Abuse Test Engineer, Energy Storage

2 hours, 34 minutes ago
Full-time
Junior
Quality Assurance and Testing
Redwood Materials

Redwood Materials

Redwood Materials focuses on creating a sustainable and closed-loop domestic supply chain by recycling and refining lithium-ion batteries, as well as remanufacturing their core components, anode and cathode, to address the growing demand for these mate...

Industrial Conglomerates
251-1K
Founded 2017
$3800M raised

Description

  • Design, execute, and analyze tests that simulate extreme conditions and misuse scenarios.
  • Identify potential failure modes in electromechanical and electrochemical systems.
  • Intentionally abuse systems in a controlled, well-instrumented, and well-documented environment to validate robustness.
  • Collaborate with design and manufacturing engineering on safety and failure analysis.
  • Help define and build the test infrastructure needed for fast, safe, and well-documented testing.
  • Use failure mechanism knowledge to help design products that are intrinsically robust to abuse.
  • Stress test products using methods such as short circuit, overvoltage, overheat, overcharge, and forced thermal propagation.
  • Contribute as an early member of a new engineering team and help shape the department.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in physics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
  • Strong understanding of physics and the physics of failure.
  • Proven experience with abuse tests, especially UL9540a and related thermal propagation testing.
  • Proficiency in data analysis tools and software such as MATLAB, Minitab, or Python.
  • Proven experience designing robust, fast-setup data acquisition rigs and actuation systems.
  • Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
  • Experience working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment is preferred.
  • Job level may be adjusted based on experience and responsibilities.

Benefits

  • Full-time position.
  • Compensation commensurate with experience.

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