Battery Design Engineer

Redolent; Irvine (CA); Hybrid; USD 83,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

Rivian is seeking a Battery Design Engineer in Irvine, CA. This 6-month role starts remotely and will transition to the Irvine office as Rivian returns to the office.

You will contribute to battery cell packaging, electronics packaging, and thermal management for automotive applications. The candidate should have a mechanical engineering background with lithium-ion familiarity, experience in injection molded parts, busbars, stamping, and SolidWorks/CATIA V6 expertise.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering (Mechanical preferred).
• Experience with lithium-ion battery design and modules.
• Heritage in injection molded components and busbar/stampings.

Responsibilities

• Packaging design for lithium-ion battery cells.
• Electronics packaging and electrical busbar design.
• Thermal management of electrical components.
• Plastic part and stamped part design.
• Design for automotive manufacturing processes.
• Interface with CAE and Validation teams for design validation.

Skills

Lithium-ion chemistry

Thermal analysis

Mechanical design

CATIA V6

SolidWorks

FEA knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

CATIA V6

CATIA V5

FEA tools

Job description

Role: Battery Design Engineer

Location: Irvine, CA (This role will start out remote then report to the Irvine office when Rivian returns to the office.)

Duration: 6 Months

This is what you'll do:

• Packaging design for lithium-ion battery cells
• Electronics packaging
• Electrical busbar design
• Thermal management of electrical components
• Plastic part design
• Bent/stamped part design
• Design for automotive manufacturing processes
• Interface with CAE and Validation teams for design validation
• DRE activities as required

This is what you'll need:

• Familiarity with lithium ion cell chemistries and form factors
• Injection molding design experience
• Bent/stamped part design experience
• Understanding of electrical systems and basic circuit analysis
• Working knowledge of Joule heating analysis
• Strong understanding of heat transfer, especially with fluids (thermal stack up, coolant loops, gasket design, etc.)
• Familiarity with automotive powertrain requirements
• Familiarity with automotive testing and validation process
• SolidWorks and/or CATIA V6 experience
• FEA experience preferred
• 5+ years industry experience or 3+ years with Masters Degree

Comments for Suppliers:

• This role will start out remote then report to the Irvine office when Rivian returns to the office.

Knowledge of Catia V5 (V6 preferred)

FEA knowledge- know what questions to ask and what the answers should sound like.

Candidates MUST have a bachelor's degree in engineering (Mechanical preferred)

Parts we need Engineering Design are plastic injection molding and busbars and stamping and drawings.