Fuel Cell Engineers

Course Advisor; United States; On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Course Advisor seeks a Fuel Cell Engineer to design and optimize fuel cell systems for transportation and stationary applications. Ideal candidates will manage hybrid system architectures, calculate efficiencies, and develop test equipment. Skills in reading comprehension, critical thinking, and various engineering tools like AutoCAD and LabVIEW are essential. This role plays a critical part in advancing hydrogen technology solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design, evaluate, modify, or construct fuel cell components.
• Manage fuel cell battery hybrid system architecture.
• Calculate the efficiency of a fuel cell system.
• Develop fuel cell materials or test equipment.
• Identify integration challenges for fuel cell vehicles.

Skills

Reading Comprehension

Critical Thinking

Systems Analysis

Active Listening

Writing

Science

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

Microsoft PowerPoint

Autodesk AutoCAD

C

C++

ANSYS FLUENT

LabVIEW

Job description

Fuel Cell Engineer

What is a Fuel Cell Engineer?

Example of Fuel Cell Engineer Job: Design, evaluate, modify, or construct fuel cell components or systems for transportation, stationary, or portable applications.

Life As a Fuel Cell Engineer: What Do They Do?

• Fabricate prototypes of fuel cell components, assemblies, stacks, or systems.
• Manage fuel cell battery hybrid system architecture, including sizing of components, such as fuel cells, energy storage units, or electric drives.
• Calculate the efficiency or power output of a fuel cell system or process.
• Develop fuel cell materials or fuel cell test equipment.
• Identify or define vehicle and system integration challenges for fuel cell vehicles.
• Validate design of fuel cells, fuel cell components, or fuel cell systems.

Skills Needed to be a Fuel Cell Engineer

Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.

Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

Systems Analysis: Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.

Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.

Science: Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.

Other Fuel Cell Engineer Job Titles

• Subsystems Engineer
• Senior Scientist
• Senior Research Engineer
• Director, Hydrogen Storage Engineering
• Battery Technician

Tools & Technologies Used by Fuel Cell Engineers

• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Office
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Autodesk AutoCAD
• Minitab
• National Instruments LabVIEW
• C
• Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) software
• Statistical software
• Wolfram Research Mathematica
• Maplesoft Maple
• The MathWorks Simulink
• ANSYS FLUENT
• Failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA) software
• C++
• Gaussian software
• GE Energy GateCycle
• Ansoft Simplorer