Senior Battery Engineer

About Wing:

Wing offers drone delivery as a safe fast and sustainable solution for last mile logistics. Consumer appetites for on-demand services are increasing but current delivery methods are inefficient costly and contribute to road accidents and air pollution. Wings fleet of highly automated delivery drones can transport small packages directly from businesses to homes on-demand in minutes. We design build and operate our aircraft and offer drone delivery services on two continents. Our technology is designed to be easy to integrate into existing delivery and logistics networks offering a scalable drone delivery solution for a broad range of businesses. Wing is a part of Googles parent company Alphabet and our mission is to create the preferred means of delivery for the planet. If youre ready to do the greatest work of your life come join us.

About the Role:

Wing is looking for a Senior Battery Engineer to join our Hardware Engineering team. This role is onsite based in Palo Alto CA. As an Senior Battery Engineer you will join our nimble design team which is tasked with building unmanned autonomous delivery vehicles and their support systems. You will be responsible for battery system excellence by leading the design integration and performance optimization of our energy storage solutions. You will contribute your experience in battery pack hardware design cell selection and characterization and verification as well as your knowledge of the overall power architecture for both our aircraft and ground infrastructure. Additionally you will define the battery system quality and validation strategy for new products regarding cell safety thermal management cycle life BMS integration and performance under dynamic flight profiles.

What Youll Do:

• Maintain expert knowledge of the current and future state of the battery industry. Evaluate emerging cell technologies (e.g. solid-state silicon anodes) to guide Wings long-term energy storage roadmap.
• Lead the evaluation and selection of battery technologies for future aircraft balancing energy/power density discharge rates thermal characteristics and cycle life against specific mission requirements.
• Direct the design development and testing of battery systems with a focus on safety reliability and performance optimization (including charging speed and lifetime). Serve as Wings primary Point of Contact (POC) with contract manufacturers.
• Lead efforts to certify battery systems ensuring strict compliance with relevant aviation regulations and safety standards as required for flight operations.
• Act as the company-wide expert for all battery-related matters partnering with the policy and regulatory teams to influence standards and support compliance efforts.
• Collaborate with hardware software and flight systems teams to integrate high-fidelity battery data into vehicle health monitoring systems and flight contingency logic.
• Analyze battery performance data from flight tests and commercial operations to drive continuous design improvements failure mitigations and data-driven predictive maintenance/replacement strategies.
• Support complex risk analyses and evaluate the safety impacts of battery incidents developing robust mitigation and containment strategies.

What Youll Need:

• 8 years of experience in battery engineering with a focus on cell selection battery pack design and system integration.
• Bachelors degree in Chemical Engineering Materials Science Mechanical Engineering Electrical Engineering or a related technical field or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience in the aerospace robotics or electric vehicle (EV) industries with high-power and safety-critical applications working with lithium-ion or other advanced battery chemistries.
• Experience leading cross-functional hardware or system-level projects from concept through verification and validation.
• Proficiency in data analysis using Python MATLAB or similar tools to evaluate large sets of battery performance data.
• Experience with thermal management design modeling and testing for battery packs.

Wing is an equal opportunity employer and it is Wings policy to comply with all applicable national state and local laws pertaining to nondiscrimination and equal opportunity. Employment at Wing is based solely on a persons merit and qualifications directly related to professional competence. Wing does not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race creed color religion gender sexual orientation gender identity/expression national origin disability age genetic information veteran status marital status pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding) or any other basis protected by law.

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