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Battery Engineering Manager China

R&D

07/01/2025

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Battery & emission control R&D director

R&D Director China

MISSION 

In one or two sentences, outline the primary purpose(s) of this position within the organization  

1. Develop a local battery engineering team in C Power Tech center of Wuhan (named Omegatech) to support BEV/PHEV battery development for automotive business in and especially out of China
2. Lead the battery engineering process as a support to the project teams located in NAO and Europe
3. Support purchasing to find best-in-class suppliers and develop close relationship with them
4. Ensure quality level of the engineering process, making development rules dully applied by the team
5. Develop a global offer with partner to address the complete electric drive axle (inverter, motor, range extender generator…) to complete our product line

Responsibilities & Activities  

Outline the key areas of responsibility for this position, including the related activities and eventual authorities  

To lead the benchmark of potential supplier and screening of technology for batteries and electric drive applications. 

• Identify, prioritize the systems technologies for our product lines

• Perform or purchase benchmark on his product lines
• Identify potential suppliers

• Analyze patent and literature

• Contribute to partnership with university/research labs  

• Manage the budget associated for benchmarking 

Plan and realize the engineering activities to develop and integrate/validate the batteries and electrification systems in the global vehicle system 

• functional analysis,  

• specification of the actuators and its validation,  

• BOM cost optimization for the actuator 

• design validation, (OP and supplier one) 
• system validation

• process validation (OP and supplier one) 

• actuator integration validation test definition,  

• risk management,  

• life cycle analysis,  

• write lessons learn. 

To ensure OPmobility batteries and electrification systems meet systems requirements 

• Develop Battery or electrical drive system Technical Specifications for battery and electric drive systems (for both innovation and development) 

• Ensure full traceability between Opmobility C Power system design and components requirements. 

• Analyze all testing results CVP & DV/PV (from suppliers and internal testing at component and system level) to check the system performance is at expected level in the system 

• Ensure that development tools are up to date in his team and control their application 

• Ensure that system design is compliant with industrial requirements for prototype & Mass production assembly in Plant. 

To launch new product lines (BEV & PHEV batteries and electrification systems) in accordance with the innovation roadmap (POC methodology) 

• Ensure bottom-up innovation by supporting and sponsoring ideas from his team 

• Promote and report results of the ongoing POCs in accordance with the innovation roadmap 

• Enhance the level of partnerships within and outside of OP,  

• With the support of purchasing develop partnerships with key suppliers to maximize synergies 

To lead suppliers product development performance 

• Support worldwide Core-Teams with training and explanation about performance, Innovative solutions and key competitive advantages of OPmobility C-Power systems 

• Clarify OPmobility Intellectual property to his manager 

• Support RFI/RFQ for any related component or complete battery or electric traction/generator systems needs and associated BOM price optimization 

• Provide technical support on steering committee with component or complete battery or electric traction/generator systems key suppliers in order to ensure project is performing well. 

• Answer questions from internal customers related to component or complete battery or electric traction/generator systems performance issues 

• Develop partnerships with component or complete battery or electric traction/generator systems key suppliers to maximize synergies 

Ensure Battery products lines transfer from innovation to Development with smooth methodology and tools transfer 

Integrated Management System (IMS) 

Outline the key responsibilities for this position in regards of Integrated Management System (Quality, Safety, Environment) 

For everyone out of MACO, Business Unit Leadership Teams and Plant Managers:  

Within his/her scope of responsibility, he/she respects the standards and rules in terms of Quality, Safety and Environment contributing to the IMS process management and improvement. 

For Managers, in addition to previous one: 

As a manager, he /she ensures that his/her team is informed and trained about Quality, Safety and Environment requirements and respects the related rules. He/She is accountable for the IMS process management within his perimeter of responsibility. 

MACO, Business Unit Leadership Teams, Plant Managers:  

Within his/her scope of responsibility he/she demonstrates leadership and commitment in respect of the IMS, He/she ensures that standards, processes, procedures, and objectives are updated in line with requirements and opportunely deployed within the organization making available the necessary resources. 

ORGANIZATION 

POSITION KEY INTERFACES (internal and/or external) 

Internal

• System engineers 
• Mechatronics Design Engineers 
• Mechatronic System PM  
• Mechatronics Managers 
• Testing Laboratory Engineers 
• Quality managers and leaders including plants 
• FRAC and Supplier Quality leader 
• Purchasing teams 
• Regional Development managers 

External 

• Suppliers: technical and program engineers 
• Customer: quality analyst and/or external auditor
• Universities of China and South East Asia
• Tech partners and engineering companies for Science and Technological watch 

POSITION BACK UP 

Fill in with back-up position titles only. Back-up should be indicated for positions in charge of customer orders treatment, supplier on-time delivery, quality, production capacity, shared loading (multi-part station), lead time, inventory level, preventive maintenance, and calibration are the ones to be provided with a back-up. 

• R&D manager in other Business Group in China

KEY MEASURES & FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY 

Indicate the Key Indicators used to measure the performance of the position and the financial metrics on which the role has got a direct or indirect impact (budget, sales, …) 

CAPEX for set up of Opmobility self owned battery lab in Wuhan OMEGATECH Center

Opex for outsourced testing and subcontracting

Customer project budget

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PROFILE REQUIREMENTS 

Personal Background

• Professional Master's degree, Research Master's degree, or PhD in electronics, electrical engineering, or mechanical engineering
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in the R&D sector, including at least two years in a managerial role
• At least 5 years of experience in the automotive industry working on embedded mechatronic systems

Job Technical skills

• Knowledge of the operation of diesel and gasoline internal combustion vehicles, as well as hybrid and electric vehicles, particularly energy storage system controllers
• Expertise in systems engineering, control and software specification, software validation, complex system integration, and calibration
• Ability to work in an international team, including proficiency in technical English
• Proficiency in the toolchain related to the managed scope (requirements management, multiphysics simulations, FMEA, ticketing, rapid prototyping, calibration management)
• Experience with problem-solving techniques
• Ability to manage interpersonal relationships and communicate technical issues to clients, especially for the most complex problems
• Management of team workload and internal processes to maximize operational efficiency

Job Soft skills

• Strong leadership, communication, and personnel management skills
• Contributes to positive interpersonal relationships, proactively proposes organizational changes within and outside the team, and manages the team effectively
• Demonstrates a high level of initiative
• Sets goals and regularly evaluates them for the entire team

To define the Soft Skills required for the job, please refer to OP General Competencies available on Topnet.

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