Function: Architect/Mechanical Design/Electrical Design
Education: Bachelor/Master
Hours: Full-time
Location: Culemborg, The Netherlands
THE FUNCTION
You will apply your expertise to help design, build and test QuinteQ Flywheel Sodium Ion Battery Hybrid Energy Storage Systems for customer projects and/or product lines. Fundamental technology improvements will be implemented in each successive version. Hence new models and drawings, or modifications of existing ones, are needed.
You will be part of a small multidisciplinary team and hence the range of your tasks will be broad & varied, and your ability to apply your talents & initiatives in fulfilling the expectations will have visible impact on product and company success.
Your responsibilities will be:
- Main Delivery Owner/System Architect for the battery container system
- Understand/improve/implement the architecture of the battery container system
- Manage electrical/mechanical interfaces within system and with external systems
- Address challenges in system and detail design and propose simple solutions
- Direct and take part in all stages Design/Build/Test/Deliver, and supervise others.
- Find suppliers/contractors for components/subassemblies
- Arrange an efficient environment/tools/support for manufacturing of systems in house
- Assess build quality of parts/subassemblies/system
- Support hands on electrical/mechanical assembly and testing activities
- Manage changes to the system & configurations
- Cooperate with project management to keep track of requirements/resources/timeline
YOU ARE:
… a candidate that takes initiative and ownership, is pragmatic, conscientious and feels comfortable with prioritizing on a regular basis. Someone who is proactive, has a ‘can-do’ attitude, and doesn’t mind getting her/his hands dirty.
We are looking for the following qualities:
- Proven CAD/CAM track record, preferably in battery systems/machine/mechatronic design
- Mechanical engineering degree, affinity with electrical systems
- A minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience
- Affinity with battery pack and container design and/or fire suppression systems is a big plus
- An eye for detail but pragmatic
- Solution-oriented and result driven in the product development process
- Proficient in English both written and verbal. Dutch is a nice-to-have, but not required
WHAT YOU’LL GET
- An opportunity to contribute to the global energy transition
- Challenging and diverse projects from concept to realization to industrialization
- High-tech mechatronic product development environment
- Growing organization with unique focus on Innovation
- Casual working environment in a close team of colleagues
HOW TO APPLY
Please email your CV and motivation to wouter@quinteqenergy.com
ABOUT QUINTEQ
Founded in 2019, QuinteQ is a young ambitious high-tech company. QuinteQ is developing, producing and selling the most advanced kinetic battery in the world. The flywheel technology was originally designed by the Boeing Company and has been licensed to QuinteQ under a worldwide exclusive license agreement. Since 2019 QuinteQ is building the company and improving the technology from the Netherlands and in this new phase we continue building the businesses.
