Senior Field Quality Engineer - Energy Storage

Redwood Materials Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Redwood Materials is seeking a Senior Field Quality Engineer for Energy Storage to own the quality, reliability, and safety of deployed BESS assets, leading failure analyses and corrective actions in the field. This on-site role collaborates with operations, maintenance, service engineering, design, manufacturing, and suppliers.

The position at 100 Hooper in San Francisco involves close coordination with field teams and requires travel up to 25%.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of experience in field quality, reliability engineering, service engineering, or commissioning support for complex electromechanical or energy systems such as BESS, power electronics, renewable energy, or industrial electrical equipment.
• Experience working safely on high-voltage AC and DC systems, including applicable electrical safety practices.
• Working knowledge of root cause analysis methods and corrective and preventive action processes.
• Working knowledge of reliability statistics, including Weibull analysis, Nevada charts, and failure rate trending.
• Experience working directly with field operations, technicians, and service engineering teams, including field inspection procedures, commissioning documentation, and service records.
• Valid driver's license and ability to travel up to 25% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Serves as the primary point of contact for field-identified quality issues across operating BESS assets.
• Leads structured investigations into recurring failures, abnormal trends, and field incidents in collaboration with operations and maintenance, service engineering, design, and manufacturing.
• Performs root cause analyses using established methods such as 5 Whys, fishbone diagrams, and fault tree analysis, supported by clear problem statements, field evidence, and data.
• Defines, tracks, and verifies corrective and preventive actions, confirming effectiveness through follow-up inspections, audits, and data analysis.
• Analyzes and reports fleet performance using reliability statistics such as Weibull analysis and Nevada charts to identify failure trends and forecast field returns.
• Develops and tracks quality metrics such as repeat failure rates, defect trends, and corrective action closure.
• Drives continuous improvement initiatives that reduce operational burden on operations and maintenance and improve system reliability.

Skills

Reliability engineering

Root cause analysis

Weibull analysis

Data analysis

Field operations liaison

Electrical safety

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Redwood Materials is seeking a Senior Field Quality Engineer for Energy Storage to own the quality, reliability, and safety of deployed BESS assets, leading failure analyses and corrective actions in the field. This on-site role collaborates with operations, maintenance, service engineering, design, manufacturing, and suppliers.

The position at 100 Hooper in San Francisco involves close coordination with field teams and requires travel up to 25%.