Battery Pack Architect M/F

Verkor; Gallipolis (OH); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Verkor seeks a Battery Pack Architect to define and govern the system architecture of battery packs. You will balance electrical, thermal, mechanical, and safety constraints to deliver safe, high-performing, manufacturable, and cost-effective solutions.

You will act as a cross-functional technical leader and guarantor of the system-level vision, driving architecture decisions, leading design reviews, and managing requirements and KPIs across multi-domain interfaces with a focus on EV-pack

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or equivalent.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in battery system architecture, with at least 5 years owning system architecture on complete pack programs.
• Fluent English mandatory.
• Willingness to travel to customers and suppliers internationally.
• Experience with EV OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers, or pack integrators is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Define the overall battery pack architecture and ensure coherence across electrical, thermal, mechanical, and safety domains.
• Drive architectural trade-offs considering performance, cost, risk, manufacturability and industrial constraints.
• Cascade system requirements and manage traceability across the PLM environment.
• Define and monitor KPIs for the battery pack and lead design reviews.
• Lead multi-domain integration for cells, BMS, thermal system and HV components.

Skills

Electrical Engineering

Systems Engineering

Battery pack design

High-voltage systems

MATLAB/Simulink

Education

Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

DOORS

Polarion

JAMA

CATIA V5

SolidWorks

Job description

As a Battery Pack Architect, you are responsible for defining the overall system architecture and ensuring the technical coherence and performance of the battery pack. You drive key design decisions by balancing electrochemical, electrical, thermal, mechanical, and safety constraints to deliver a solution that is safe, high-performing, manufacturable, and cost-effective.

You act as a cross-functional technical leader and the main guarantor of the system-level vision.

Main responsibilities

System Architecture Definition

• Define the overall battery pack architecture, including:
  • Electrical topology (series/parallel configuration, HV/LV interfaces)
  • Mechanical concept (modules integration, pack integration, pack enclosure design)
  • Busbar routing
  • Thermal architecture
• Ensure consistency between cells, BMS, power electronics, and system-level requirements
• Drive architectural trade-offs considering performance, cost, risk, manufacturability (ergonomic, value chain, process flow chart) and industrial constraints (existing means compatibility)

Requirements & Performance Management

• Define and cascade system requirements
• In charge of design justification document as well as its integration into PLM
• Ensure requirements traceability across the system
• Define and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) for the battery pack

Multi-Domain System Integration

• Cells
• BMS
• Thermal system
• High-voltage components (contactors, fuses, etc.)
• Manage critical interfaces (electrical, thermal, mechanical, communication)
• Guarantee system behavior under all operating conditions (normal and fault cases)

Safety & Compliance

• Integrate safety constraints from early design stages:
  • Define mitigation strategies (detection, isolation, protection mechanisms)
• Ensure compliance with relevant standards and regulations

Technical Leadership & Risk Management

• Identify and manage technical risks across the system
• Drive key trade-offs (cost vs performance vs safety)
• Lead architecture and design reviews
• Support high-level product and technical decisions

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or equivalent
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in battery system architecture, with at least 5 years owning system architecture on complete pack programs
• An experience with EV OEMs, Tier 1 suppliers, or pack integrators is preferred
• Proven greenfield program experience (building a product from scratch)
• Fluent English mandatory
• Willingness to travel to customers and suppliers internationally
• Knowledge of applicable standards: IEC 62619, UN 38.3, GB38031, ECE R100, ISO 26262 fundamentals
• Required management tools: DOORS, Polarion, or Jama. JIRA or an equivalent for project tracking
• Proven knowledge in high-voltage battery pack design and development and battery pack mechanical design
• Good understanding in battery pack main characteristics sizing, thermal management, and system-level validation (components to full battery pack)
• Familiarity with the simulation approach and DFMEA
• Functional safety fundamentals (HARA, ASIL allocation)
• Knowledge of CATIA V5/SolidWorks (system & electrical layout), and MATLAB/Simulink (pack performance simulation)

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