for mechatronic and electrical components and systems in the field of high-voltage battery technology for electric trucks and buses – from new technologies predevelopment investigations through the concept phase.
• Assume technical responsibility for electronic and mechatronic components while working closely with interdisciplinary development teams.
• Ensure compliance with Cyber Security, Functional Safety, and EMC requirements at both component and system levels.
• Experience in evaluating and maturing emerging technologies with low Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs) and Knowledge of next-generation battery technologies.
• Proven ability to assess future technology trends and derive implications for commercial vehicle applications.
• Experience with technology scouting, benchmarking, and competitive analysis.
• Maintain a holistic understanding of the overall system architecture, with particular focus on hardware and software interfaces and the functions of individual components within the complete system.
• Define and align component requirements, review technical specifications, and derive suitable test and validation strategies in predevelopment environment.
• Ability to translate scientific findings into industrial product development roadmaps.
• Represent the interests of your area of expertise in interdisciplinary teams, project coordination meetings, and technical reviews.
• Proactively bring in new ideas in predevelopment/advanced engineering to increase customer value.
• Development: Coordinate small Advanced Engineering initiatives in the field of power electronics
• Support the team in preparing predevelopment content for management.
• Experience in integrating hardware and software components as well as managing interfaces within complex systems.
• Knowledge of Functional Safety, relevant EMC regulations, and automotive Cyber Security requirements
• Curiosity and passion for exploring future technologies.
• Ability to work with incomplete information and make fact-based recommendations.
• Demonstrated capability to challenge assumptions and identify technical risks early.
• Technology-neutral and learning-oriented mindset with a focus on knowledge generation and knowledge sharing rather than immediate product delivery.
• System thinking - Strong capability to analyze technologies from a holistic vehicle and ecosystem perspective, considering interactions between battery, E/E architecture, thermal management, manufacturing, and vehicle operation.
• Excellent English language skills, flexibility in working hours and willingness to travel internationally.
• Strong communication skills to bridge research, development, and management.

More Information -

• Software & Tool skills:
  MS office is a must
  
• Good to Have:
  • 3d experience, OAS, Catia Enovia PLM basics,