Abuse Testing Technician, LeadActive$42K–$104K

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

• Leads the daily work of the abuse testing technician team, delegating: assignments from JIRA and tracking progress to completion

• Applies work priorities set by engineering and test leadership to sequence: team assignments and adjusts as priorities shift

• Resolves technical, equipment, and logistical blockers to keep testing and: teardown work moving, coaching less experienced technicians and escalating to engineers and safety teams as needed

• Performs thermal, electrical, and mechanical abuse tests and teardowns on: battery modules and packs to analyze internal components, failure modes, and degradation patterns

• Installs sensors, instrumentation, and harnessing on battery packs and test: fixtures and verifies setups for accurate, repeatable testing

• Documents test results with detailed notes, photos, and reports and supports: data collection and analysis for performance and safety evaluations

What they're looking for

• Enforces high-voltage safety protocols and PPE requirements and maintains a: clean, organized test lab with tools and equipment properly stored
• Bachelor’s degree and/or 5+ years of relevant work experience
• Experience in a managerial, supervisory, or lead role, including delegating: and prioritizing work for a technical team, with working knowledge of JIRA or similar work-tracking tools
• Working knowledge of high-voltage systems, battery modules, or power: electronics, with hands-on mechanical assembly, disassembly, and electrical harnessing experience