Battery Mechanical Architect

You’ll be our: Battery Mechanical Architect
You’ll be based at:IBC, Bangalore
You’ll be aligned with: Team Lead - Battery Engineering
You’ll be a member of: Mechanical Engineering

What you’ll do at Ather:

• Ideate and deliver proof of concept designs for the mechanical architecture of the battery pack. 

• Oversee the design quality of component designs during development. 

• Oversee mechanical integration of all components in the pack and of the pack with the production line during development. 

• Generate concepts for innovative Battery designs across various platforms and cell form factors

• To develop innovative test plans that accurately reflect use cases. 

• To author design guides for Battery design. 

• Own delivery of Proof of Concept designs 

• Perform preliminary FMEAs and concept reviews to deliver confidence on concepts

• Manage physical and functional interfaces across all components of the battery and between battery and production line.

• Perform complex tolerance stacks using statistical methods. 

• Ensure designs are delivered to expectations of Design maturity model and Ather product development systems. 

• Manage risks and bugs in battery architecture

• Manage technical attributes (e.g. weight, thermals, life) of the battery

• Influencing and challenging stakeholders across all levels

• Reviewing validation results to check for compliance to requirements

• Interfacing with the product team to understand product requirements and philosophy 

• Work with other functional engineering groups to agree on preliminary interfaces 

• Represent team in design reviews 

• Represent Battery Engineering in all meetings with the Manufacturing Engineering team (Assembly)

• Work with component designers to flesh out concepts for various battery elements

• Review drawings and models for prototype releases

• Work with component design engineers within the team to check interfaces and perform tolerance stack analysis. 

• Work with Technicians and Build manager in the Battery lab to deliver prototype and pre production batteries. 

• Approve Batteries for proto and pre production use

• Check component drawings for release

Here’s what we are looking for:

• Experience in Lithium Ion battery design and development

• Design of electromechanical components

• DFx of electromechanical parts 

• Battery manufacturing process knowledge

• Manufacturing process selection

• Awareness of relevant standards for batteries
  
  

You bring to Ather:

• B.Tech/B.E/M.tech/M.E. or equivalent with Specialization in Mechanical Engineering/Mechatronics/Machine design

• 7-10 years of relevant experience with at least 3 years in Lithium ion battery design