Senior Mechanical Engineer - Thermal & Cooling system

What will our ideal candidate bring to Fluence?

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering with 5+ years of experience in the field of thermal management design of electronic enclosures or battery system    


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• Master’s degree with specialization in engineering mechanics, thermal and fluid sciences or equivalent and have 3+ years of experience in BESS enclosure design and engineering. Strong experience with large Battery Energy Storage system (BESS) Enclosure thermal system design.
• Strong technical knowledge in 1D analytical calculation with emphasis on cooling system design using engineering fundamentals and cutting-edge tools such as ANSYS (Fluent for CFD) & MATLAB.
• Create specification documents for Chillers, Plumbing, HVAC, and Cooling units, based on product requirement and CTQs. Interface with equipment suppliers/manufacturers to validate design and test requirements.
• Experience implementing heat transfer analysis through conjugate heat transfer (CHT) simulations.
• Experience with developing product from conceptual stage to mass production.
• Know-how of end-to-end design and development of new component. Hands on with Creo, BOM, Quality control, supplier qualification & design reviews.
• Ability to automate Numerical Simulation workflow using either Ansys Workbench or custom post and preprocessing scripts.
• Previous experience in executing CFD simulations in HPC (high-performance computing) environment, either on-prem or cloud-based solutions.
• Strong skillset in thermal system design – plumbing component, HVAC, Chiller, fans, component & material selection, DFMEA, DFM & DFA, etc.
• Knowledge and experience of mechanical design, hands on with CAE tools, understanding of battery operation fundamental will be added advantage.
• Strong proficiency in smart simple design, analytical calculations.
• Extremely devoted and lively individual
• Strong presentation and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Comfortable of working in a highly dynamic and changing environment and adapt to shifting customer priorities.
• The ideal candidate will have a broad thermal engineering background as well as strong proficiency in mechanical design & analysis.