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    Senior Battery Test Engineer - San Francisco, United States - Zitara Technologies, Inc.

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    Description
    The Company


    In order to keep climate change to 1.5°C, we'll need 30% of global GDP (all of energy generation and transportation) to run on batteries by 2035.

    Zitara Technologies (YCombinator S20) builds predictive battery management software for transportation and energy customers with large deployments. Their customers operate >$100M deployments of batteries in satellites, EVs, and renewable energy storage installations.


    Our team brings top researchers in physics-based battery algorithms together with seasoned software engineers to build safety-critical firmware and large scale machine learning systems.

    We bring with us decades of experience from Toyota, Exponent, Proterra, Tesla, Gogoro, Google, and Facebook.

    The Role


    We're looking for a Senior Battery Test Engineer to work closely and lead initiatives with our customer success, R&D, engineering, and operations team members to collect and systematize test requirements aimed at producing quality data to train high fidelity battery models and algorithms.

    This involves designing and implementing the lab and its processes to execute those tests, understanding and tackling engineering challenges in battery test processes, and maintaining and proactively improving lab capacity, efficiency, and safety.

    The ideal candidate will be someone who takes initiative, has an intuition for continuous improvement of lab workflow and processes, uses common sense, and takes a creative and resourceful approach to solving problems.

    Responsibilities
    Provide technical leadership for battery testing initiatives
    Collect test requirements from cross-functional stakeholders to design and validate battery test programs and procedures
    Lead test and equipment related troubleshooting and diagnostic activities
    Lead development and improvement of procedures and test methods to ensure highest levels of safety are met
    Develop, maintain and iterate on lab standard operating procedures
    Manage, maintain, and research upgrades to our lab hardware (battery cyclers, thermal chambers, and electronics) and supplies/consumables
    Electrical and/or mechanical design, assembly, and documentation of battery test fixtures
    Validate the end result of the lab work, working with other team members to determine pass/fail criteria
    Clearly communicate technical matters, schedule considerations, deliverables, and needs
    Manage and streamline customer onboarding from the perspective of laboratory testing

    Minimum Qualifications
    BS in Electrical Engineering or related field
    5+ years experience in electrical engineering, metrology, battery testing or applications roles
    Experience in providing technical leadership in the battery test engineering or related space
    Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
    Proactive communication and follow-up
    Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail
    Clear and effective written and interpersonal communication skills
    Strong practical experience with data management in Excel and vendor-specific data tools
    Working knowledge of lab automation practices in National Instruments/LabView, Mathworks, or another software system
    Familiarity with project management tools such as JIRA
    Experience with basic fabrication tools (soldering, hand tools, small power tools, etc.)
    Experience with basic electrical test tools (power supplies, multimeters, battery testers, etc.)
    High attention to detail and self-motivation
    Team-oriented attitude

    Preferred Additional Qualifications
    Familiarity with battery technology and functional parameters
    Experience with use of battery test equipment, including Arbin and Neware cyclers, thermal chambers, and data acquisition systems
    Electrical and/or mechanical CAD proficiency
    Electrical safety and high voltage lab experience
    Knowledge of Python for test automation and/or data analysis
    Experience with lab system IT including networking and data access tools

    What We Offer
    Full-time position, standard hours subject to time zones
    Competitive compensation, equity incentive, and benefits package
    Casual work culture
    Excellent colleagues that are interested in your happiness and growth

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