Battery Pack - Thermal Simulation Engineer

About Company:

Exide Energy Solutions Limited (EESL) is one of the fastest growing companies who has vision to solve social issues regarding energy, environment, resource, etc with producing lithium-ion battery products. Exide Energy Solutions Ltd is setting up India’s first Giga plant to manufacture Lithium Ion Cells in Bengaluru. Exide Energy Solutions Limited is looking for NMC Cell design and development in the Cell R&D organization to achieve company’s goal. The role requires to lead design and development team for NMC technology for various format of battery cells manufactured in EESL Gigafactory.

Roles and Responsibility:

Perform battery pack thermal analysis to support pack design, finalize component selection, determine sensor placement, identify limiting current and load conditions, enhance safety, assist BMS development from thermal perspective, and provide preventive safety measures.

Mandatory Skills:

• Comprehensive Understanding of Computational Fluid Dynamics(CFD), including turbulence and laminar flow regimes.
• Strong Understanding of Thermal Simulation Principles for battery systems and cooling strategies.
• Pre- and Post-Processing of CFD Simulations for thermal and fluid flow analysis.
• Proficiency in CFD Solver Operations using ANSYS Fluent/ StarCC+/ any other CFD tool for thermal modelling.
• Knowledge of Battery Simulation Techniques, including electro-thermal coupling.
• Experience in Active and Passive Cooling Simulations for battery packs and modules.
• Experience in Cooling Plate Design and Simulation for thermal management optimization.
• Knowledge of Thermal Runaway Phenomena and Venting Simulations for safety-critical analysis.

Desired Skills:

• Expertise in CFD and CHT simulations using tools like ANSYS Fluent or STAR-CCM+.
• Familiarity with geometry preparation and model simplification using ANSYS Space Claim, SolidWorks, or Pro/E.
• Strong system-level understanding of thermal management philosophies.
• Knowledge of battery pack electrical configurations and cooling strategies.
• Understanding of Lithium-ion cell chemistries and their thermal behaviour