Electrical Engineer

Element has an opportunity for a Battery Electrical Engineer to join our team of testing experts in the greater Atlanta area. This engineer would support third-party testing of state-of-the-art energy storage devices including lithium-based and other chemistries polymer prismatic and cylindrical form factors including cells batteries and modules. The types of tests include performance reliability cycle life safety / abuse tests as well as custom tests to serve our customers needs for battery testing across the entire supply chain.

As a member of the operations team the Battery Testing Engineer position performs a variety of routine and non-routine testing assignments within the Battery department by delivering assigned projects ensuring timely and accurate test results for our customers under minimal direct supervision.

• Plan and execute electrical testing of batteries with minimal supervision.
• Develop procedures and perform testing to industry standards such as UL 1642 UL 2054 IEC 62133 UN 38.3 and customer specifications.
• Operate electrical instrumentation including load banks power supplies current / power meters data acquisition units and automated battery testers.
• Manage equipment to subject batteries to stresses including electrical thermal pressure humidity vibration shock crush nail penetration etc.
• Develop innovative testing technologies and methodologies to accommodate novel batteries and support unique test requests.
• Identify and diagnose test anomalies failures or errors through engineering analyses of collected data.
• Simultaneously manage multiple projects ensuring accurate and timely delivery of testing data to customers.
• Lead technical problem-solving activities utilizing both internal knowledge and industry resources to resolve complex issues.
• Direct and mentor less experienced engineers and technicians as required

• Bachelors degree in electrical engineering or equivalent
• Minimum five years engineering experience
• Experience with plotting reviewing and analyzing test data
• Programing / Scripting experience required; direct experience with battery cycler programming preferred
• Experience with SMBus communication or similar protocols is a plus
• Previous testing services experience preferred

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At Element we always take pride in putting our people first. We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes diversity and inclusion as fundamental to our Vision of becoming the worlds most trusted testing partner.

All suitably qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective work related criteria and without regard for the following: age disability ethnic origin gender marital status race religion responsibility of dependents sexual orientation or gender identity or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws.