Director, Battery Management Systems
American Battery Solutions Inc.
Michigan
Job Summary: The Director of Battery Management Systems is responsible for leading the strategic and technical aspects of the battery management system (BMS) across our product lines. This critical role will involve driving innovation, ensuring the safety and performance of our battery systems, and collaborating cross-functionally to deliver state-of-the-art solutions to our clients. Responsibilities:
- Spearhead the development of advanced battery management strategies and algorithms, leveraging your deep expertise in battery technologies, state estimation, thermal management, and fault diagnostics.
- Stay abreast of industry trends and emerging technologies, driving continuous improvement in our BMS designs to enhance efficiency, reliability, and safety.
- Develop and execute a comprehensive BMS roadmap aligning with the company's long-term objectives and customer requirements, including budget development and tracking.
- Collaborate closely with R&D, engineering, and product teams to integrate BMS solutions seamlessly into our products, ensuring alignment with overall design and functionality.
- Manage and mentor a team of talented BMS engineers, fostering their professional growth and maintaining a culture of innovation and excellence.
- Establish rigorous testing and validation protocols for BMS designs, ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulations.
- Engage with customers and partners to understand their specific BMS needs and challenges, translating these insights into effective BMS solutions.
- Oversee the timely execution of BMS projects, from concept to commercialization, ensuring milestones are met and projects are delivered within budget.
- Identify potential risks and challenges related to BMS development and implementation, devising mitigation strategies to ensure project success.
- Adhere to federal and state regulations.
- Adhere to all company policies, processes, and procedures.
- Performs other duties as requested, directed, or assigned.
- Predictable and reliable attendance.
- Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field with a focus on battery technologies.
- PhD degree in a related field with a focus on battery technologies preferred.
- Minimum of seven (7) years in a leadership role within the battery management or energy storage industry.
- Strong background in battery systems, including battery chemistry, state of charge estimation, thermal management, and safety mechanisms.
- Proficiency in battery management algorithms and software development.
- In-depth knowledge of relevant industry standards, regulations, and best practices.
- Exceptional leadership skills with the ability to motivate and guide cross-functional teams.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities, capable of engaging effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Demonstrated success in driving innovation and translating technical concepts into practical applications.
- Project management expertise, ensuring timely and high-quality deliverables.
- Experience with embedded systems and software development for real-time applications is a plus.
- Prior exposure to high voltage and automotive battery systems is desirable.
- Adaptability to a fast-paced, evolving environment.
- Influences Others: Has personal and organizational impact built on mutual trust, fairness, and honesty. Flexes their style to direct, collaborate, or empower, as the situation requires.
- Develops and Manages Employees: Actively develops knowledge, skills, and abilities of employees to leverage high performance.
- Mission, Vision, Values, and Strategic Priorities Focused: Understands and actively supports the organization’s mission, vision, values, and strategic priorities.
- Leads Change: Persistently moves in the face of ambiguity, dilemmas, and resistance to get completion of changes in an organized way; adapts with flexibility to and copes with changing situations while maintaining focus on goals.
- Thinks Strategically: Acts with the long-term future in mind. Considers future impact when weighing decisions. Anticipates trends and future consequences.
- Business Process Thinking: Designing, implementing, and executing business workflow activities that most effectively and efficiently meet the goals of the business unit and ABS.
- Required to walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects; reach with hands and arms; balance; stoop; talk and hear.
- Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
- Will be placed in a comfortable office environment for approximately 80% of the work time.
- The noise level in the office environment is usually minimal.
- Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
- Constantly operates a computer and other office equipment.
- Ability to adjust focus, especially due to concentration on a computer screen.
- May need to lift and carry up to 30 pounds and/or position the body to reach items on the floor/below knee level or reach overhead.
- The noise level in the work environment can be moderately loud.
- May be required to recognize small numbers, letters, symbols, colors on prints, and/or operate field instruments/equipment.
- Paid time off includes 3 weeks vacation, up to 72 hours sick, 15 holidays, and parental leave.
- 100% company-paid medical, dental, vision, short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance.
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA) offerings.
- Company provided 401K savings plan with immediately vested matching contributions to help you save for retirement.
- Voluntary benefits offerings.
- Tuition assistance.
- Employee Referral Program.
- Employee development and career growth opportunities.
Posted 2026-01-19
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