Field Reliability Engineer: Battery Storage Fleet

Base Power; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Base Power in Austin, Texas is seeking a Field Reliability Engineer responsible for overseeing the reliability of deployed hardware. This role focuses on fleet health monitoring through data analytics, investigating failures, and recommending improvements. The ideal candidate will possess a strong electrical engineering background and the ability to work with various analytical tools.

Candidates should ideally have a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, and experience in failure analysis and debugging is preferred. This position offers opportunities to make impactful contributions in a fast-paced startup environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, or a related field.
• Strong electrical engineering fundamentals.
• Ability to build and read dashboards for fleet monitoring—working proficiency with tools such as Grafana, SQL/BigQuery, and Python.
• Experience with system-level testing, debugging, and troubleshooting of Battery Energy Storage Systems, power electronics, or complex electromechanical systems.
• Familiarity with failure analysis techniques and materials characterization methods.
• Proficient knowledge of electronics (PCBs, PCBAs, electronic components).
• Familiarity with reliability concepts—failure-rate tracking, MTBF/AFR.
• Hands-on, with excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Investigate field failures and manufacturing non-conformances to determine root cause.
• Build and read dashboards to assess the health of the deployed hardware fleet.
• Track failure rates and maintain accurate failure-rate data.
• Decide when to dispatch a field swap or pull hardware for investigation.
• Triage hardware returned from the field and characterize failures.
• Develop tests to recreate field failures.
• Recommend design changes to address reliability issues.
• Maintain detailed records of failure analysis.

Skills

Strong electrical engineering fundamentals

Ability to build and read dashboards with Grafana, SQL/BigQuery, Python

Experience with system-level testing and debugging

Familiarity with failure analysis techniques

Proficient knowledge of electronics

Hands-on problem-solving skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

Grafana

SQL/BigQuery

Python

Job description

Base Power in Austin, Texas is seeking a Field Reliability Engineer responsible for overseeing the reliability of deployed hardware. This role focuses on fleet health monitoring through data analytics, investigating failures, and recommending improvements. The ideal candidate will possess a strong electrical engineering background and the ability to work with various analytical tools.

Candidates should ideally have a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, and experience in failure analysis and debugging is preferred. This position offers opportunities to make impactful contributions in a fast-paced startup environment.