Project Engineer – Battery Testing & Technology
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.
Additional Requirements
- Ability to travel to US preferred, but not mandatory.
- Candidate will be expected to be onsite 100%, possibility for intermittent hybrid days when approved and subject to corporate policy.
The expected base salary range for this position is $40 – $43 per hour, depending on experience, skills, and internal equity.
The Company offers a total rewards package in accordance with all applicable federal, provincial, and local laws and requirements. Benefit eligibility and offerings vary based on role, employment status, and work location.
For contractor positions, benefits are limited to those entitlements and protections required by applicable law, which may include (as applicable) vacation pay, public holidays, leaves of absence, and other legally mandated benefits or payments.
We may use AI-enabled and/or automated tools to support parts of our recruitment process, including application screening, interview scheduling, and candidate communications. These tools are used to enhance consistency and efficiency. All hiring decisions involve human review and are not based solely on automated processing.
