Work Arrangement: This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to the office three times per week or other frequency dictated by the business.
The Role
The Battery Cell Design Release Engineer will work on an assortment of GM’s current and future electrified vehicles. You’ll be responsible to design and release of active and/or inactive components within the battery cell. This role offers the opportunity to leverage electrochemical, mechanical, and electrical engineering combined with process development and project management experience to evaluate manufacturing feasibility and develop/implement innovative process concepts for battery cell technologies. You'll develop, implement, and verify specifications for ensuring cell quality, equipment efficiency and minimizing scrap rate in production while working closely with all cross functional teams to troubleshoot quality issues, address gaps in cell-performance targets and implement mitigation measures. The Design Release Engineer will directly affect the quality, durability and performance of future battery electric vehicles manufactured by GM.
What You'll Do
- Work with cell engineering and manufacturing teams to create battery cell assembly and cell subcomponent specifications.
- Own and drive the component design and its integration to meet overall performance of the battery cell
- Work with cross functional engineers and teams to select appropriate designs. Reuse parts where appropriate
- Work with Designers to ensure interface and packaging compatibility both internally and externally
- Support purchasing in sourcing of components
- Oversee and support DFMEA and Design Reviews Based on Test Results (DRBTR)
- Work with manufacturing to ensure build ability and to determine quality requirements
- Work to support manufacturing in root cause.
- Track validation status and review results
- Resolve all development and validation issues
- Manage change control for the commodity
- Provide and manage component timing plan
- Execute and support Peer Reviews per program milestones
- Work with suppliers to meet design and timing objectives