- Austin, Texas, United States
- On-site
- 1+ years
Test Engineer to push batteries and inverters past their limits, evaluating designs, running safety and abuse tests, and improving test throughput at Base’s outdoor test site outside Austin.
Responsibilities
- Evaluate designs for safety with DFMEA and similar tools
- Design and run safety and abuse tests, including thermal runaway, battery and inverter short circuit, and full-voltage switch interruption
- Own the safety of every test setup
- Set up data acquisition: thermocouples, voltage and current, and accelerometers
- Run certification tests in-house or at external labs
Requirements
- Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field
- Nice to have: Battery thermal runaway testing
- Nice to have: UL 9540
- Nice to have: UL 9540A
- Nice to have: UL 1973