Software Validation Engineer (Energy Storage)

Location: San Francisco, California, United States

Salary: $152,500–$342,500 USD per year; full-time compensation commensurate with experience.

Company

hirify.global is building a circular battery ecosystem that integrates battery recovery, reuse, recycling, energy storage, and battery materials production.

What you will do

• Design and scale Software-in-the-Loop and Hardware-in-the-Loop environments using platforms such as Typhoon HIL, Opal-RT, or similar tools.
• Develop automated Python test suites and transition validation from manual execution to scalable automation.
• Define and execute Verification and Validation plans for site controllers and embedded power electronics under normal and fault conditions.
• Integrate automated HIL/SIL testing into CI/CD pipelines and provide feedback on production readiness.
• Design custom HIL interface hardware and wiring between physical controllers and simulated power stages.
• Collaborate with firmware and systems teams to investigate failures using logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, and telemetry logs.

Requirements

• BS or MS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field, plus 2+ years of experience in software validation or test automation for hardware-focused systems.
• Professional experience with real-time simulation platforms such as Typhoon HIL, Opal-RT, or dSPACE, including modeling power electronics components.
• Expert Python skills for test automation frameworks such as Pytest; familiarity with Rust and C/C++.
• Experience with high-voltage laboratory environments, oscilloscopes, power supplies, electronic loads, and CAN, SPI, and Ethernet protocols.
• Experience with Git, Jenkins or GitHub Actions, and Docker for consistent test environments.
• Ability to identify edge cases in complex state machines and control loops and perform systematic root-cause analysis.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on software-defined energy assets supporting grid-scale energy storage.
• Collaborate across software validation, firmware, and systems engineering functions.
• Contribute to battery technologies and a circular energy ecosystem.
• Full-time employment with compensation based on experience, education, and skills.