Fuel Cell Engineers

Core Tasks

1. Plan or conduct experiments to validate new materials, optimize startup protocols, reduce conditioning time, or examine contaminant tolerance.
2. Provide technical consultation or direction related to the development or production of fuel cell systems.
3. Characterize component or fuel cell performances by generating operating maps, defining operating conditions, identifying design refinements, or executing durability assessments.
4. Plan or implement fuel cell cost reduction or product improvement projects in collaboration with other engineers, suppliers, support personnel, or customers.
5. Conduct fuel cell testing projects, using fuel cell test stations, analytical instruments, or electrochemical diagnostics, such as cyclic voltammetry or impedance spectroscopy.
6. Analyze fuel cell or related test data, using statistical software.
7. Conduct post-service or failure analyses, using electromechanical diagnostic principles or procedures.
8. Define specifications for fuel cell materials.
9. Recommend or implement changes to fuel cell system designs.
10. Validate design of fuel cells, fuel cell components, or fuel cell systems.
11. Read current literature, attend meetings or conferences, or talk with colleagues to stay abreast of new technology or competitive products.
12. Prepare test stations, instrumentation, or data acquisition systems for use in specific tests of fuel cell components or systems.
13. Develop fuel cell materials or fuel cell test equipment.
14. Fabricate prototypes of fuel cell components, assemblies, stacks, or systems.
15. Manage fuel cell battery hybrid system architecture, including sizing of components, such as fuel cells, energy storage units, or electric drives.
16. Design or implement fuel cell testing or development programs.
17. Write technical reports or proposals related to engineering projects.
18. Simulate or model fuel cell, motor, or other system information, using simulation software programs.
19. Design fuel cell systems, subsystems, stacks, assemblies, or components, such as electric traction motors or power electronics.
20. Identify or define vehicle and system integration challenges for fuel cell vehicles.
21. Calculate the efficiency or power output of a fuel cell system or process.
22. Coordinate fuel cell engineering or test schedules with departments outside engineering, such as manufacturing.
23. Authorize release of fuel cell parts, components, or subsystems for production.
24. Evaluate the power output, system cost, or environmental impact of new hydrogen or non-hydrogen fuel cell system designs.
25. Integrate electric drive subsystems with other vehicle systems to optimize performance or mitigate faults.

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