Modelling/Digital Twin Tech. Specialist

Key Skills

Effective communication skills, MATLAB Programming, NumPy, Project management, Python Programming

Job Description

We’re re-examining our vehicles and what a vehicle means in the emerging world of automation, connectedness, electrification and the shared economy. New ideas, new technology, and new approaches to mobility are our business. Join a team of next generation thinkers.

The Opportunity

To support the future generation of traction battery systems, the Modelling Technical Specialist’s objective is to build, maintain, verify, and validate the library of electro-thermal battery cell models. The Modelling Technical Specialist will be in charge of creating battery cell performance models, which support our virtual verification efforts and serve as the foundation for our product design strategy. You will have access data acquired from cutting-edge material laboratories as well as facilities for both material and cell characterisation.

You will find the optimal balance between performance and speed and will collaborate with our academic partners to develop innovative battery modelling methodologies to help customers achieve their goals. You will support collaborative research with key leading UK and International universities and other external partners as part of this role.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a team that is at the cutting edge of battery cell development, making significant advances in modelling, testing, and overall concept design.

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities

• Lead the electrochemical cell modelling roadmap.
• Lead the activities within the electro-thermal modelling of cells (1D & 3D) space.
• Ensure the application of the Model-Based Design workflow by team members.
• Lead the development of system identification methodologies for battery cell models.
• Lead the development of new experimental characterization methodologies to be used for model development.
• Calibration and validation of these models to test data and other sources of available data.
• Support research projects investigating the aspects of battery cell performance related to cell parameterisation.
• Leading the activities within 1D simulation models for batteries including auxiliary electrical equipment in Matlab/Simulink
• Participate in model review with team members.
• Test predictions by validating models against existing data sets and coordinating new experiments.
• Setup, execute, and analyse results for large numbers of simulations using MATLAB and Python.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Experience with batteries and machine learning techniques
• Electrochemist background at degree level, PhD preferable
• Strong background in Li-ion electrochemistry including aging mechanisms.
• Experience in cell design and optimisation (virtual modelling of electrode stack/jellyroll and packaging
• Good understanding/experience of manufacturing Li-ion cells and benchmark performance/aging
• Fundamental understanding of battery cell working principles: mass transfer, chemical kinetics, conservation equations
• Matlab Simulink / Simscape modelling experience.
• 1D / 3D modelling experience
• >2 years’ experience in dynamic modelling and simulation
• Battery characterisation methods at both cell and material level

Desirable:

• Python programming: Numpy and PyBaMM
• Experience with battery design software, BDS or similar
• Experience in Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) and equivalent circuit models
• Understanding of battery cell manufacturing and pack integration techniques
• Understanding cell abuse behaviour and the ability to simulate it
• System identification techniques
• Experience of planning, co-ordination, delivery and reporting of requirements such as Product Creation Delivery System (PCDS) and Design Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (DFMEA)
• A working knowledge of electrical systems and development processes, such as those used at JLR.
• Previous experience of working with Universities and Research partners

Personal Profile

• Dynamic and adaptable to the fast pace of change in technology.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with strong influencing and engagement skills
• A passion for the automotive industry and the drive to shape the future of automotive technology.
• An individual who is results driven with the ability to create novel concepts and progress them to concept.
• An individual with the ability to prioritise their workload.
• An effective team player who supports team members

Desirable:

• A good communicator with the ability to communicate complex ideas.
• Comfortable working cross-functionally and at a variety of levels within the business
• Resilient and enthusiastic, an individual able to deliver results under pressure.
• Strong project management capabilities with the ability to multitask.

SO WHY US?

Bring all this to the home of premium innovation, and you’ll find the opportunities to further your career with a world-class team, a discounted car purchase and lease scheme for you and your family, membership of a competitive pension plan, private medical cover and performance related bonus scheme. As a manager, you’ll also be able to select one of our luxury premium vehicles to lease at a fraction of the cost. All this and more makes Jaguar Land Rover the perfect place to continue your journey.

This role may offer the opportunity for hybrid working where you can split your time between working from home and in the office. At Jaguar Land Rover, hybrid working is a voluntary, non-contractual arrangement providing employees with more choice and flexibility around how, when and where they work, if suitable for their role. Further details can be discussed with the Hiring Manager at interview stage. 

Please be aware that we may close this vacancy for applications before the stated deadline if we receive a high volume of interest. We strongly advise you to submit your application as early as possible.

Jaguar Land Rover is committed to equal opportunity for all.