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Key Responsibilities
The Senior Cell Test Infrastructure Engineer ensures that Blue Current’s battery test laboratory runs safely, reliably and meets the current and future needs of the cell development program. Working at the intersection of cell engineering, data engineering, and test development operations this role owns the systems and infrastructure behind test engineering from supporting existing equipment through calibration, maintenance, monitoring, troubleshooting to managing test requests, channel allocation and testing throughput to ensure tests produce actionable data to move projects and programs forward. Operating within Cell Engineering’s established test strategy and in close partnership with Staff Test Engineers, the data team, and facilities, this role not only keeps the lab performing, but also grows its capacity and infrastructure so that engineers and scientists across the organization can depend on accurate, well-organized results.
Partner with facilities and equipment vendors on the design, layout, installation, and commissioning of battery testers, temperature-control chambers, and supporting lab infrastructure.
Own equipment vendor relationships, including specification, procurement support, installation coordination, service and warranty management, and ongoing performance.
Build, improve, and maintain systems and workflows for battery test management, including test request intake, scheduling, real-time monitoring, troubleshooting, and equipment calibration.
Partner with the data team to ensure test data integrity, consistent and uniform data structures, and automated alerting for out-of-bounds, stalled, or failed tests so the data produced is trustworthy, traceable, and actionable for engineering decisions.
Establish and maintain calibration schedules and records for test equipment, and resolve or escalate instruments operating outside tolerance.
Write and maintain standard operating procedures (SOPs) for test operations, and guide test technicians on day-to-day execution, troubleshooting, and safe equipment use.
Work with Staff Test Engineers and other stakeholders to translate defined test protocols into instrument programs, and configure testers and chambers to execute those protocols correctly.
Diagnose and resolve hardware, software, and data issues affecting test reliability, coordinating across cell engineering, data engineering, and facilities as needed.
Monitor lab capacity, equipment utilization, and instrument health, and recommend and implement improvements that increase the impact, reliability, and throughput of testing
Design and fabricate (or coordinate fabrication of) fixturing, chamber inserts, and other custom mechanical hardware needed to support test setups, working independently to solve mechanical problems as they arise
Other duties as assigned, consistent with the scope and level of this position
Requirements
Direct experience specifying, installing, operating, and programming battery cell testing equipment, including cycler/tester platforms (e.g., Arbin, Maccor, Neware, BioLogic) and environmental or temperature-control chambers.
Experience in a battery, electrochemistry, semiconductor, or other advanced-manufacturing or R&D laboratory.
Experience designing, building, or scaling a test lab, including layout, electrical power, and environmental/thermal requirements.
Experience building or improving LIMS, test-management, or data-pipeline systems.
Proficiency with Python or a similar language for automation, data handling, and alerting.
Working knowledge of relational databases (e.g., SQL) for querying, structuring, and maintaining test data.
Familiarity with calibration standards, measurement traceability, and equipment qualification practices.
Experience supporting the transition of test operations from R&D toward pilot-scale or higher-volume operation.
Occasional lifting and positioning of equipment and components up to approximately 30–50 lbs (e.g., test fixtures, chamber components, cabling); installation and maintenance work may involve bending, reaching, and working around electromechanical equipment.
Work in proximity to electrical test equipment, batteries, and temperature-control systems; adherence to all applicable electrical, battery, and laboratory safety protocols is required.
Prolonged periods of screen-based work for test configuration, monitoring, data review, and documentation.
Regular use of personal protective equipment (PPE) including safety glasses, gloves, and lab coat; additional PPE may be required depending on materials handled
Able to pass a respirator fit test and wear a respirator periodically.
Travel is estimated at less than 10% of working time and would be primarily domestic (e.g., vendor or equipment site visits)
FAT program execution or in the event of vendor or supplier visits.
Standard weekday business hours; occasional off-hours availability may be required to support long-running test campaigns, installations, or troubleshooting.
Salary Range
$111,600
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$160,000 USD
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