Sr. Engineer – Stack Development
TLDR
Drive fuel cell stack development through rigorous root-cause analysis, data-driven failure investigations, and test protocol optimization to improve performance and manufacturability.
The Bloom Energy Mumbai team is seeking a highly motivated Engineer to support its Fuel Cell Materials Engineering development team. The Stack Engineer will be an integral part of an interdisciplinary team to improve the performance and manufacturability of current and future fuel cell stack Technologies.
Hiring a Stack engineer to support Bloom Energy servers Engineering and field failures analysis, conduct detailed root cause investigation and develop test plans to investigate the root cause.
Roles and Responsibilities:
Support all engineering development Fuel cell systems analysis in identifying various failure modes.
Support investigation of Fuel cell Systems performance & failure issues during field operating conditions and develop a failure pareto.
Support Bloom Energy future product engineering/field HB data analysis.
Interface with testing team to timely execute stack tests and ensure all required documentation are completed.
Analysis of test data and provide recommendations for mitigating the root causes with the team support.
Apply statistical techniques to analyze production and/or field data to learn about product performance, reliability.
Apply techniques like 8Ds, 5whys to investigate the root cause.
Present clear reports to the team on the deep dive analysis.
Develop and execute new test protocols to Turn-on/off failure modes and performance issues.
Perform meticulous and careful post-mortem analysis of test articles to investigate the root cause and apply extensive knowledge of materials characterization techniques to gain insight into various failures modes.
Support material characterization activities as and when required.
Must be willing to do Hands-on data analysis and failure analysis activities.
Key Skills Required:
Fundamental Knowledge on fuel cell technology, electrochemistry.
Demonstrate good failure analysis and Root cause analysis skills.
Strong drive for results and continuous improvement.
Good knowledge on materials characterization techniques (SEM, EDS, XRD), and electrochemical diagnostics such as electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) preferred.
Very strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
Ability to work independently and effectively within cross-functional teams, in a fluid and fast-paced environment.
Knowledge of impedance analysis is additionally preferred skill.
Knowledge on writing SQL,VB scripts and excel based macros is added advantage.
Knowledge on writing Python scripts is advantage.
Bloom Energy is driving the energy transition with its innovative solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) and electrolyzer (SOEC) technologies. By providing clean, reliable energy solutions, it serves a diverse range of customers, including Fortune 100 companies and other innovators, with over 30,000 fuel cell modules deployed globally.
- Founded
- Founded 2001
- Employees
- 500+ employees
- Industry
- Electric Utilities