Senior Energy Storage Engineer Job at Wright Electric, Albany, NY

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  • Wright Electric
  • Albany, NY

Job Description

Wright Electric Inc. (Wright) is a US small business developing ultra-lightweight motors and batteries for the aerospace & defense industry. The company was founded in 2016 by a team of aerospace engineers and powertrain experts. Wright has development contracts with the DoD, DoE, FAA, and NASA. ‍

Wright is seeking a Senior Energy Storage Engineer to join our team. Wright has built a world class aircraft and electric propulsion team, and the Senior Energy Storage Engineer will serve as the go-to-expert for all things related to energy storage, including electrode development, electrolyte development, cell construction, cell-to-pack development, and external partnership management. You will work closely with the power electronics and motor teams to design and verify requirements at the component and integration level for the Wright propulsion system. Experience working in a cross-functional technology and product development team to manage risk and requirements is key to success.  This position is based in New York City area.

Required: 

  • Minimum 5 years of experience developing and testing novel energy storage systems is required (graduate studies included)
  • Bachelor of Science in Electrical, Chemical, or other relevant Engineering is required; Master of Science or PhD preferred
  • Experience with energy storage systems and doing research and development with cell and system performance
  • Direct experience bringing numerous novel chemistries from TRL 2 to TRL 5
  • Extensive experience with potentiostat/galvanostat instruments 
  • Experience conducting work in an Argon glovebox 

Desired:  

  • Published research related to lithium batteries, solid electrolyte materials, or thermal batteries or equivalent industry experience 
  • Experience with aerospace and aviation propulsion systems
  • Knowledge of government regulations and standards that impact and constrain aircraft design details
  • Experience with metal air batteries, with a preference for experience with Al-air batteries
  • Experience with high temperature batteries, with a preference for experience with Li-S batteries
  • PI for government funded projects
  • Experience with CAD software (Solidworks, Fusion, Onshape, Shapr3D)
  • Experience with SLA and FDM 3D printers 

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