Base Power Company

Hardware Test Engineer

Austin, TX, US

9 days ago
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Summary

Our mission at Base is to fix the power grid and enable affordable and reliable electricity for all. To do that, we are building America's Next-Generation Power Company; the first engineering-led, technology-focused, R&D-driven electricity company. We are a team of tenacious engineers, operators, and creatives who have solved hard problems and are here to do it again.

We are looking for a hardware test engineer to design and run tests that ensure our hardware systems perform reliably under real-world conditions. You will be responsible for building and automating test setups, analyzing results, and sharing findings in a clear, useful way. This role is ideal for someone who's hands-on, detail-oriented, and comfortable working across mechanical, electrical, and software domains.

Responsibilities:

  • Run any kind of engineering test - electrical, mechanical, or software.
  • Design systems to automate testing across any domain listed above.
  • Write world class test reports, communicate out to team with high signal and efficiency.

Qualifications:

  • 2+ years in a test engineering role testing electromechanical products which run embedded firmware.
  • Deep knowledge of data acquisition systems.
  • Knowledge of how to to set up, run, troubleshoot and monitor a thermal chamber of any size.
  • Experience running tests to characterize mechanical, electrical, thermal performance and more.
  • High standards for quality and clarity in technical documentation and test reports.
  • Proficient in test-engineering automation and data-acquisition software suites of LabVIEW, Python.

If you're passionate about tackling one of the most critical challenges of our time, now is the time to join us. Together, we can usher in a new era of American energy abundance by developing the hardware, software, and deployment operations that make it possible.

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