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Senior Cell Validation & Reliability Engineer

Burlingame, California💼 Full-time💰 $150,000–$150,000🗓 2026-08-19 → 2026-09-26

Core

Validate electrical/mechanical integration of battery cells into energy storage systems and own cell reliability test plans/statistical analysis to inform system design and 20-year life expectations.

Role type

Senior IC battery validation and reliability engineer

Builds

Energy storage systems (ESS) integrating supplier cells

Domain

Stationary energy storage / Battery technology

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Reliability statistics (Weibull, accelerated life testing), Design of Experiments (DOE), Measurement System Analysis (MSA/Gauge R&R), Statistical process capability analysis, Python for data analysis, Battery cell test methods (cyclers, environmental chambers, force/displacement), BMS fundamentals (SOC/SOH, balancing)

Preferred skills

Reliability block diagrams, FIT allocation, MTBF modeling, DVP&R ownership, Sodium-ion or LFP cell experience, Equivalent-circuit/thermal model validation, DFMEA participation

Technologies

Python, Battery cyclers, Environmental chambers, Force/displacement sensors, Thermal instrumentation

Responsibilities

Design cell-to-cell and batch-to-batch variation studies to quantify impact on system performance; Validate electrical/mechanical integration of supplier cells into ESS platforms; Own cell reliability test roadmap (calendar/cycle life, accelerated aging) and deliver failure-rate estimates; Perform statistical analysis of test data to establish validation verdicts and reliability inputs; Collaborate with modeling teams to validate degradation and thermal models; Participate in root cause analysis of cell failures and DFMEAs.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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