Battery Test Engineering Intern (FUSE)

Are you passionate about fighting climate change? Do you want to work on creating a world where everyone can breathe clean air? At Breathe, we believe an electrified future is key to achieving this, which is why we are building battery technology to help brands do more with the power they have.

Our physics-based battery management software helps some of the world's largest and most iconic automotive and consumer electronics brands deliver products with faster charging, longer life and zero compromise on safety. Put simply, we make batteries better. And we want you to join us.

This role is a Faraday Undergraduate Summer Experience (FUSE) project with the name: "Designing low-resistance jigs to improve cell testing quality and charging performance".

What you will be doing

Your internship will be within our growing testing team at Breathe, where we are building a world-class battery testing facility in London to output high quality battery test data. You will work in the laboratory to help us deliver the test data that underpins our product development and validation, whilst undertaking a project to help us develop our testing capabilities. We will provide you with experience and training to develop your skills and knowledge in Lithium-Ion battery testing.

Your responsibilities

• Your focus will be developing improvements to our bespoke cell test rigs, designing and prototyping improvements to our test fixtures in collaboration with our test engineering team
• You will assist in defining requirements for future test equipment and rigs
• You will assist in setting up, conducting and monitoring battery cell tests in our laboratory to support internal research and development projects
• You will assist in analysing test data and communicating outcomes within the company
• You will assist the test engineering team in setting up test equipment
• Any additional work that may be deemed from time to time to be critical to product or company success

Requirements

• You will be a current undergraduate student in mechanical or equivalent technical discipline (not in your final year or during a subsequent Masters’ programme).
• Available from 25 June 2024 for 10-12 weeks
• Unfortunately, we cannot sponsor VISAs for this role
• Experience with mechanical design including Computer-Aided Design (CAD)
• Experience working in a laboratory or other testing environment is a plus, but not essential
• Experience working with Lithium-Ion batteries is a plus, but not essential
• A team player with a proactive attitude, good attention to detail, strong communications skills and the ability to work autonomously
• Kind and conscientious

Target timelines

• Application deadline: April 30th 2024
• Offers: by May 10th 2024
• Internship Dates: 25th June - 13th Sep 2023 (12 weeks, flexible)

Benefits

• Experience working with a small, talented and cohesive team delivering exciting products
• Opportunity to present a poster about your work at the end of the programme
• Training in battery testing from our team of experts across the company
• Salary of £526 per week
• Based in our East London laboratory
• Flexible working hours

At Breathe, we believe that having diverse perspectives within our team is an essential part of innovating quickly, thinking from first principles, and expanding our expertise. Ultimately, enabling us to deliver better products to our customers.

We aim to attract, nurture and retain diverse individuals. Because that’s how we do our best work. And because that’s the kind of world we want to live in. 

We welcome and encourage applications from all qualified candidates and are willing to provide accommodations as needed throughout the recruitment process.