Battery Test Engineer - Green Fleet Development

FFI is leading Fortescue’s decarbonisation and growth agendas and developing a portfolio of projects centred on the production of renewable hydrogen, ammonia, minerals and other value-added products. FFI is underpinned by Fortescue’s world class expertise, operational excellence and proven capability to drive future growth.

Title: Battery Test Engineer – Green Fleet Development

Work location: Perth based (Hazelmere)

Roster: 5/2 Roster (Mon to Fri)

In support of Fortescue’s strong focus on green energy and our carbon neutrality targets, one of our key initiatives will be in our Green Fleet projects whereby we will develop and test a range of technologies to power our mining fleet

Based out our new Hazelmere R&D facility and reporting to the green fleet development Principal Embedded Systems, we are presently looking for an experienced: Battery Test Engineer

Key accountabilities will include:

• Primarily responsible for the battery system diagnostics, testing and validation for heavy mining equipment and rollingstock equipment
• Work in close conjunction with our battery partner Williams Advanced Engineering and the Green Fleet battery team to ensure quality battery testing and validation is performed
• Create battery system testing processes, testing software and the performance verification documentations to meet safety and design specifications
• Align, plan and implement battery system test requirements via structured DVP&R processes, for V&V, with the Green Fleet battery team
• Conduct battery system-level testing and troubleshooting to ensure the battery system is safe to be released to the vehicle and deployed for operation
• Provide battery service, module changeouts and transportation recommendations, ensuring compliance to technical standards and regulations
• Repair and maintain test equipment, along with streamlined documentation of work processes for equipment handling
• Assist with the design, building and the operation of the battery testing and servicing facility in Perth
• Support and implement Quality engineering processes (system-/D-FMEA, field and development issue resolution)
• Perform technical risk analysis to derive risk prioritization for testing, test-bench scheduling and system FMEA outputs
• Ensure workplace safety and emergency response while handling low-voltage and high-voltage ‘live’ parts and equipment
• Provide regular updates to the Principal including work progress, risks and priorities

Qualifications and skills required:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical / Electronics / Mechatronics / Software Engineering, or a related field of study
• 3+ years of relevant experience in battery systems development
• Good knowledge of Lithium-ion battery systems, BMS and cell characteristics
• Proven training/experience in automotive HV-safety and low-voltage operations
• Experience with automotive software analysis tools (Eg. CANoe, CANape etc.)
• Understanding of telematics, diagnostics, and calibration protocols (Eg. XCP, UDS, OBD etc.)
• Solid foundation in automotive CAN communication and network management protocols (CAN J1939, CAN 2.0A/B etc.)
• Experience with software development and version control tools (Eg. Confluence, JIRA, GitHub)
• Experience with model-based design with MATLAB/Simulink is highly advantageous
• Ability to travel overseas for work purpose
• Excellent troubleshooting, analytical and communications skills
• Demonstrate ability to innovate and continuously improve processes, tools and knowledge
• Proven ability to work with diverse stakeholders and in multidiscipline teams

Our values drive our culture and performance through a strong focus on safety, family and determination. We celebrate and respect people’s differences and commit to providing an inclusive work environment. This is an exciting time to join Fortescue.

We encourage Aboriginal Australians and female candidates to apply.

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