Role: Battery Design EngineerLocation: 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.