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Systems Engineer, Energy Storage at Redwood Materials
San Francisco, California, United StatesFull-timeEngineering & TechnologyPosted 24 days ago
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<p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>About Redwood Materials</strong></span></p>
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<p><strong>Redwood is localizing a global battery supply chain that seamlessly integrates recovery, reuse, and recycling </strong><strong>— </strong><strong>keeping critical minerals in circulation and driving the energy transition. Founded in 2017,</strong><strong> we’re delivering low-cost and large-scale energy storage and producing battery materials in the U.S. for the first time, all from batteries we already have.</strong></p>
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</div></div><p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span data-contrast="none">Systems Engineer, Energy Storage</span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span data-contrast="none">You will be an early member of a new engineering team, taking a hands-on role in the design, development, and integration of a new product at Redwood. This position will lead our system engineering effort, helping our mechanical, electrical, and software engineers come together and deliver a cohesive system. You will define clear requirements, evaluate and down-select system architectures, and drive the decision throughout the engineering organization. You are a believer and practitioner of model-driven design and have right-sized system engineering frameworks for a scrappy, fast-moving engineering team. </span></span><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span data-contrast="none">The ideal candidate is highly self-driven, adaptable to a startup environment, and eager to take on novel technical challenges. If you’re excited about working in a dynamic, fast-paced setting within a new team at Redwood, we want to hear from you! </span></span><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span data-contrast="none">If necessary, the job level will be adjusted to suit the applicant’s experience and responsibilities.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span data-contrast="none">Responsibilities will include:</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></span></p>
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<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span data-contrast="auto">Optimizing architecture to achieve top-level product metrics such as cost, efficiency, energy/power density and availability.</span> </span></li>
<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ownership of system-level performance and functional requirements as well as development of subsystem and component requirements in partnership with design engineers.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Performing or defining system modeling, simulation, and testing to validate system performance against requirements. </span></li>
<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Establishing interface definitions across components and between mechanical, electrical, and software teams. </span></li>
<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Reinforce system safety and reliability through participation in DFMEAs, risk assessments, and hazard analyses to identify and mitigate potential failure modes.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="7" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"hybridMultilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ensuring compliance with industry (UL) standards.<span data-ccp-props="{"134233117":false,"134233118":false,"335559738":240,"335559739":240}"> </span></span></li>
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<p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong><span data-contrast="none">Desired Qualifications:</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></span></p>
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<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span data-contrast="none">BS or MS in Mechanical Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field and 5+ years of design engineering or system engineering experience.</span> </span></li>
<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Excellent first-principles physics understanding of electrical and mechanical systems, power delivery, energy transformation, and basic thermal mechanics. </span></li>
<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Experience with power electronics product development.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Proficiency in system modeling tools (Python or Matlab).</span></li>
<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Experience with requirement management tools (Doors, Jama, etc).</span></li>
<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Demonstrated ability to write clear and testable engineering requirements. </span></li>
<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1"><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Strong communication and collaboration skills. </span> </li>
<li style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="2" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">A passion for sustainability and making the world a better place!</li>
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<p> </p><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p><span data-teams="true"><span class="ui-provider a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak">In accordance with California pay transparency laws, the salary range for this position is listed below. Actual compensation may vary based on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and skills. </span></span></p></div><div class="title">California Pay Range:</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$127,500</span><span class="divider">—</span><span>$248,500 USD</span></div></div></div><div class="content-conclusion"><p><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">The position is full-time. Compensation will be commensurate with experience.</span></p>
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