Battery Product Design Engineer
Sunnyvale, CA • Full Time
Meta
Oculus
Facebook Reality Labs
AR/VR
Engineering
Hardware
As a Battery Product Design Engineer at Meta, you will take ownership of the battery pack designs and their integrations to power the amazing devices developed by the Reality Lab. You will work closely with product engineering teams to define cell and pack requirements, aiming to find the best options for product volume, weight, and run time. Your role will involve researching, designing, evaluating, installing, operating, or maintaining mechanical products, equipment, systems, and processes to meet specific requirements. Your expertise will be crucial in recommending design modifications to eliminate mechanical, machine, and system malfunctions. Additionally, you will conduct research that tests and analyzes the feasibility, mechanical soundness, design, operation, and performance of equipment, components, and systems. Developing test and validation plans for manufacturing and characterizing battery packs will be a key responsibility, along with supporting module and system reliability testing with both internal and external organizations. You will provide build support during New Product Introduction activities to ensure that manufacturing processes align with design intent. Collaboration with safety, reliability, operations, and other cross-functional partners will be essential to integrate the battery into the final system. Your role will also include performing Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA) reviews with suppliers, creating statistical tolerance, functional dimensioning, and geometric tolerancing analyses. You will conduct rigorous failure, root cause, and corrective action analyses, and communicate with cell/pack vendors for component and sub-assembly builds. Supporting final assembly activities at supplier sites to ensure proper integration of the battery into the final system will be part of your duties, as well as assisting the sourcing team with cost analysis, supplier audits, and market analysis.
Battery Product Design Engineer Responsibilities
  • Ownership of battery pack integration including the design and release of parts and final assembly integration techniques to ensure a successful product launch.
  • Define cell and pack requirements with product engineering teams to find the best options for product volume, weight, and run time.
  • Research, design, evaluate, install, operate, or maintain mechanical products, equipment, systems and processes to meet requirements.
  • Confer with engineers or other personnel to implement operating procedures, resolve system malfunctions, and provide technical information.
  • Recommend design modifications to eliminate mechanical, machine, and system malfunctions.
  • Conduct research that tests and analyzes the feasibility, mechanical soundness, design, operation, and performance of equipment, components, and systems.
  • Develop test and validation plans for manufacturing and characterizing battery packs.
  • Support module and system reliability testing with internal and external organizations.
  • Provide build support during New Product Introduction activities to ensure that manufacturing processes meet design intent.
  • Work with safety, reliability, operations, and other cross functional partners to integrate the battery into the final system.
  • Perform Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA) reviews with suppliers.
  • Create statistical tolerance, functional dimensioning, and geometric tolerancing analyses.
  • Conduct rigorous failure, root cause, and corrective action analyses.
  • Communicate with cell/pack vendors for component and sub-assembly builds.
  • Support final assembly activities at supplier sites to ensure the proper integration of the battery into the final system.
  • Support the sourcing team on cost analysis, supplier audits, and market analysis.
Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, material science, or a related field.
  • 2+ years of experience in mechanical engineering with battery pack design and integration.
  • Experience with design and release processes in 3D CAD packages, including Siemens NX, Teamcenter, SolidWorks, and Creo.
  • Experience with high volume manufacturing programs and their milestones from Proof of Concept to Mass Production.
  • Familiarity with plastic molded parts, sheet metal design, and CNC design rules.
  • Experience in PCB/flex design and integration.
Preferred Qualifications
  • 5+ years of experience in mechanical engineering with battery pack design and integration.
  • Knowledge of Lithium-ion cell design and the various processes involved in manufacturing lithium-ion battery cells.
  • Knowledge of various pack architectures and design implications.
  • Knowledge of typical safety and reliability requirement of batteries.
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About Meta
Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.

$111,000/year to $164,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.


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Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. You may view our Equal Employment Opportunity notice here.

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