Senior Facilities Technician: Scale R&D & Pilot Ops (Equity)

QuantumScape Corporation; California; Hybrid; USD 5,786,000 - 7,164,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care

RSU/Equity

Annual bonus

ESPP

Job summary

QuantumScape Corporation in California seeks a Sr. Facilities Technician to help build out a world-class R&D and pilot-production facility.

You will join a team responsible for maintaining equipment and ensuring uptime to scale operations for commercializing our energy storage technology. The role requires strong knowledge of HVAC, electrical, plumbing, fire life safety, hazardous waste, and EH&S, plus project coordination, budgeting, and vendor management; familiarity with CMMS and BAS is a

Qualifications

• Proven lab R&D or manufacturing facilities experience.
• Technical degree (2–4 years) required.
• Strong knowledge of HVAC, electrical, plumbing, and safety systems.
• Experience with CMMS, BMS/BAS, and AutoCAD is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Serve as on-shift contact for building issues (climate control, odors, spills, repairs).
• Supervise contractor performance and coordinate with vendors to ensure work meets specs.
• Act as project coordinator for large and small facility projects.
• Solicit bids and quotes from vendors.
• Monitor and replace lighting as needed.
• Perform minor plumbing repairs.
• Coordinate department and employee moves.
• Perform basic electrical work and escalate to electrician when needed.
• Execute maintenance tasks per facilities manager.
• Process work orders in the CMMS system.
• Monitor building automation to ensure equipment runs smoothly.
• Collaborate with EH&S to maintain a safe workplace and manage hazardous waste programs.
• Work with maintenance teams on facility and manufacturing/R&D projects.
• Must have knowledge in HVAC, electrical, plumbing, fire life safety, hazardous waste, EH&S, and PM.
• Experience in lab R&D or manufacturing as Facilities/Maintenance Tech.

Skills

HVAC knowledge

Electrical knowledge

Plumbing knowledge

Fire life safety

Hazardous waste

EH&S

Project management

CMMS/BMS/BAS

MS Office

AutoCAD

Education

Technical degree (2–4 years)

Tools

AutoCAD

CMMS

BMS

BAS

Microsoft Word/Outlook

Excel

Job description

QuantumScape Corporation in California seeks a Sr. Facilities Technician to help build out a world-class R&D and pilot-production facility.

You will join a team responsible for maintaining equipment and ensuring uptime to scale operations for commercializing our energy storage technology. The role requires strong knowledge of HVAC, electrical, plumbing, fire life safety, hazardous waste, and EH&S, plus project coordination, budgeting, and vendor management; familiarity with CMMS and BAS is a