Systems Engineer

Department: TEC Electrical & Battery

Experience Level: 35 Years

Location: Chennai India

Position Type: Full-Time / New Role

As a Systems Engineer within the Electrical & Battery Group you will drive the systems-level development requirement capture and aircraft-level integration of our core energy storage and power conversion technologies. Instead of focusing on generic airframe wiring you will own the systems engineering lifecycle for our high-voltage traction battery packs Battery Management Systems (BMS HW/SW) high-voltage to low-voltage (HV/LV) DC-DC converters and the Battery Thermal Management System (BTMS). You will act as the technical bridge ensuring these critical sub-systems seamlessly integrate communicate and achieve aerospace certification.

• Sub-System Integration: Define and own the interfaces boundaries and system behavior linking the physical Traction Battery Pack BMS (Hardware & Software) HV/LV Converters and BTMS to the wider eVTOL aircraft airframe.
  

• Requirements Engineering: Capture cascade and track technical requirements from the aircraft level down to components utilizing SAE ARP4754A guidelines to build out structured Verification Cross-Reference Matrices (VCRM).
  

• Safety & Compliance Mapping: Coordinate functional safety assessments and hazard analyses (SAE ARP4761) specifically around battery thermal runaway loss of BMS control and converter power failures.
  

• V&V Strategy: Design environmental and hardware verification plans targeting compliance with RTCA DO-160 and RTCA DO-254 for EWIS Power distribution Power conversion electronics and BMS & BTMS controllers.
  

• Interface & Communication Control: Define and maintain data-bus communications (CAN CAN-FD or aerospace equivalents) and electrical grounding architectures to mitigate EMI/EMC issues between high-power traction lines and low-voltage control systems.
  

• Experience: 3 to 5 years of systems engineering or multidisciplinary design experience focused on high-voltage battery systems or electric powertrains (Aerospace or high-performance EV sectors preferred).
  

• Education: Bachelors or Masters degree in Electrical Engineering Aerospace Engineering Electronics & Communication or a closely related discipline.
  

• Domain Expertise: Strong engineering comprehension of at least two of the following: BMS architecture Lithium-ion battery thermal management or high-power switching topologies (DC-DC converters/inverters).
  

• Aerospace Standard Depth: Clear working knowledge and theoretical understanding of aerospace frameworks: RTCA DO-160 RTCA DO-254 SAE ARP4754A and SAE ARP4761.
  

• Familiarity with battery-specific standards such as RTCA DO-311A SAE ARP-7131 or SAE AIR-6464.
  

• Experience using requirements management software (e.g. JIRA Jama Connect Polarion Visure or DOORS).