Turntide’s Transport group is based in the North East of
England and is focused on delivering electrification systems – energy
storage, power electronics and advanced electric motors – to deliver
emissions-free mobility and industrial machines across global markets.
There is a massive change happening across industrial
Transportation. Globally there is a rapid shift to new electrified
platforms to meet the demands of their end users looking to reduce
carbon emissions and create entirely new product types. Our Turntide
for Electrification solutions help ease the customer journey and
accelerate their transition.
We are hiring for a Product
Technical Specialist - Battery Systems whose primary responsibility
will be to identify technology enabling solution opportunities
focusing on the market, the customer and pulling from the internal
knowledge pool to continuously identify and define the technology
roadmap, product placement and solution delivery.
The role is
based at our site in Gateshead and reports into the Product Manager –
Battery Systems.
Job Role In this
role the Product Technical Specialist - Battery Systems will be
responsible for the following:
- Supporting Turntide's
strategy for battery systems in transportation by providing input to
roadmaps including product diversification, features and options while
translating that into detailed requirements and a go-to-market
strategy.
- Supporting Turntide’s strategy to be a leader in
providing a full electric drivetrain. This would involve close team
work with Turntide product experts for motors, inverters and thermal
products to ensure an optimised electric drivetrain.
- Serving
as the subject matter expert and main technical interface to the
customer in the pursuit phase of new business opportunities.
- Being able to create concept mechanical and electrical
diagrams to help the customer to understand the offering.
- Understanding the basic functions of a BMS, both
electronically and software.
- Working closely with customers
to understand their business needs and opportunities and apply it to
our product offerings by capturing and articulating market problems
and translating them into market requirements for product management
including design, performance needs, features and options.
- Ensuring that the technical solution presented to customers
is optimal, considering the expectation on performance, cost and
timing whilst assessing the new business opportunities with the Sales
team considering alignment to strategy, technical risk, resources, and
cost.
- Supporting the commercial business function with
technology collateral, whilst assisting with opportunity
identification, quantification, and qualification. Generating business
cases for product extensions and product enhancements.
- Driving OEM awareness of current and future products and
value propositions and leverage differentiations to be suitably
positioned to win the right business opportunities.
- Acting as
subject matter expert throughout the product development cycle.
Managing the technical risk management and escalation of issues.
Experience and Skills We’re
looking for candidates with the following experience and skills:
- Experience in product management, battery design in the
field of electrification of transport or battery technology
- Excellent understanding of current and future technology,
systems, and concepts related to electrification and Industry 4.0
operations
- Excellent understanding and first hand experience
of cell chemistries, energy distribution systems and battery
management systems
- Ability to innovate and solve problems
creatively
- Ability to influence, manage and mobilize
stakeholders with varied expertise from different cultures and
geographic locations
- Project management experience and proven
ability to lead product development teams
- Excellent verbal
and written communication skills
- Excellent business sense to
proactively identify and resolve problems and issues quickly and
efficiently
- Customer facing experience
It would
also be great (but not essential) if in addition to the above you also
had:
- Experience in manufacturing and component sourcing
for serial production of battery systems
- Knowledge of
development of electric machines, power electronics and software
Qualifications A Bachelor's or
Master's Degree in Electrical/ Electronic, Mechanical or Aerospace
engineering, Maths or Science as appropriate fields of study or
equivalent
Relevant experience could also be considered.
Attributes The ideal candidate will
have the following personal qualities :
- Enthusiastic,
flexible and able to thrive and succeed in times of ambiguity and
change
- Structured individual with ability to interact and
communicate at all levels of the organisation
- Strong
interpersonal, verbal and written communications and relationship
building skills with internal and external stakeholders
- Good
commercial awareness and proactive problem-solving skills to ensure
business needs are understood and agreed solutions are delivered.
- This is a very hands-on position – we expect a person with a
‘roll up your sleeves’ attitude.
- Ability to work well under
pressure, prioritise work accordingly and meet tight deadlines
- Pro-active taking ownership of tasks given and follow through
to completion
- Must model highest degree of moral and ethical
behaviour given the access to such confidential data
- Must be
able to work alone with minimum guidance, but also be able to operate
effectively as part of a team.
- Confident, thoughtful and able
to articulate ideas to both technical and non-technical team members
- Ability to mentor and train effectively, supporting
development through hands-on or practical experience.
- Must
display strong leadership skills and be able to engage and drive a
positive high-performance culture
- Must have an agile approach
to work
- Tackle problems with creativity and innovation
- Hungry for success, self-motivated, results-driven, and
ambitious
- Able to travel both within and outside of the UK
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