R&D Battery & Energy Storage Lead Engineer

Faith Technologies, a division of Faith Technologies Incorporated (FTI), is an energy expert and national leader in electrical planning, engineering, design and installation. As a comprehensive authority in the field of electrical and energy services, Faith leads industry change through a dedicated investment in technology, strategic project consulting and process engineering that drives productivity, value, and above all, safety. Through innovative practices, Faith drives trends in growth and development with continual investment in their merit-based employees’ skill, leadership and career development.

As a Lead Engineer within our R&T organization, you will lead the design, development, and testing of cutting-edge systems and technologies for DER and power distribution applications. Your role will focus on developing a technology roadmap for required systems, characterizing and benchmarking technologies and components, ensuring they meet size, efficiency, performance, cost, and specification requirements. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop a technology roadmap for energy, power distribution, and power conversion solutions targeting various markets. By acting as a company-wide subject matter expert, you will play a pivotal role in influencing the future of technology and product development within our organization. Additionally, you will establish partnerships with external suppliers and communicate results to key stakeholders, driving innovation and excellence in all our initiatives.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace, Chemical).

Experience: 8+ years of experience in system design, architecture, testing, or integration of various relevant energy technologies for microgrid, power generation, and energy storage

• Strong understanding of renewable energy systems, including solar, wind, power conversion, and energy storage technologies.

• Experience with collaboration and application of modeling for system design

• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS

Education: Advanced degree in Engineering (Electrical, Chemical, Mechanical) or equivalent.

Experience:

• Strong understanding of related regulatory frameworks and industry standards related to the relevant energy technologies: Microgrid, Power generation, and Energy storage.

• Knowledge of grid integration and energy management systems.

• Proven track record of leading successful projects in the renewable energy sector.

• Experience in performance modeling and simulation of microgrid power generation components, control systems, power conversion components with Matlab/Simulink, Simscape, Amesim or similar tools.

Travel: 5-10%

Work Schedule: This position works between the hours of 7 AM and 5 PM, Monday- Friday.   However, work may be performed at any time on any day of the week to meet business needs.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Characterizes, benchmarks, and defines requirements for design, development of proof-of-concept prototypes, and testing of various components and technologies.

• Characterizes size, performance, efficiency, cost, and requirements for various components and technologies used for DER and power distribution in microgrid, EV charging, and data center applications.

• Develops and maintains documentation on component specifications, selection analysis, requirements, and simulation analysis.

• Works closely with systems simulation and FEA/CFD engineers to communicate requirements, performance targets, and boundary conditions for modeling and simulation analysis.

• Leads evaluation and benchmarking of new and competitive technologies.

• Collaborates with controls software engineers to establish guidelines and performance targets for energy management systems, microgrid controllers, and other functional design.

• Collaborates with cross-functional teams on power electronics system design, thermal management system design, and packaging/manufacturing design.

• Collaborate with Verification & Validation team to define DVP&Rs for battery energy storage system testing.

• Performs other related duties as required and assigned.

The job description and responsibilities described are intended to provide guidelines for job expectations and the employee's ability to perform the position described.