Battery Electrochemistry Modeling Engineer (Multi-Physics)

General Motors; Warren (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

General Motors in Warren, MI seeks a Computer Aided Engineer to advance virtual engineering for battery cell and pack models. You will develop, integrate, and deploy multi-physics simulations to guide design decisions across electrochemical, thermal, mechanical, and safety domains.

You will work with tools like COMSOL, MATLAB/SIMULINK, SABER, Python, and PyBaMM to create scalable models, validate against data, and enable full-vehicle co-sim calibrations for range, charging, aging, and safety

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in engineering required; chemical, electrical, CS or mechanical with chemical preferred.
• Strong understanding of physics-based degradation and transport phenomena.
• 2+ years in industry executing battery modeling & analysis.

Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and calibrate physiochemical, electrochemical, thermal, mechanical, and safety models.
• Use COMSOL, MATLAB/SIMULINK, SABER, Python, PyBaMM for multi-scale models.
• Incorporate aging and thermal behavior into simulation frameworks.
• Document models and intended usage.
• Support EV execution with models integrated into vehicle co-sims for calibration and diagnostics.

Skills

Battery modeling & analysis

Physics-based degradation

Transport phenomena understanding

Multi-physics thinking

Education

BSE Chemical Engineering

BSE Electrical Engineering

BSE Computer Science

BSE Mechanical Engineering

Chemical Engineering preferred

Tools

COMSOL

MATLAB/SIMULINK

SABER

Python

PyBaMM

Job description

General Motors in Warren, MI seeks a Computer Aided Engineer to advance virtual engineering for battery cell and pack models. You will develop, integrate, and deploy multi-physics simulations to guide design decisions across electrochemical, thermal, mechanical, and safety domains.

You will work with tools like COMSOL, MATLAB/SIMULINK, SABER, Python, and PyBaMM to create scalable models, validate against data, and enable full-vehicle co-sim calibrations for range, charging, aging, and safety