Jobs at Exponent Energy

Lead strategic sourcing for plastics, elastomers, rubber compounds, and molded components. Identify and evaluate suppliers, conduct technical and commercial assessments, analyze costs, negotiate pricing and tooling, and develop commodity strategies. Collaborate with engineering, quality, manufacturing, and design teams on material selection and new product introductions. Manage supplier quality, compliance, risk mitigation, sustainability, RFQs, onboarding, contracts, performance tracking, and corrective actions.

Develops should-cost models and target prices for new and existing components, analyzing materials, manufacturing processes, tooling, labor, overhead, freight, and supplier quotations. Interprets drawings and specifications, maintains costing databases, estimates tooling, validates supplier processes and capacities, supports negotiations and price reviews, and drives value engineering, design-to-cost, make-versus-buy, and cost-reduction initiatives across automotive and EV components.

Develop and maintain Hardware-in-the-Loop test rigs for battery and charger management systems. Create plant models, automate firmware testing with Python, integrate tests into CI pipelines, and execute functional, boundary, fault-injection, timing, and regression scenarios. Validate BMS and CMS behavior, CAN communication, diagnostics, bootloaders, and OTA updates. Track requirements coverage, report defects, verify fixes, and publish test results while collaborating closely with firmware developers.

Lead the CAD team supporting battery pack and charging station development. Own CAD and drawing quality, Teamcenter and ERP engineering data, project BOMs, release timelines, configuration management, and design-change traceability. Establish modeling and drawing standards, enforce GD&T and tolerance practices, coordinate PLM-to-ERP BOM transfers, manage team performance, and improve CAD and release processes through training, audits, templates, and standard libraries.

Own the asset and spare-parts lifecycle for an EV charging network. Ensure asset readiness for new pumps, maintain spare-part availability, optimize inventory, reduce stock-outs and downtime, and coordinate with operations, maintenance, procurement, supply chain, vendors, and expansion teams. Lead programs addressing recurring availability issues, manage costs, and improve OTIF performance and asset reliability.

Responsible for plant finance across production, inventory, and manufacturing operations. Duties include inventory and systems control, ERP implementation, factory P&L reporting, production-order cost reconciliation, inventory movement monitoring, standard-versus-actual cost analysis, audit coordination, cycle counting, budget control, annual operating planning, conversion-cost tracking, and coordination with sourcing and operations teams.

Owns design-stage quality for charger hardware, leading DFMEA, design verification planning, validation criteria, test reviews, failure analysis, and corrective actions. The role collaborates with hardware, firmware, and process quality teams to ensure charger architecture and components meet performance, safety, and reliability requirements. It also supports field issue analysis, fault tree documentation, design reviews, and continuous product improvement.

Own end-to-end quality for integrated EV powertrain products spanning battery, motor, controller, and vehicle systems. Lead integration-level DFMEA and PFMEA, define testing checkpoints, analyze performance and reliability issues, conduct root cause and fault-tree analyses, and support service readiness. Collaborate with engineering teams, represent quality in stage-gate reviews, and translate customer issues, maintenance needs, and service requirements into product improvements.

Own factory-floor quality for battery, product, and vehicle-integration prototype builds. Identify and document assembly deviations, drive root cause analysis, provide feedback to design and process-quality teams, certify assemblies and vehicles for testing, and support closure of build-related non-conformances. The role requires hands-on factory-floor work and cross-functional collaboration, with preferred experience in EV or automotive prototype environments.

Own APQP gate readiness and program quality across battery, product, and integration programs. Validate DFMEA, PFMEA, control plans, and DVP activities; drive quality actions to closure; participate in build-stage root cause analysis; track RCA and CAPA; collaborate on service Fault Tree Analysis; and ensure documentation meets IATF 16949 standards.

Lead mechanical design for battery packs, charging stations, connectors, and vehicle integration kits. Own designs from concept through production, ensuring structural, thermal, sealing, serviceability, manufacturability, and cost performance. Review calculations and tolerance analyses, develop validation plans, conduct root-cause investigations, collaborate with manufacturers and assembly teams, and document development using FMEA, DFX, DVP, and inspection plans.

Supports field and remote service for electric vehicles and battery systems. Diagnoses faults in batteries, powertrains, motors, and charging systems using CAN diagnostics and test instruments; assists with battery rework, swaps, preventive maintenance, root-cause analysis, reporting, and service campaigns. Interfaces with customers and fleet operators, manages escalations, provides engineering feedback, and helps reduce vehicle downtime. Extensive travel and relocation to field or depot locations may be required.

Provide remote and field technical support for commercial electric vehicles, diagnosing battery, powertrain, high-voltage, CAN, and electrical issues. Analyze failures, conduct root source analysis, coordinate with OEMs, technicians, engineering teams, and customers, and ensure timely issue closure. Support battery swap operations, pack rework, service reporting, technician training, and Design for Service improvements. The role requires extensive travel, shift or on-call availability, and strong EV after-sales support experience.

Identify and develop strategic partnerships across EV, automotive, fleet, charging, financing, and related ecosystems. Manage partner relationships from initial engagement through execution, including commercial proposals, negotiations, business cases, governance, timelines, and deliverables. Coordinate cross-functional teams, assess commercial viability, conduct market and competitive analysis, manage stakeholders, resolve risks, and prepare executive reporting and partnership documentation.

Own end-of-line and functional testing for EV battery packs and rapid DC chargers. Develop test strategies, specifications, plans, acceptance criteria, automated test equipment, and HIL environments. Design and validate test rigs, troubleshoot failures, analyze test data, and improve testing cycle time, accuracy, robustness, and repeatability while collaborating with design, integration, and manufacturing teams.

Own end-to-end development of hardware products from concept and prototyping through manufacturing and field deployment. Lead cross-functional squads, define and prioritize problems, make cost, quality, and timeline trade-offs, drive design and validation reviews, manage budgets and product costs, identify and mitigate risks, and resolve field failures. The role requires hands-on experience with engineering, suppliers, production lines, and customer outcomes, plus the ability to lead without direct authority in an ambiguous environment.

Lead and build Exponent’s hardware engineering team, owning engineering quality, hiring, team development, production readiness, cross-functional collaboration, budgets, resource allocation, morale, and culture. The role covers electrical architecture, component selection, schematic and layout design, harnesses, integration, EMI/EMC, DFX, embedded and power electronics hardware, and taking electromechanical products from concept through production.

Own the strategic sourcing of all metal components, negotiate with suppliers, and drive innovation for Exponent Enabled Electric Vehicles.

This role involves developing and industrialising wiring harnesses and PCBAs for EV systems, ensuring manufacturability and quality by collaborating with suppliers and engineering teams.

The Manager will oversee process design, standardisation, and continuous improvement in the charging network operations. Responsibilities include operational excellence, cross-functional coordination, feedback management, data discipline, and risk management.