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Senior Battery Systems Engineer
$140K–$195K
Boston, MA · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 29, 2026
- Experience
- 4+ years of relevant experience with a bachelor’s degree; 2+ years with an advanced degree.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Electrochemistry, or a related technical field; an advanced degree is also considered.
About the job
Leads the architecture, integration, testing, and lifecycle support of battery systems for current and next-generation wearable products.
What you'll do
- Own battery subsystem requirements, integration, and validation from concept through production and sustaining engineering.
- Lead battery design verification, qualification, reliability testing, and root-cause investigations.
- Coordinate with engineering, quality, manufacturing, suppliers, and laboratories to qualify designs, establish controls, and support regulatory compliance.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in a related technical field and 4+ years of relevant experience, or an advanced degree and 2+ years of relevant experience.
- Strong knowledge of lithium-ion chemistry, electrochemistry, battery pack behavior, and related electrical, mechanical, thermal, and firmware systems.
- Hands-on experience developing and executing battery or hardware test protocols; working knowledge of charging, protection, fuel gauging, thermal management, battery management systems, and embedded firmware controls.
- Experience with design of experiments, statistical analysis, accelerated life testing, reliability engineering, and structured failure analysis.
Nice to have
- Experience with space-constrained consumer electronics or high-volume battery manufacturing.
Pay
$140,000 - $195,000 USD base salary
Tools
lithium-ion, printed circuit boards, battery management systems, embedded firmware, mechanical CAD, GD&T
AI focus
Use AI tools in day-to-day tasks and ensure AI-assisted work meets the same quality standards as personal contributions.
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