Fuel Cell Engineers Salary in Traverse City, MI

Common tasks

• Plan or conduct experiments to validate new materials, optimize startup protocols, reduce conditioning time, or examine contaminant tolerance.
• Provide technical consultation or direction related to the development or production of fuel cell systems.
• Authorize release of fuel cell parts, components, or subsystems for production.
• Characterize component or fuel cell performances by generating operating maps, defining operating conditions, identifying design refinements, or executing durability assessments.
• Plan or implement fuel cell cost reduction or product improvement projects in collaboration with other engineers, suppliers, support personnel, or customers.
• Conduct fuel cell testing projects, using fuel cell test stations, analytical instruments, or electrochemical diagnostics, such as cyclic voltammetry or impedance spectroscopy.
• Analyze fuel cell or related test data, using statistical software.
• Conduct post-service or failure analyses, using electromechanical diagnostic principles or procedures.
• Define specifications for fuel cell materials.
• Recommend or implement changes to fuel cell system designs.