Battery Systems Engineer

Company Information

PACCAR is a Fortune 500 company established in 1905. PACCAR Inc is recognized as a global leader in the commercial vehicle, financial, and customer service fields with internationally recognized brands such as Kenworth, Peterbilt, and DAF trucks. PACCAR is a global technology leader in the design, manufacturing, and customer support of premium light-, medium- and heavy-duty trucks under the Kenworth, Peterbilt and DAF nameplates and also provides customized financial services, information technology and truck parts related to its principal business.

Whether you want to design the transportation technology of tomorrow, support the staff functions of a dynamic, international leader, or build our excellent products and services, you can develop the career you desire with PACCAR. Get started!

Requisition Summary

Are you interested in developing Battery Electric Vehicles? Are you passionate about ensuring the best possible experience for everyone involved with manufacturing, using, and servicing electric vehicles? Do you enjoy finding practical methods to apply safety standards to real products? Do you have a diverse skillset in electrical safety principles, systems engineering, battery technology, product design, and communication? If so, then a career as a Battery Safety Systems Engineer in PACCAR’s Global Powertrain Division is for you!

Within a new team of highly talented engineers, you will find yourself designing safety into Electric Vehicle Battery Systems for all of PACCAR’s worldwide vehicle divisions. This position will take a global approach and requires collaboration within a diverse cross-functional and multicultural team. PACCAR is eager to advance its product line of zero-emissions powertrains, and this is a chance to assume a critical role in supporting that effort. You will be a key part of ensuring PACCAR products are not only safe but also meet the needs of customers and those of the climate.

This position is located at PACCAR’s North Texas office in Lewisville, TX.

Job Functions / Responsibilities

• Design battery systems for a global fleet of Battery Electric vehicles. Use Systems Engineering methods to model and analyze interactions between components. Create alternative designs to compare against baseline concepts and use structured methods to arrive at optimal designs.
• Provide Systems Engineering services in a matrixed, cross-functional organization supporting multiple simultaneous projects. Maximize PACCAR’s return on product development by creating scalable, versatile systems easily reconfigurable to suit different vehicles and market segments.
• Define high-level system properties to satisfy overall powertrain requirements. Allocate to individual system components and ensure system robustness in the face of variability. Iteratively re-analyze and reallocate properties as system design matures.
• Be a subject matter expert on battery technology, providing guidance to the organization on optimal design, handling, usage, maintenance, and recycling of your battery systems. Research both existing and future technology to maintain PACCAR’s leadership in battery technology.
• Support the Product Creation Process using Design For Six Sigma (DFSS) and proprietary methods to document the design process from concept to manufacturing to validation. Participate in developing Technical Requirements Specifications, performing Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA), creating multi-tiered Quality Function Deployment matrices, and much more.
• Ensure systems are seamlessly integrated within the PACCAR supply chain by providing timely and accurate information to engineering, logistics, manufacturing, sales, and service departments across all of PACCAR’s worldwide brands.

Qualifications / Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field is required. Masters preferred.
• 5-10 years’ experience applying Systems Engineering principles.
• 3-5 years’ experience designing large battery systems.
• 3-5 years’ experience in the automotive industry.
• Excellent knowledge of:
  • Product Development (Design for Six Sigma highly preferred).
  • Electrical Systems.
  • Electrical Safety.
  • Functional Safety.
  • Embedded Systems.
• Excellent cooperation and communication skills.
• Ability to communicate in the Chinese language (Mandarin) is highly preferred.
• Ability to perform in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment, while managing multiple priorities.

BENEFITS

 Why work for PACCAR?

• Global Fortune 500 company with a wide array of growth and development opportunities.
• Work in an established engineering organization where work/life balance is valued.
• Work alongside experienced goal-oriented colleagues recognized as experts in their fields.
• Support and/or design the commercial vehicles of the future with a focus on emerging technologies such as electric drive systems, ADAS, and full autonomous driving.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance plans for you and your family.
• Paid Time Off – vacation, paid holidays, and sick leave.
• 401k with company match AND a company-paid pension plan after 5 years.
• Tuition reimbursement for continued education – eligible after 1 year of service.

ADDITIONAL JOB INFORMATION 

PACCAR promotes equal employment opportunities by implementing policies and practices that ensure employees and applicants are not discriminated against because of their race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status or other legally protected status. This applies to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion, termination, rates of pay, and other conditions of employment.

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