Manufacturing Test Infrastructure Lead (Energy Storage)

Location: San Francisco, California, United States

Salary: $175,000–$275,000 USD per year

Company

hirify.global is localizing the global battery supply chain through battery recovery, reuse, recycling, energy storage, and battery-material production.

What you will do

• Lead end-to-end development of functional and end-of-line testers for electromechanical products.
• Manage a small team of mechanical, electrical, and software engineers.
• Collaborate with firmware and hardware teams to define test coverage, metrics, and manufacturing test features.
• Design manufacturing test hardware, including functional and system power testing.
• Lead tester builds and validation activities, including GRR and SAT.
• Develop test automation, self-test capabilities, and data analysis with firmware and software teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or a related field.
• 7+ years of technical experience in manufacturing test engineering or a related role.
• 2+ years of people management experience.
• Experience with high-voltage systems, including 400–2000 VDC and 480–800 VAC.
• Technical expertise in at least one area of test engineering and the ability to work across mechanical, electrical, and software disciplines.
• Experience in high-volume manufacturing and with battery testers or characterization tools.

Nice to have

• Experience developing scalable tools, infrastructure, and design practices for test engineering teams.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including engagement with stakeholders at all organizational levels.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time position with compensation based on experience.
• Hands-on role within an early engineering team developing a new product.
• Work spans product development, manufacturing implementation, and field testing.
• Practical, proactive, analytical approach to solving engineering problems is expected.