Also called: BMS Engineer
Designs the electronics and software that watch over every cell in a battery pack and keep it safe.
You write algorithms that estimate how much charge is left, test them on battery packs in a lab, and fix a bug that made a car's range jump around.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in electrical or computer engineering.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering.
Growing faster than average (about 7% over 10 years).
Medium risk for 10 years. AI writes code and tunes battery algorithms; safety-critical testing and validation keep engineers needed.
Classes: AP Computer Science, AP Physics, AP Calculus.
Official data: O*NET occupation 17-2071.
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