Title

Applications Engineer

Posting Date

October 26, 2008

Department

Program Management

Closing Date

Open

EnerDel Inc. is an Indianapolis-based energy storage solutions company that is developing and commercializing advanced, high-performance safe lithium-ion batteries for hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), plug-in HEVs and electric vehicles.  We combine the unsurpassed experience of experts from the world's largest battery companies with new proprietary technology. Our automated approach to production is designed to assure cost-competitive US manufacturing - which will be essential to this emerging market.  We are a rapidly growing company hiring highly motivated, organized self-starters with a can-do attitude.

EnerDel is owned by Ener1, Inc. (AMEX symbol HEV).

MAJOR FUNCTIONS / RESPONSIBILITIES

Provide quality, timely application engineering customer support with the business development team.

PRIMARY DUTIES

• Develop new projects and technology such that capability, cost, and quality satisfy customer requirements
• Develop innovative technologies in product design thru application development
• Develop product definition based on internal, regulatory, and customer requirements
• Develop and maintain product mechanization drawing
• Perform system level design verification testing utilizing laboratory tools and systems
• Follow design standards, guidelines, and best practices
• Act as product technical expert for the product line
• Act as product line center of expertise for HEV/PHEV/EV vehicle architectures
• Perform teardown and analysis of competitive products
• Provide leadership and technical direction for projects
• Lead resolution of technical issues
• Approve team technical deliverables     
• Participate and/or lead design reviews for development projects
• Support further development of design standards and best practices
• Support ISO-9000 certification activities
• Raise broader product technical issues to engineering manager          

KNOWLEDGE / SKILLS / ABILITIES

Understanding of engineering principles engine applications.

Experience in specifying, applying, and testing engine controls.

Experience in technical sales support.

Knowledge of the product development process.

Good business acumen.

Familiarity with Great Plains or related software and CAD systems required.

Previous ISO/TS 16949:2002 experience required.

Previous HEV/PHEV/EV experience strongly preferred.

EDUCATION / TRAINING / EXPERIENCE

3 or more years of Product Engineering, Systems Engineering, or Engineering Field Support experience.

1 or more years of experience in advanced powertrain systems, lithium batteries/systems, or vehicle applications.

Demonstrated skills in communication of technical data and project information.

Strong prioritization skills including ability to manage frequent changes.

Flexibility in dealing with changing and/or partial information.

Excellent team skills including project leadership and schedule management.

Strong problem solving skills.

Ability to travel up to 20-33% to support above defined activities

APPLICATION PROCESS

Persons qualified and interested in applying for this position should submit a Word format resume and cover letter to  Cover letter must include salary requirements. We are not accepting resumes from recruiters for this position.                                   

                                                            EnerDel is an Equal Opportunity Employer