Abuse Test Engineer, Energy StorageActive$42K–$104K
The opportunity
Redwood Materials was founded in 2017 by JB Straubel, co-founder and former CTO of Tesla, on a simple but radical idea: the critical minerals powering the energy transition already exist. They just need to come back.
What you'll do
In addition to performing tests, you’ll help define and build the test: infrastructure that will allow us to test swiftly, safely, and with excellent documentation
You will also use your experience and understanding of failure mechanisms to: help design new products to be as intrinsically robust to abuse as possible
Designing, executing, and analyzing tests that simulate extreme conditions: and misuse scenarios to ensure the safety of our new product
Identify potential failure modes and then intentionally abuse complex: electromechanical and electrochemical systems (via short circuit, overvoltage, overheat, overcharge, and forced thermal propagation) in a controlled, well-instrumented, well-documented environment in order to stress those failure modes and ensure our products are robust to real world abuse
Bachelor’s degree in physics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field
Strong understanding of physics and the physics of failure
What they're looking for
- Proven experience with abuse tests, specifically UL9540a and related thermal propagation testing
- Proficiency in data analysis tools and software (e.g., MATLAB, Minitab, Python)
- Proven experience designing robust, fast-setup data acquisition rigs (e.g.: temperature sensor) and actuation (e.g. heater, remote knife switch)
- Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
