Power Electronics and Battery Validation Technician

Shape Reliability From Day One

Step into a lab where batteries, chargers, cable assemblies, and amplifiers meet rigorous proof. As a Power Electronics and Battery Validation Technician, your day begins calibrating instruments and preparing test plans. By afternoon you’re running Safety Assessments, First Article evaluations, and United Nations Testing on cells and packs—capturing high-fidelity data and translating it into clear, decision-ready reports.

What a Typical Day Looks Like

• Set up and execute physical and electrical evaluations across mechanical and electronic assemblies to verify performance and safety.
• Run Safety Assessment, First Article, and UN testing protocols, ensuring tests align to customer specifications and written procedures.
• Collect, download, and manipulate results using spreadsheets, databases, and visual basic routines for analysis.
• Document everything—procedures, in-process notes, and final results—maintaining precise, auditable records.
• Confirm test equipment is in calibration and select the correct programs or profiles for each protocol.
• Compare outcomes to specifications, escalating non-conformances and recommending improvements to the Quality Assurance Program.
• Prepare standardized or special test reports per SOPs, and contribute to project updates.
• Support a clean, safe, and efficient lab environment; perform other duties as assigned, including overtime or off-shift work when needed.
  
  

Tools You’ll Handle

Digital multimeters, thermocouples, environmental chambers, dial gauges, and data acquisition tools—along with the software to make sense of it all.

What You Bring

• Associate degree in a related discipline or 3 years as a manufacturing Technician (required).
• Ability to read and interpret schematics, mechanical, and assembly drawings.
• Foundational troubleshooting of digital and analog circuitry; safe operation of shop tools and test equipment.
• Clear written and verbal communication; able to work independently and in teams.
• Familiarity with IPC workmanship/soldering standards (preferred) and QA practices such as IPC guidelines.
• Working knowledge of ESD controls and documentation best practices.
• Willingness to offer written input that improves design for test and boosts throughput; strong initiative and work ethic.
  
  

Proficiencies

• Electrical troubleshooting
• IPC Joint Industry Standard (IPC-J-STD)
• Hands-on diagnostics and root-cause thinking
  
  

Physical Demands and Accessibility

Physical Requirements

While performing the duties of this job the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to grasp, pinch, handle, feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; speak and hear. The employee must be able to speak, read and write fluently, in English. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include closed vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

• Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation.