Battery Modelling Engineer

At Faradion we build the right teams in the right way. We're a bold decision-making team who want to be the best at what we do, who are committed to excellence and helping our people grow by creating specialised, focused and hardworking teams. Teams who apply critical thinking, and who are always striving to achieve excellence in the work they deliver. We look for entrepreneurial thinkers and doers. Innovative, collaborative and motivated people who are excited by our technology, and proud of the difference they can make

The Role

Due to rapid expansion, we have a fantastic opportunity for a Battery Modelling Engineer to join our Engineering team, developing Multiphysics models for our sodium ion cells, thereby accelerating our cell designs and development. You will develop sodium ion cell models, predict performance and degradation, ensure models are thoroughly validated, and work closely with electrochemists to ensure cell designs are optimised before build and testing. The role is available as a Senior Engineer for a candidate with good experience in the field.

• Be responsible for Multiphysics modelling of Sodium Ion cells, including electrochemical, mechanical, thermal and electrical behaviour
• Predict performance and degradation of cells prior to build and long term testing
• Develop validation strategies to show the effectiveness of our models
• Provide feedback and guidance to the cell design and development team to optimise cell performance as part of each cell iteration
• Work closely with the cell development team to ensure the correct tests are performed on cells to obtain accurate cell parameters and validation sets
• Document and present results, with conclusions and recommendations
• Travel within the UK and internationally occasionally

You will have:

• A bachelor's engineering degree (or above) in a relevant field (e.g., Chemical or Electrical Engineering, Physics, Applied Mathematics)
• Experience with cell/battery modelling software, such as GT Autolion or PyBaMM
• Proficiency in Python programming
• The ability to work effectively in a team orientated environment
• The ability to prepare technical reports for dissemination throughout the company, making recommendations for technical progression
• Experience reporting progress in regular updates to your line manager/ supervisor/ PM, and comfortable presenting to the senior management team as required
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Preferably a full driving licence

The Company

We are building a progressive people environment and our people are our most valuable asset. We want Faradion to be an attractive, rewarding and a fun place to work. As well as the satisfaction of knowing you'll be working on critical projects that make a real difference to the world around us, we offer our employees a variety of additional benefits.

• Flexible start and finish times (start between 7-10 and finish between 3-6pm)
• Competitive salaries
• Market leading Salary Exchange Pension (up to 10% Faradion contribution from a 5% contribution from you)
• Group Life Assurance (5 X basic annual salary)
• Income Protection Insurance
• Generous annual leave allowance (25 days holiday, plus 8 days bank holidays)
• Healthy extras - a comprehensive employee assistance programme
• Annual leave buying and selling scheme
• Birthday leave
• Free Fresh Fruit
• Incredible opportunities for development and career growth
• Eye care vouchers
• Exclusive discounts with leading retailers
• Employee social events
• Wellbeing ambassadors
• Casual dress

To Apply contact Adrian Elwell