Battery Test Technician: Precision Lab Validation

Precision Labs; San Carlos (CA); Hybrid; USD 41,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision

PTO & holidays

401(k) with match

FSA / HSA

Commuter benefits

Disability & life insurance

EAP

Snacks and catered lunches

Job summary

1X is seeking a Battery Test Technician in San Carlos to execute battery and charger validation, work hands-on with test equipment, and collaborate with Battery, Electrical, Reliability, and Design Engineering teams.

You will ensure safety, maintain test setups, collect data, and produce clear reports to help engineers make rapid, informed product decisions while advancing lab readiness.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on experience in battery testing, hardware testing, laboratory operations, or a closely related technical environment.
• Associate degree in an engineering or technical discipline, or equivalent hands-on experience.
• Experience operating and troubleshooting laboratory or test equipment such as power supplies, thermal chambers, data acquisition systems, wiring, relays, or test-control systems.
• Ability to interpret test plans and specifications, configure test setups, collect data, and identify issues during test execution.
• Experience using Excel to organize and analyze test data and communicate results clearly.

Responsibilities

• Own the hands-on execution of battery and charger validation testing, ensuring tests are run safely, consistently, and with enough quality and technical rigor to give engineering teams confidence in the results.
• You’ll take responsibility for test setup, equipment operation, monitoring, post-test inspection, data collection, and reporting.
• You’ll also help maintain and improve the test capability itself, troubleshoot failures, and surface issues quickly so engineering teams can make better product decisions.
• Execute battery and charger validation and reliability tests safely and consistently, from test setup and fixture integration through test completion.
• Maintain test readiness and equipment uptime across thermal chambers, power supplies, data acquisition systems, wiring, relays, and test-control equipment.
• Produce accurate, traceable test data and clear test reports that allow engineering teams to make timely decisions.
• Quickly identify and document test, equipment, and hardware failures, providing enough technical context to drive effective troubleshooting and root cause investigation.
• Improve test repeatability and lab readiness by maintaining equipment, updating procedures, supporting test profile changes, and keeping test setups organized and reliable.

Skills

Battery testing

Hardware testing

Data acquisition

Excel

Education

Associate degree in engineering or technical discipline

Tools

Power supplies

Thermal chambers

Data acquisition systems

Wiring & relays

Job description

1X is seeking a Battery Test Technician in San Carlos to execute battery and charger validation, work hands-on with test equipment, and collaborate with Battery, Electrical, Reliability, and Design Engineering teams.

You will ensure safety, maintain test setups, collect data, and produce clear reports to help engineers make rapid, informed product decisions while advancing lab readiness.