BMS Design – Release Engineer

Jobtailor; Dearborn (MI, MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor seeks an experienced engineer to own BMS hardware/software release, BOM accuracy, cost and timing for global supplier delivery. You will drive DFMEA/DVPR, post-launch quality, and field-issue resolution, coordinating with cross-functional teams to meet program milestones in a high-voltage battery electronics domain.

Responsibilities include managing design changes, prototype launches, supplier qualification, and CSP/APQP/PPAP processes, while leading critical-path planning and risk

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 7+ years of engineering experience, including design and release accountability for production electronic hardware through launch.
• Demonstrated ownership of engineering release and change control for a production product, including bill of material accuracy and cost, investment, or quality targets.
• Experience with DFMEA, DVPR, control plan, and special characteristics.
• Experience with post-launch quality resolution, including warranty and field concern investigation.
• Experience working with suppliers on technical deliverables and production readiness.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including presenting recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Ability and willingness to travel occasionally, including to supplier and manufacturing sites.
• Experience releasing high-voltage battery electronics or safety-related electronic control units.
• Experience with WERS, AIMS, and field service action processes.
• Experience with electronic control unit hardware and embedded software release processes.
• Experience managing a global supply base across multiple time zones.
• Experience with product safety, functional safety, or cybersecurity process requirements applied to electronic control units.
• Experience establishing internal engineering ownership of externally developed hardware or software, including documentation and toolchain transfer.
• Experience owning technical timing plans and critical path for a hardware and software deliverable set.

Responsibilities

• Own part numbering, drawing and CAD release, engineering change records, and bill of material accuracy for all BMS assemblies.
• Own piece cost, tooling investment, mass, and packaging commitments; assess and communicate design-change cost impacts.
• Provide technical input to enclosure design, attachment features, and package sizing.
• Manage obsolescence, running changes, alternate-source qualification, and end-of-life planning.
• Define service part strategy, serviceability, marking, labeling, and traceability requirements.
• Own prototype demand planning and manufacturing launch through ramp, including build events, first article inspection, containment, and end-of-line test capability.
• Own design FMEA, control plan, special characteristics, supplier Schedule A, DVPR, verification results, and traceability records.
• Own warranty, reliability, and quality targets; lead warranty investigations, plant returns, and failure analysis.
• Lead field service actions, including 14D, 5-Why, and recurrence-prevention documentation.
• Represent the BMS work stream in technical and quality review forums.
• Author and maintain the BMS technical timing plan aligned to program gates and vehicle milestones.
• Own the critical path for tooling, test capacity, and long-lead components; drive recovery planning and accelerate risk mitigation.
• Own gate-readiness assessments, go/no-go recommendations, and technical status, review, and risk-reporting cadence.
• Own supplier technical delivery against statements of work and committed dates; lead supplier reviews and open-issue closure.
• Drive supplier APQP, PPAP, change requests, and capacity assessments to completion.
• Manage deviations and concessions, including technical assessment, cost impact, and disposition.
• Drive supplier documentation covering design rationale, calibration methodology, diagnostic strategy, toolchains, and test infrastructure.

Skills

Engineering Release Accountability

DFMEA & DVPR Experience

Supplier Technical Management

Post-Launch Quality Resolution

High-Voltage Battery Electronics

Product Safety Compliance

Cybersecurity Process Requirements

Global Supply Base Management

Technical Timing Plans & Critical Path

Electronic Control Unit Release (HW/SW

Cost Impact Assessment

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Computer Engineering, or related field

Tools

WERS

AIMS

APQP

PPAP

Job description

• Own part numbering, drawing and CAD release, engineering change records, and bill of material accuracy for all BMS assemblies.
• Own piece cost, tooling investment, mass, and packaging commitments; assess and communicate design-change cost impacts.
• Provide technical input to enclosure design, attachment features, and package sizing.
• Manage obsolescence, running changes, alternate-source qualification, and end-of-life planning.
• Define service part strategy, serviceability, marking, labeling, and traceability requirements.
• Own prototype demand planning and manufacturing launch through ramp, including build events, first article inspection, containment, and end-of-line test capability.
• Own design FMEA, control plan, special characteristics, supplier Schedule A, DVPR, verification results, and traceability records.
• Own warranty, reliability, and quality targets; lead warranty investigations, plant returns, and failure analysis.
• Lead field service actions, including 14D, 5-Why, and recurrence-prevention documentation.
• Represent the BMS work stream in technical and quality review forums.
• Author and maintain the BMS technical timing plan aligned to program gates and vehicle milestones.
• Own the critical path for tooling, test capacity, and long-lead components; drive recovery planning and accelerate risk mitigation.
• Own gate-readiness assessments, go/no-go recommendations, and technical status, review, and risk-reporting cadence.
• Own supplier technical delivery against statements of work and committed dates; lead supplier reviews and open-issue closure.
• Drive supplier APQP, PPAP, change requests, and capacity assessments to completion.
• Manage deviations and concessions, including technical assessment, cost impact, and disposition.
• Drive supplier documentation covering design rationale, calibration methodology, diagnostic strategy, toolchains, and test infrastructure.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 7+ years of engineering experience, including design and release accountability for production electronic hardware through launch.
• Demonstrated ownership of engineering release and change control for a production product, including bill of material accuracy and cost, investment, or quality targets.
• Experience with DFMEA, DVPR, control plan, and special characteristics.
• Experience with post-launch quality resolution, including warranty and field concern investigation.
• Experience working with suppliers on technical deliverables and production readiness.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including presenting recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Ability and willingness to travel occasionally, including to supplier and manufacturing sites.
• Experience releasing high-voltage battery electronics or safety-related electronic control units.
• Experience with WERS, AIMS, and field service action processes.
• Experience with electronic control unit hardware and embedded software release processes.
• Experience managing a global supply base across multiple time zones.
• Experience with product safety, functional safety, or cybersecurity process requirements applied to electronic control units.
• Experience establishing internal engineering ownership of externally developed hardware or software, including documentation and toolchain transfer.
• Experience owning technical timing plans and critical path for a hardware and software deliverable set.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in engineering release processes, including DFMEA, DVPR, and control plans, while managing supplier technical deliverables and ensuring product quality and safety standards. Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and communicate effectively with stakeholders to drive project success.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Engineering Release Accountability
• DFMEA and DVPR Experience
• Supplier Technical Management
• Post-Launch Quality Resolution
• High-Voltage Battery Electronics Experience

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Engineering Change Control
• Bill of Material Accuracy
• Cost Impact Assessment
• Prototype Demand Planning
• Failure Analysis
• Control Plan Development` Technical Timing Plans
• Electronic Control Unit Release
• Product Safety Compliance
• Cybersecurity Process Requirements

Soft Skills

• Strong Written Communication
• Verbal Communication Skills
• Stakeholder Presentation

Industry Keywords

• BMS Assemblies
• Mass and Packaging Commitments
• Service Part Strategy
• Field Service Actions
• Global Supply Base Management

Tools & Technologies

• WERS
• AIMS
• APQP
• PPAP