Project Engineer

Job summary

Coordinate and schedule battery pack and cell testing, manage test requests, and align testing capacity and resources with product development plans and program milestones. Monitor progress, throughput, utilization, and risks; resolve issues with cross-functional teams and report status and performance metrics to management.

Job details

Job Description: This role is critical to the successful operation of the North America Battery Technology Centre (NA BTC), ensuring battery testing activities are planned, prioritized, and executed efficiently to support product development objectives. Project Engineer: The North America Battery Technology Centre (NA BTC) is seeking a Project Engineer to coordinate, schedule, and track battery testing activities across the facility. Reporting to the Program Manager, this role is responsible for managing battery pack and cell test requests, monitoring testing throughput, optimizing resource utilization, and ensuring product development and validation milestones are achieved on schedule. This position offers the opportunity to contribute to a world-class battery testing facility by working closely with laboratory operations, product development, validation teams, and external stakeholders to deliver high-quality testing programs. Key Responsibilities: • Interface with Product Development and Validation teams to understand current and future testing requirements. • Coordinate battery pack and cell testing activities to support product development objectives. • Work with test requestors to improve the quality, completeness, and timing of test requests. • Develop and maintain test schedules and capacity forecasts aligned with testing plans and program milestones. • Optimize utilization of testing resources, including test channels, equipment, and laboratory capacity. • Monitor testing progress, throughput, equipment utilization, and issue resolution. • Identify and mitigate project and operational risks that may impact testing schedules or deliverables. • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve issues, remove roadblocks, and develop recovery plans. • Capture and implement lessons learned to improve testing processes and project execution. • Provide regular reporting on test status, resource utilization, and key performance metrics. • Escalate critical issues and risks to management as required. Qualifications: • Strong project management, planning, and organizational skills. • Ability to coordinate activities across multiple cross-functional teams and stakeholders. • Experience managing schedules, priorities, and technical workflows in a fast-paced environment. • Strong communication, problem-solving, and issue-resolution capabilities. • Experience in battery testing, product development, validation, laboratory operations, or related engineering fields is an asset. Ideal Candidate: 5 years' experience A highly organized, proactive engineer who can effectively manage competing priorities, drive execution, and ensure battery testing programs are delivered safely, efficiently, and on schedule. Ability to travel to US preferred, but not mandatory. (May be 1-2 Twice in a month) Candidate will be expected to be onsite 100%, possibility for intermittent hybrid days when approved and subject to corporate policy.

What you’ll do

Coordinate and schedule battery pack and cell testing, manage test requests, and align testing capacity and resources with product development plans and program milestones. Monitor progress, throughput, utilization, and risks; resolve issues with cross-functional teams and report status and performance metrics to management.

Requirements

Requires strong project management, planning, organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills, along with the ability to coordinate stakeholders and manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment. Approximately five years of experience is sought; experience in battery testing, product development, validation, laboratory operations, or related engineering is an asset, and travel to the United States is preferred but not mandatory.

Listed skills

• Project management · Preferred
• Planning · Preferred
• scheduling · Preferred
• Cross-Functional Coordination · Preferred
• Stakeholder Management · Preferred
• Product Development · Preferred
• Validation · Preferred
• Problem solving · Preferred
• issue resolution · Preferred
• Performance Reporting · Preferred
• Process Improvement · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Project Management
• Planning
• Scheduling
• Cross-Functional Coordination
• Stakeholder Management
• Resource Utilization
• Capacity Forecasting
• Battery Testing
• Product Development
• Validation
• Laboratory Operations
• Risk Mitigation
• Problem-Solving
• Issue Resolution
• Performance Reporting
• Process Improvement

Job areas

• Engineering
• Management & Leadership
• Manufacturing
• Science & Research

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