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Battery Test Engineer
$125K–$250K
Palo Alto · On-site · Full-time · Posted Feb 13, 2026
- Experience
- Experience is required; no years specified.
- Education
- BS/MS in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
About the job
Own battery validation strategy and sign-off for vehicle platforms, building test capability and using results to guide product readiness and reliability decisions.
What you'll do
- Define validation plans, test criteria, and sign-off requirements from prototype through production release.
- Build and instrument prototypes and test hardware; analyze data, debug failures, and perform root-cause analysis.
- Coordinate validation and compliance work with engineering partners, suppliers, external test labs, and certification agencies.
What they ask for
- BS/MS in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- Experience testing and validating complex electromechanical assemblies, including batteries, and owning validation strategy and sign-off across full programs.
- Hands-on ability to build fixtures, instrument and debug hardware, and independently operate test equipment; proficiency with lab instrumentation and Python or MATLAB.
- Experience defining validation strategies, writing test plans, and owning production-readiness sign-off decisions.
Nice to have
- Lithium-ion cell characterization and abuse testing experience; familiarity with thermal simulation and battery safety/compliance standards such as UN 38.3, UL 1642/1973, or SAE J2464.
- Background in small EVs, two-wheelers, or light electric mobility; experience with certification labs and regulatory agencies.
Pay
$125,000 to $250,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
DAQs, oscilloscopes, power supplies, electronic loads, environmental chambers, sensors, Python, MATLAB
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