Dir. of Energy Storage and Power System IPT

At Wisk, we're transforming the future of urban mobility through safe, all-electric, autonomous flight. We are a passionate team working together toward a sustainable future, solving high-impact problems that have never been solved before. By delivering everyday flight for everyone, we're making it possible to spend less time getting there and more time being there. If you want to be part of shaping the future of mobility, then read on!

The Director of Energy Storage and Power System (ESPS) IPT (Integrated Product Team) is a position responsible for the vertical development, design, integration, certification and delivery of safety critical Aircraft Battery Packs, Battery Management System,Power Distribution, Power Conversion and Charging systems throughout the aircraft.  You will work closely with all interfacing IPTs including Avionics, Propulsion, EWIS and Passenger Systems. 

The Director will provide project-specific cross-functional leadership with responsibility for planning, monitoring, controlling and reporting on all their team’s activities. This person will be accountable for ensuring their team's objectives are achieved within the scope, schedule and budget allocation, and consistent with quality and technical standards.

You will utilize your technical and business acumen to drive program,  technical decisions and set objectives to meet the program schedule. You will be responsible for planning and coordinating the resources required to execute the program.

Successful candidates will utilize proven methods to monitor adherence to schedule and budget, manage risk, plan and verify product technical maturity, and ensure their team’s technical delivery across all their products is at the highest standards.

Due to the nature of the work required for this position, this is an onsite opportunity. You will be required to work from our Mountain View office.

Responsibilities:

• Lead their IPT’s technical development efforts related to architecture, design, development, integration, validation, performance, certification and production. 

• Engage with other IPT Leaders, Chief Engineers, Functional Managers, Program Office and Company Leadership to ensure successful program planning and execution 

• Authority and accountability for their IPT’s technical scope in alignment with schedule and budget.

• Support overall Program success by defining schedule inputs and changes into the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS), maintaining timely and effective change management of the schedule.

• Monitor technical maturity and ensure that issues impacting progression are addressed immediately and corrective actions and recovery plans are implemented expeditiously

• Plan and coordinate activities to support formal validation and verification, including any and all test activities 

• Implement and follow risk management activities to manage program technical, schedule and cost risk. 

• Coordinate the engineering review, approval and release processes of all key deliverables

• Support multidisciplinary program reviews and presentations throughout the different phases of development, certification, and production readiness with internal and external stakeholders

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or other relevant STEM field 

• 15+ years of experience in Aerospace or Battery engineering development and leadership with responsibility for scheduling and team/personnel management

• 5+ years of experience in leading a multi-functional, technically-oriented, Integrated Product Team

• 5+ years of experience in high-integrity battery system vertical development

• Detailed knowledge of high and low voltage electrical power distribution topologies

• Strong engineering analytical and technical skills with demonstrated experience delivering integrated technical solutions.

• Strong communicator and excellent soft skills to work across the whole organization.

• Experience performing cost and schedule management

• Experience with risk, issues, and/or opportunity management

• Strong decision-making abilities

• Effective at managing a wide range of tasks and rapidly changing priorities.

• Knowledge of systems engineering and systems safety analyses and processes, including SAE ARP 4754A, Advisory Circular 23.1309-1E, SAE ARP 4761 as well as Part 25/29 certification requirements

Desired:

• Master’s or PhD in engineering or other relevant STEM fields.

• 5+ years of experience working with Aerospace technologies, products and services.

• 2+ years of lithium ion cell characterization and testing experience

• Demonstrated experience technical teams from the R&D stage to product delivery and in-service support, preferably with civil-certified aircraft.

• Experience with performance and destructive testing of electric vehicle battery systems, preferably within aircraft. 

• Experience with the design of battery management system state estimation and fault detection algorithms.

• Developed complex systems using System Engineering processes including architecture development, systems integration, requirements development, validation, verification, process control etc. 

• Experience with Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), including use case development, activity diagrams, logical architecture, etc.

• Experience with Earned Value Management Systems (EVMS)

• Experience with DO-178C and DO-254 compliance for safety-critical Battery Management System (BMS) software and hardware.

• Proven track record of navigating aviation certification pathways for safety-critical systems, specifically compliance with DO-311A

• Familiar with CAD software preferably NX, but also, Solidworks, CATIA, etc.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay range the company expects to pay: $235,000 - $294,000 per year - The starting base salary within this range for this role varies based on factors such as your geographical location, and your relevant job-related experience that is consistent with a business necessity.

Wisk HQ is located in Mountain View just a couple of hundred feet from Shoreline Lake and its surrounding walking/jogging trails. We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, 9 off Fridays for full-time employees throughout the year, flexible vacation time off, 11 company holidays, a 401(k) plan with 50% company matching vested immediately, commuter assistance, and education assistance. And on top of all that, we also offer a variety of perks such as free catered lunches, flight lessons, wellness allowances, snacks, drinks, employee referral bonus, charitable giving match, patent bonus program, and more.