Battery Testing - V&V Engineer

ePlane Company; Chennai District; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

ePlane Company in Chennai is seeking a Battery Testing V&V Engineer responsible for establishing, scaling, and owning daily testing operations for high-voltage eVTOL battery systems, moving packs from design to rigorous validation. You will run HV safety protocols, plan tests, validate BMS performance, and perform HiL testing to ensure safety, reliability, and airworthiness of energy storage systems.

This role requires hands-on experience in aerospace or EV battery validation, familiarity with

Qualifications

• 3–5 years hands-on experience in battery validation, testing or HIL environments.
• Experience operating and programming industrial Battery Cyclers and Thermal Chambers.
• Knowledge of test planning frameworks, test reporting and data analysis.
• Strong awareness of high-voltage system risks, safety barriers and incident containment.
• Experience with abuse testing at module/pack level to validate no thermal runaway propagation.

Responsibilities

• Test Planning & Strategy: author DVPs, test procedures and cases for cells, modules and packs.
• Aerospace Compliance: execute and document regulatory testing (RTCA DO-311, SAE ARP 7131).
• Daily Lab Operations: program and operate high-power battery cyclers and thermal chambers.
• BMS Validation: assess SoC, SoH, cell balancing and safety fault triggers.
• Safety & Risk Mitigation: enforce HV safety protocols and design hazard analyses.
• Testing: create and execute test plans, analyze data, extract insights.
• BMS HIL Testing: perform HiL testing to quantify accuracies and validate requirements.

Skills

Battery testing

HiL testing

Data analysis

HV safety awareness

Test planning

Tools

Arbin

Neware

Chroma

Bitrode

Thermal chambers

Job description

• As a Battery Testing Verification & Validation (V&V) Engineer, you will establish, scale, and own the daily testing operations for our high-voltage eVTOL battery systems. You will lead the transition of our battery packs from the design desk to rigorous physical validation. Your primary objective will be to master and execute qualification testing compliant with stringent aerospace standards, ensuring our energy storage systems are extraordinarily safe, reliable, and airworthy.
  

What You Will Do

• Test Planning & Strategy:Author comprehensive Design Verification Plans (DVPs), test procedures, and test cases for battery cells, modules, and full high-voltage packs.
  
• Aerospace Compliance:Own the execution and documentation of regulatory testing, specifically targetingRTCA DO-311(Minimum Operational Performance Standards for Rechargeable Lithium Battery Systems) andSAE ARP 7131protocols.
  
• Daily Lab Operations:Program and operate high-power battery cyclers and environmental thermal chambers to simulate real-world flight profiles, charge/discharge cycles, and environmental extremes.
  
• BMS Validation:Validate Battery Management System (BMS) performance, including cell balancing, state-of-charge (SoC) accuracy, state-of-health (SoH) tracking, and safety fault triggers.
  
• Safety & Risk Mitigation:Enforce high-voltage (HV) safety protocols within the testing lab. Complete hazard analyses and design test setups that mitigate risks associated with thermal runaway or electrical faults.
  
• Testing :Create & execute test plans. Analyze collected data, extract insights from the data / participate in reviews.
  
• BMS HIL Testing :Perform Hardware In the Loop (HiL) testing for the BMS functionality. Quantify measurement accuracies, ensure complete battery system validation against the requirements.
  

Requirements

What We Are Looking For (Must-Haves)

• Experience:3 to 5 years of hands-on experience in battery validation, testing, or hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) environments (Aerospace or EV sectors preferred).
  
• Equipment Mastery:Practical experience operating and programming industrialBattery Cyclers(e.g., Arbin, Neware, Chroma, or Bitrode) andThermal Chambers.
  
• Standard Familiarity:Strong working knowledge of standard test planning frameworks, test reporting, and data analysis.
  
• HV Safety Awareness:Deep awareness of high-voltage system risks, safety barriers, and emergency containment procedures. Formal HV safety certifications are highly preferable.
  
• Abuse testing :Ideal candidate should have performed abuse testing on module / pack level to validate NTP (no thermal runaway propagation).
  

Preferred Skills (Good-to-Have)

• Direct exposure to or understanding ofRTCA DO-311orSAE ARP 7131 / ARP 4761testing requirements.
  
• Familiarity with BMS communication protocols (CAN, CAN-FD) and data logging tools