What are the responsibilities and job description for the Battery Test Engineer position at Cascade Engineering Services?
Cascade Engineering Services is looking for a Battery Test Engineer to support battery development by executing test plans, operating test equipment, and analyzing results.
Responsibilities include:
Interpret test plans and requests to create new battery tester procedures, measurement documents, and resource allocation
Operate and enable battery testing, supporting battery development.
- Starting and monitoring tests
- Processing test data and communicating results
- Prepare cells and packs for test
- Troubleshooting unexpected issues
- Processing incoming cells and packs
- Collaborating with other team members to manage multiple tests and tasks in parallel
Lab housekeeping and inventory management (for example, familiarity with 5S procedures)
Basic Knowledgeable about Li-ion Rechargeable Batteries
- AA in Electronics with 2 years of battery lab work experience, or BS in Engineering, Physics or related fields.
- Experience with batteries and battery testers.
- Experience with scripting programs; Experience in writing scripts for battery testing is preferred.
- Proficiency in parsing and analyzing large amounts of data.
- Solid experience with data collection, data storage, data manipulation and analysis
- Experience writing detailed and accurate test protocols
- Ability to understand the context of the tests being performed, able to interpret and explain the test results, and make recommendations
- Excellent troubleshooting/debug skills.
- Skill in creating clear and concise summaries
- Knowledge of Li-ion battery operation and performance including charging, discharging, safety, impedance, aging, cycle life, temperature effects, failure modes, handling and pack assembly methods, processes and procedures.
- Experience with hardware prototype bring-up, debugging, fault detection, and failure analysis.
- Ability to work in a lab environment and lift up to 25 lbs.
- Safety mindset with attention to detail.
- Excellent time and task management skills.
- Ability to work independently and coordinate multiple workflows.
- Strong skills in communicating, collaborating verbally and in writing.
- Health Insurance
- Paid Time Off
- 401(k)
Pay Range
$90K/yr - $110K/yr (DOE)
Salary : $90,000 - $110,000