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Battery Hardware Engineer – Platforms
Company | Google |
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Location | Sunnyvale, CA, USA |
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Salary | $126000 – $181000 |
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Type | Full-Time |
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Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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Experience Level | Mid Level |
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Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 2 years of experience working in a power electronics or battery design technical environment, or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree.
- Experience in battery chemistry and electrochemical energy storage technologies.
- Experience with battery pack design, simulation, validation, and testing.
Responsibilities
- Innovate and design on rack and data center battery backup and product specifications and solutions including battery management systems, battery modules, and analyze performance, cost, reliability, and availability trade-offs.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand application requirements, partner with battery, and power industry leaders to lead the evaluation and adoption of technologies.
- Perform system trade off analysis and study of backup power options in data center applications.
- Lead projects that involve new technologies or new uses of multiple existing technologies.
- Engage cross-functionally to ensure roll-out, testing, and complete validation.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or a related field.
- Experience in data center power system design or stationary energy storage system design.
- Experience with power electronic laboratory measurement techniques and equipment.
- Knowledge of power electronics, battery chemistries and degradation mechanisms, and various battery module electrical architectures.
- Knowledge of scripting languages such as Python/Perl.
- Excellent attention to detail, communication, problem-solving, and organizational skills, with the ability to work with cross-functional project teams.