Battery Safety & Abuse Test Engineer
- Countries
- USA
- Job Types
- software & tech, operations
- Experience
- mid
- Organization Types
- climate & sustainability, startups
- Location
- Austin
- Posted Date
- Company
- Base Power
AI Summary
Job Description
Design, build, and run safety and abuse tests for batteries and inverters, including thermal runaway, short circuit, and full-voltage switch interruption. Use DFMEA to evaluate designs, set up data acquisition, run certification tests at in-house or external labs, and improve test site throughput and quality while writing reports.
Hard Requirements
- Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field
- 1+ years designing and running tests on electrical equipment
- Experience with lithium-ion batteries, high voltage, and DAQ systems
- Comfort with hands-on, mostly outdoor work
Soft Requirements
- Battery thermal runaway testing
- UL 9540, UL 9540A, or UL 1973
- Short circuit or other high-energy testing
- Fixture and test setup design in CAD