Senior Systems Engineer - Battery Storage
Houston, TX, USA
Product – Architecture & Systems /
Full-time /
Hybrid
About Fluence: Fluence (Nasdaq: FLNC) is a global market leader delivering intelligent energy storage and optimization software for renewables and storage. Our solutions and operational services are helping to create a more resilient grid and unlock the full potential of renewable portfolios. With gigawatts of successful implementations across nearly 50 markets, we are transforming the way we power our world for a more sustainable future. For more information, please visit fluenceenergy.com.
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At Fluence, our culture is the foundation that drives our ambitious growth strategy and fuels our mission to transform the future of energy. Our core cultural pillars empower us to innovate, collaborate, and lead with purpose, ensuring we continue to deliver unparalleled value to our customers and the world.
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We are committed to creating the impossible. We push boundaries to deliver sustainable, game-changing solutions that shape a brighter, more energy-efficient future for all. Our team is passionate about making a lasting impact that will resonate for generations to come.
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We are all in for growth. Our teams are relentlessly focused on identifying and seizing opportunities that propel us forward. We embrace an ownership mindset, pushing ourselves and each other to accelerate progress and create lasting success.
As a Senior Systems Engineer, you will work on cross-functional teams across Fluence’s Product team to develop safe, high performing, reliable, and cost effective energy storage products.
As the Senior Systems Engineer, you will be responsible for the following::
- Work as a systems engineer on multi-disciplinary teams of engineers to deliver MW-scale energy storage products
- Develop high level system architecture and collaborate with product management on high level product requirement
- Develop detailed system-level and subsystem hardware and software requirements, making use of common industry requirements management tools
- Provide technical leadership in collaborative process with product managers to determine allowable product configurations and future product architecture
- Conduct product safety assessments, failure mode analyses, risk assessments, hazard assessments (i.e. DFMEA, HARA)
- Conduct design trade-off studies to optimize between design flexibility, capital cost, operating cost, functionality, performance, maintainability, and continuity with existing Fluence products
- Incorporate lessons learned from previous product deployments and testing into product requirements
- Develop system design documents, customer documentation, and user manuals
- Create boundary diagrams, interface control documents, and subsystem requirements
- Perform system failure mode and risk analysis (i.e. DFMEA, HARA)
- Develop system test plans and coordinate with Fluence lab team to determine full scale system testing strategy
What will our ideal candidate bring to Fluence?
- Passion for energy storage, collaborative engineering, and learning from others
- Bachelors' or Masters’ degree in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or similar
- 7+ years industry experience, with background in renewable energy systems, power conversion, energy storage, PV, power systems control, or similar field
- Technical knowledge in broad area of engineering disciplines (Electrical, Mechanical, Safety, Test/Validation)
- Experience developing products to meet safety standards. Familiarity with energy storage standards (i.e. UL9540, IEC62933) is a plus
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
- Willingness to travel
Fluence IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER and fully subscribes to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity to ensure that all applicants and employees are considered for hire, promotion, and job status without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital or familial status.