Wing
drone delivery
SeniorBatteryEngineer
“Senior Battery Engineer at Wing. Skills: battery engineering, cell selection, battery pack design, system integration, thermal management, data analysis. Maintain expert knowledge of the current and future state of the battery industry. Evaluate emerging cell technologies to guide Wing’s long-term energy storage roadmap”
What You'll Achieve.
battery system excellence; performance optimization; continuous design improvements; failure mitigations; data-driven predictive maintenance/replacement strategies
Industry & Context.
failure mitigations; data-driven predictive maintenance/replacement strategies; risk analyses; safety impacts of battery incidents; robust mitigation and containment strategies
This role is onsite based in Palo Alto, CA.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
8+ years of experience in battery engineering, with a focus on cell selection, battery pack design, and system integration, Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience, Experience in the aerospace, robotics, or electric vehicle (EV) industries with high-power and safety-critical applications working with lithium-ion or other advanced battery chemistries, Experience leading cross-functional hardware or system-level projects from concept through verification and validation, Proficiency in data analysis using Python, MATLAB, or similar tools to evaluate large sets of battery performance data, Experience with thermal management design, modeling, and testing for battery packs
What You'll Do.
Maintain expert knowledge of the current and future state of the battery industry
Evaluate emerging cell technologies to guide Wing’s long-term energy storage roadmap
Lead the evaluation and selection of battery technologies for future aircraft
and testing of battery systems
Serve as Wing's primary Point of Contact (POC) with contract manufacturers
Lead efforts to certify battery systems
ensuring strict compliance with relevant aviation regulations and safety standards
Act as the company-wide expert for all battery-related matters
Collaborate with hardware
and flight systems teams to integrate high-fidelity battery data into vehicle health monitoring systems and flight contingency logic
Analyze battery performance data from flight tests and commercial operations to drive continuous design improvements
and data-driven predictive maintenance/replacement strategies
Support complex risk analyses and evaluate the safety impacts of battery incidents
developing robust mitigation and containment strategies
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Lead cross-functional hardware or system-level projects; partnering with the policy and regulatory teams; Collaborate with hardware, software, and flight systems teams
Process & Methodology
Experience leading cross-functional hardware or system-level projects from concept through verification and validation
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