Test Systems Technician: Build & Run 24/7 Test Benches

Base Power Company; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Base Power Company seeks a Test Systems Technician to build and maintain test infrastructure for hardware and software validation. You will translate engineering designs into physical test benches, wiring harnesses, and power circuits up to 240/480V, while documenting every build for rapid replication.

You’ll work with engineering to decide what to fabricate in-house versus outsourced, ensuring robustness, safety, and continuous operation to support a growing fleet of batteries and power systems.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience wiring harnesses: cutting, stripping, labeling, and documenting the work so someone else can build it the same way.
• Experience building both a low-voltage harness from a schematic and a 240/480V power circuit.
• Experience designing or fabricating enclosures, mounting brackets, or racking systems.
• Comfort with power tools and fabrication equipment of all kinds.
• 1–3 years in electrical work, fabrication, motorsports, aerospace, or a similar hands-on technical role. Apprenticeships and trade training count.

Responsibilities

• Build and wire test benches and fixtures, from signal-level harnesses to 240/480V power circuits
• Document every build so a station can be replicated quickly as we add capacity
• Design and fabricate enclosures, mounting brackets, and racking systems built to run continuously, 24/7
• Decide when to fabricate a part in-house and when to send it out, and make sure it’s built right either way
• Keep test systems running and ready for engineering and automated testing, 24/7
• Follow wiring schematics and match workmanship, safety, and inspection standards to the job - low-voltage signal work and 240/480V power work each have their own

Skills

Wiring harnesses

Low-voltage wiring

Power circuits 240/480V

Enclosures fabrication

Racking systems

Fabrication tools

Team player

Hands-on fabrication

Tools

Power tools

Fabrication equipment

Job description

Base Power Company seeks a Test Systems Technician to build and maintain test infrastructure for hardware and software validation. You will translate engineering designs into physical test benches, wiring harnesses, and power circuits up to 240/480V, while documenting every build for rapid replication.

You’ll work with engineering to decide what to fabricate in-house versus outsourced, ensuring robustness, safety, and continuous operation to support a growing fleet of batteries and power systems.