The Battery Assistant Chief Engineer (ACE) is the technical owner for their assigned battery programs. In general, the ACE is responsible for defining, communicating, approving, and tracking adherence to battery and battery system level functional objectives, requirements, and technical deliverables to meet required program timing.
The ideal candidate will co-lead with the battery HW/SW Design Responsible Engineers to: fulfill prototype build plans, address bench and HIL testing plans, and manage/communicate issue resolution plans. The candidate will schedule & attend design reviews, insure ordering of proto parts occurs on time, author minutes with action items/follow up for each design review and follow up on action item closure, will include manufacturing entities to ensure designs are robust to customer requirements, meets functional requirements, and can be manufactured/assembled without defect. The candidate will demonstrate leadership in continuous improvement initiatives, technical cost reductions, bulletins and supporting vehicle assembly plant launches, will lead coordination with Vehicle/Powertrain Team on vehicle program Packaging studies, be responsible for organizing and conducting supplier selection technical reviews and will review, approve & track the System Design Validation Plan & Report (DVP&R) and supports the development of the component DVP&Rs. The candidate will execute standardization plans and reuse of validated subcomponents and reviews, edits as needed and approves Vehicle Owner’s Manual Documentation. Execute these tasks with strong leadership abilities and outstanding teamwork/communication skills.