UPS Battery Systems Validation Technician

Eaton Corporation; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 56,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton Corporation’s ES AMER ESS division in Raleigh, NC is seeking a Battery Systems Validation Engineering Technician II to support engineering teams developing and validating lithium-ion and lead-acid battery systems used with 3-phase UPS products.

This role involves testing, troubleshooting, commissioning, and failure analysis following safety requirements; candidates will work with BMS, various communication protocols, and data-acquisition systems to produce test reports.

Qualifications

• Associate degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering Technology, Mechatronics, Industrial Maintenance, or a related field.
• Minimum three (3) years of experience with electrical power systems, batteries, UPS systems, or a related engineering/technical role.
• Working knowledge of UPS battery fundamentals, including lead-acid and lithium-ion technologies, battery strings and cabinets, charging/discharging, basic BMS operation, and high-energy DC hazards.
• Willing and able to work on or near energized electrical hazards using required arc-flash PPE, electrical gloves, insulated tools, barricades, and authorized safe-work procedures.

Responsibilities

• Assemble, inspect, configure, and commission UPS battery cabinets, modules, busbars, fuses, breakers, communication harnesses, and monitoring components
• Execute charge/discharge, runtime, functional, thermal, communications, balancing, and commissioning tests
• Configure Battery Management Systems (BMS) and troubleshoot Modbus, CANBus, Ethernet, and RS-485 communications
• Use electrical test equipment and data-acquisition systems to record results and prepare test reports
• Troubleshoot battery modules, BMS components, controls, sensors, and UPS integration using schematics and wiring diagrams
• Perform authorized work on energized battery systems using required PPE, insulated tools, safe-work boundaries, and hazard controls; maintain an organized and safe test lab

Skills

Electrical power systems

BMS operation

Data acquisition

Troubleshooting

Test execution

Education

Associate degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering Tech

Mechatronics/Industrial Maintenance

Tools

Multimeters

Power analyzers

Data acquisition systems

Oscilloscopes

Job description

Eaton Corporation’s ES AMER ESS division in Raleigh, NC is seeking a Battery Systems Validation Engineering Technician II to support engineering teams developing and validating lithium-ion and lead-acid battery systems used with 3-phase UPS products.

This role involves testing, troubleshooting, commissioning, and failure analysis following safety requirements; candidates will work with BMS, various communication protocols, and data-acquisition systems to produce test reports.