Power Systems Mechanical Engineer

About This Role

Support battery integration efforts for Expeditionary Energy Systems by creating and executing test plans, conducting field integration, and performing reliability and safety analyses.

Responsibilities

• Create System Qualification Test Plans, Performance Test Plans, Safety/Hazard Characterization Test Plans, Procedures, and Reports
• Execute (or oversee a team to execute) tests at NSWC Crane and Expeditionary Battery fielded system locations and battery vendor sites
• Conduct Field Integration and Operational Check-out through Initial Operating Capability
• Perform periodic Field Maintenance on large batteries
• Perform Reliability Analyses and Safety Engineering processes on systems

Requirements

• Experience creating mechanical/electrical engineering designs, prototype, test plans, and system integration documentation for Power & Energy systems
• Experience with modeling/drafting
• Low voltage (24 VDC) to high voltage (300-400 VDC) system designs
• Test system development/maintenance
• Experience working directly with military personnel of various ranks
• Experience with test and evaluation support, requirements validation and verification, project planning, and excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Eligibility for Interim Secret clearance to start, with ability to obtain Secret Clearance
• US Citizenship

Qualifications

• Bachelor's in mechanical engineering
• Five (5) years or more experience with Bachelor's, or three (3) years or more experience with Master's, in mechanical engineering

Nice to Have

• Ability to discuss technical terms and concepts with a variety of Integrated Product Team (IPT) members
• Understanding of energy storage and electrochemical testing, applied to the range of power systems and energy storage devices (e.g., batteries, fuel cells)
• Experience with small (1 kWh) to large (1000 kWh) systems
• Integrating power conversion systems
• Working knowledge of Military and NASA design requirements and safety requirements (e.g., S9310-AQ-SAF-010, SG270-BV-SAF-010, JSC-20793B, NASA/TM-2009-215751 /NESC-RP-08-75/06-069-I)
• Experience with Failure and/or Safety assessments (e.g., Hazard Analyses, FMEA's, Fault Tree Analyses, Root Cause Failure Analyses)
• Working knowledge of Industry Standards for design and safety (e.g., UL, IEC, IATA)
• Experience with Systems Requirements Specifications (and decompose into derived requirements and subsystem specs)