BMS Software Engineer

Purpose of the Role

The Senior Software Engineer is a crucial role in the BMS Software function. This role requires a high level of analytical and critical thinking. This role is required to lead engineering activities within the scope of a defined project, including coordination of resources, planning of timelines, and delivery of engineering milestones and support team and company initiatives with a similar approach. The Senior Software Engineer will have a direct impact on the company's ability to design, develop, and deliver safe, reliable, and high-performance battery systems to customers.

The Senior Software Engineer is a crucial role in the BMS Software function. This role requires a high level of analytical and critical thinking. This role is required to lead engineering activities within the scope of a defined project, including coordination of resources, planning of timelines, and delivery of engineering milestones and support team and company initiatives with a similar approach. The Senior Software Engineer will have a direct impact on the company's ability to design, develop, and deliver safe, reliable, and high-performance battery systems to customers.

Key Responsibility Areas

• Design, development, and integration of BMS software for advanced automotive battery packs.
• Expertise in Battery Management Systems (BMS), EV energy storage, and AI/ML algorithms.
• Embedded / Controls software architecture development, definition and evaluation
• Requirements elicitation, decomposition and creation
• Setting a clear architectural vision and strategy for software
• Specification of software structure, runtime behaviours, decomposition and interfaces.
• Supporting the software team to realise and verify implemented architecture in their work products
• Collaborating cross functionally with architecture stakeholders
• Supporting functional safety activities and incorporating into architecture
• Supporting cybersecurity activities and incorporating into architecture
• Provide technical support and guidance to the software team
• Instilling best practice in software domain and driving continuous improvement
• Building effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Support RFI/RFQ activities and customer / supplier discussions
• Coordinate software issue resolution across component, pack, and vehicle levels.
• Work closely with software validation, calibration diagnostics, functional safety, and architecture teams to ensure alignment and timely delivery of software components.
• Lead technical input for software coordination and requirements alignment meetings.
• Coordinate high-voltage battery system change management processes.
• Develop and lead the creation of safety concepts for high-voltage battery systems, ensuring compliance with functional safety standards such as ISO 26262.
• Conduct hazard and risk analyses to identify potential safety issues and define mitigation strategies.
• Establish safety verification and validation plans to ensure safety requirements are met throughout the product development lifecycle.

Knowledge, Skills And Experience

• Demonstrable experience delivering software products in the battery and/or automotive industries, with exposure to vehicle electrification engineering.
• In depth knowledge and experience designing and delivering embedded / controls software solutions
• Embedded / controls software architecture development, modelling and simulation
• Expert in MATLAB modelling and C/C++, Python programming and Familiar with embedded RTOS (AUTOSAR Classic / OSEK etc)
• Familiar with working in a development environment using revision control, issue tracking, and automated testing.
• Proven experience in automotive product development environments, including launching large-volume automotive electronics systems.
• Experienced in use of architecture development / simulation tools (System Designer / System Desk or equivalent)
• Enable Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) and Grid-to-Battery (G2B) analytics for smart energy distribution.
• Ensure compliance with battery safety and regulatory standards (ISO 26262, UL 1973, IEC 62660, etc.).
• Experience with advanced automotive battery design and testing.
• Proficiency in tools like CANalyzer, INCA, and automated requirements management
• Strong understanding of high-voltage safety, battery behaviour, and electrochemical performance.
• Familiarity with electrification architectures, including EV, HEV, PHEV, and BSG systems.
• Experience with software development in embedded systems, particularly for motor control and battery management
• Produce documentation that may be used inside and outside the company.
• Work closely with hardware engineers to integrate software solutions with Battery Management Systems
• Knowledge of systems engineering V-Model and product lifecycle management
• Engineering QMS exposure (ASPICE desirable)
• Experience of working with global, cross-functional teams (advantageous)

Role Specific Qualifications/Certifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Software Engineering / Electronics and Communication Engineering or similar.
• Familiarity with BMS, EMI/EMC considerations, and HV component layout.
• Leadership skills
• Strong project management, leadership, and communication skills.