Senior Systems Engineer - Battery Storage Product Development

About the Role

As a Senior Systems Engineer, you will work on cross-functional teams within Fluence’s Product team developing safe, high performing, reliable, and cost effective energy storage products.

Responsibilities:

• Work as a lead systems engineer on multi-disciplinary teams of engineers to design and deliver MW-scale energy storage products
• Collaborate with product management team to define and prioritize product features and high level product technical requirements
• Develop detailed system-level and subsystem hardware and software requirements, making use of common industry requirements management tools
• Provide technical leadership in a collaborative process with product managers to determine allowable product configurations and product roadmap
• Conduct product safety assessments, failure mode analyses, risk assessments, and hazard assessments (i.e. DFMEA, FMEA, HARA)
• Lead design trade-off studies to optimize between design flexibility, capital cost, operating cost, functionality, performance, maintainability, and continuity with existing Fluence products
• Incorporate lessons learned from previous product deployments and testing into product requirements
• Develop product design documents, customer documentation, and user manuals
• Create interface control documents and boundary diagrams
• Develop product verification plans and system level test cases and coordinate with Fluence lab team to determine full scale system testing strategy

Qualifications:

• Passion for energy storage, product development, and collaborative engineering
• Track record of taking ownership over complex technical challenges and leading others from problem identification to solution
• Bachelors' or Masters’ degree in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or similar
• 8+ years industry experience, with background in renewable energy systems, power conversion, energy storage, PV, power systems control, or similar field
• Technical knowledge in broad area of engineering disciplines (Electrical, Mechanical, Controls Systems, Safety, Test/Validation)
• Experience developing products to meet safety standards. Familiarity with energy storage standards (i.e. UL9540, IEC62933) is a plus
• Experience developing large scale battery energy storage products is a plus
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
• Willingness to travel