Avionics Battery Test Engineer – Early-Career

Shieldai; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Benefits

Equity

Job summary

Shield AI is seeking an early-career Test Engineer to support the testing and verification of X-BAT’s battery energy storage. This role will be based in Seattle, WA, or San Diego, CA, and will involve setting up, operating, and analyzing battery storage based test systems to characterize energy storage.

You will partner closely with the Power Systems team and other cross-functional engineering groups throughout design, verification, integration and qualification, performing hands-on lab work and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in chemical, electrical, mechanical engineering or related technical discipline.
• Hands-on experience with batteries or electrochemical equipment.
• Experience setting up hardware tests using instrumentation and data acquisition equipment.
• Ability to read electrical schematics and wiring diagrams.
• Knowledge of lab safety practices for high-voltage/high-power equipment.
• Demonstrated ownership and collaboration with engineers and technicians.

Responsibilities

• Setup and operate battery energy storage systems for testing.
• Configure thermal chambers, battery cyclers, instrumentation, sensors, fixtures, harnesses and data-acquisition equipment.
• Execute test campaigns for electrochemical subsystems, verifying voltage rails, logic levels, performance, thermal behavior and overall functionality.
• Perform testing, debugging and system-level troubleshooting.
• Collect and evaluate test data, identify abnormal behavior and communicate findings.
• Support external test lab qualification testing, including failure modes, temperature, vibration, humidity and altitude.
• Install, verify, and deploy DC-sources, power converters, test fixtures and harnesses.
• Assist with the design and buildout of the battery test labs.

Skills

Battery testing

Hardware testing

Electrical troubleshooting

Schematic interpretation

Lab safety

Cross-functional collaboration

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in chemical, electrical, or mechanical engineering

Tools

Multimeters

Oscilloscopes

Power supplies

Electronic loads

Data acquisition equipment

Job description

Shield AI is seeking an early-career Test Engineer to support the testing and verification of X-BAT’s battery energy storage. This role will be based in Seattle, WA, or San Diego, CA, and will involve setting up, operating, and analyzing battery storage based test systems to characterize energy storage.

You will partner closely with the Power Systems team and other cross-functional engineering groups throughout design, verification, integration and qualification, performing hands-on lab work and