Electrical Engineer
Location: Spokane, WA / Coeur dAlene, ID
Company Overview:
Based in Coeur dAlene, Idaho, KORE Power is a leading developer of high-density, high-voltage energy storage solutions for global utility, industrial and mission-critical markets.
KORE Power designs and manufactures the industry-leading, 1500V Mark 1 Energy Storage System. Developed to lower installation and operation costs with higher efficiency, the Mark 1 includes proprietary NMC cells and modules, with innovative safety features, managed and optimized by the Mark 1 BMS.
KORE Power serves the growing demand for applications such as replacing fossil fuel peaker plants, wind and solar plus storage projects, Microgrid optimization, behind-the-meter C&I, E-Mobility, mining energy solutions and the Military.
Position Overview:
KORE Power, Inc. is seeking an electrical engineer to own all aspects of electrical design within KOREs existing products and new product development programs. This role is expected to have a large degree of autonomy and will be required to plan work and meet schedules, providing frequent and effective communication to stakeholders. Working within a small team and a structured product development process, cross-functional collaboration will be critically important (and actively encouraged).
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Design, maintain, implement, and improve electrical design of products, and/or systems for industrial, utility, and commercial markets.
- Research and select components to meet design requirements
- Review and collaborate to finalize market requirements for new products
- Establish product requirements to meet market requirements
- Establish design (requirements) verification and validation plans.
- Prepare product documentation, application notes and design guides to provide customers with an industry leading experience when utilizing Kore Power products.
- Support the transition of new products to production including the development of basic assembly & test procedures.
- Provide SME advice to QA to support effective and efficient QC processes
- Estimation of future design schedules and resource requirements
- Regular reporting of design progress
- Perform a wide range of engineering tasks utilizing state of the art design software and techniques.
- Ensure compliance of products with applicable industry standards, including market and region-specific standards.
- Create engineering design reports
- Conduct engineering design reviews
- Participate in customer feedback and market reviews to conceptualize and evaluate new market/product opportunities
Required Skills and Qualifications:
- Must be a team player and self-starter
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- Bachelors Engineering degree
- Current PE license highly preferred
- Minimum of 5 to 10 years in relevant industries, leading engineering projects
- Experience with high voltage and high current DC systems (>600V and >1000A)
- DC fault analysis and protection design
- Involvement in product compliance/certification efforts
- Design for (high) reliability and design reliability assessment methods
- Experience working in a structured product development process.
- Trade-off analysis, particularly as applies to hardware/software
Preferred Qualifications:
- Systems engineering experience
- Experience in battery management product design
- Functional safety
- Previous experience in a technical leadership or team management role.
- Engineering simulation (e.g. Matlab, Spice, FEA)
- Experience designing electrical systems for high vibration environments.
- System analysis tools such as Fault Tree, FMEA, FMEDA, Hazop
- Arc-flash analysis and relevant codes & standards
- Proficiency in Mandarin a plus
KORE Power is an equal opportunity employer that offers a competitive salary, benefit package, stock incentive, and the ability to work in a team-centered, collaborative, and supportive atmosphere.