Senior Systems Engineer - Battery Storage

Our Culture

At Fluence, our culture is the foundation that drives our ambitious growth strategy and fuels our mission to transform the future of energy. Our core cultural pillars empower us to innovate, collaborate, and lead with purpose, ensuring we continue to deliver unparalleled value to our customers and the world.

Unleash Voices

We believe every voice matters. We encourage openness, active listening, and decisive action to create a culture where everyone has the opportunity to contribute to our success. We foster an environment where diverse perspectives are heard and valued, driving innovation and progress.

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Our customers are at the heart of everything we do. We’re committed to delivering exceptional value that exceeds expectations by understanding our customers' needs and adapting swiftly to meet them. Our deep focus on customer satisfaction drives us to continuously improve and innovate.

Infinite Impact

We are committed to creating the impossible. We push boundaries to deliver sustainable, game-changing solutions that shape a brighter, more energy-efficient future for all. Our team is passionate about making a lasting impact that will resonate for generations to come.

All In

We are all in for growth. Our teams are relentlessly focused on identifying and seizing opportunities that propel us forward. We embrace an ownership mindset, pushing ourselves and each other to accelerate progress and create lasting success.

As a Senior Systems Engineer, you will work on cross-functional teams across Fluence’s Product team to develop safe, high performing, reliable, and cost effective energy storage products.

As the Senior Systems Engineer, you will be responsible for the following::

• Work as a systems engineer on multi-disciplinary teams of engineers to deliver MW-scale energy storage products
• Develop high level system architecture and collaborate with product management on high level product requirement
• Develop detailed system-level and subsystem hardware and software requirements, making use of common industry requirements management tools
• Provide technical leadership in collaborative process with product managers to determine allowable product configurations and future product architecture
• Conduct product safety assessments, failure mode analyses, risk assessments, hazard assessments (i.e. DFMEA, HARA)
• Conduct design trade-off studies to optimize between design flexibility, capital cost, operating cost, functionality, performance, maintainability, and continuity with existing Fluence products
• Incorporate lessons learned from previous product deployments and testing into product requirements
• Develop system design documents, customer documentation, and user manuals
• Create boundary diagrams, interface control documents, and subsystem requirements
• Perform system failure mode and risk analysis (i.e. DFMEA, HARA)
• Develop system test plans and coordinate with Fluence lab team to determine full scale system testing strategy

What will our ideal candidate bring to Fluence?

• Passion for energy storage, collaborative engineering, and learning from others
• Bachelors' or Masters’ degree in Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or similar
• 7+ years industry experience, with background in renewable energy systems, power conversion, energy storage, PV, power systems control, or similar field
• Technical knowledge in broad area of engineering disciplines (Electrical, Mechanical, Safety, Test/Validation)
• Experience developing products to meet safety standards. Familiarity with energy storage standards (i.e. UL9540, IEC62933) is a plus
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Strong communication skills, both verbal and written
• Willingness to travel

Fluence IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER and fully subscribes to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity to ensure that all applicants and employees are considered for hire, promotion, and job status without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital or familial status.