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Battery Validation Technician

Job Summary:

Our client in Hayward, CA is looking for a Battery Validation Technician. This is a contract position.

What You Will Do:

In this role, you'll support cell technology development by assisting with failure analysis, equipment maintenance, and battery testing. You'll collaborate with engineers to refine analysis methods, maintain lab equipment, and ensure efficient battery characterization.

Assist engineers with conducting battery failure analysis and reporting findings.Lead routine lab characterization of battery materials and maintain detailed records of collected data.Support and perform battery teardowns, adhering to safety protocols.Manage and maintain lab equipment, ensuring readiness for analysis and troubleshooting basic issues.Monitor lab operations to ensure smooth functionality and collaborate with engineers to resolve equipment performance challenges.Assist in updating and maintaining standard operating procedures (SOPs) for battery characterization and testing to improve workflow efficiency.Collaborate with engineers to diagnose and troubleshoot characterization equipment, reporting issues for resolution.Foster collaboration within the cross-functional team and contribute to core values.

What You Will Need:

Basics:

Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree with some experience as a technician, preferably in failure analysis, battery characterization, or use of routine lab equipment.Basic understanding of general laboratory equipment such as microscopes, FTIR, TGA, XRD, etc. Hands-on experience performing routine tasks in a battery laboratory, with an understanding of standard safety protocols and equipment maintenance.Strong organizational skills to assist with day-to-day tasks related to assembly, testing, and lab maintenance, ensuring consistency in workflow and communication of progress.Maintain excellent record keeping of observations detected, ability to prioritize daily work with little assistance, and make data driven decisionsGood written and verbal communication skills to help with routine reporting and collaboration with cross-functional teams on basic lab and assembly tasks.Salary range: 55k - 75k annual.

Preferred:

Use or understanding of a CT machine is a plus but not required.

How You Will Be Successful:

Envision the FutureCommunicate Honestly and BroadlySeek Technology and Business “First”Embrace Diversity and Take Risks

What We Offer:

Competitive SalaryComprehensive Benefit Package401(k) with matching contributionsPaid Time OffEmployee DiscountsFree training on all Altair products

Why Work with Us:

Altair is a global technology company that provides software and cloud solutions in the area of data analytics, product development, and high-performance computing (HPC). Altair enables organizations in nearly every industry to compete more effectively in a connected world, while creating a more sustainable future. With more than 3,000 engineers, scientists, and creative thinkers in 25 countries, we help solve our customer’s toughest challenges and deliver unparalleled service, helping the innovators innovate, drive better decisions, and turn today’s problems into tomorrow’s opportunities.

Our vision is to transform customer decision making with data analytics, simulation, and high-performance computing.

For more than 30 years, we have been helping our customers integrate electronics and controls with mechanical design to expand product value, develop AI, simulation and data-driven digital twins to drive better decisions, and deliver advanced HPC and cloud solutions to support unlimited idea exploration. To learn more, please visit

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Altair is an equal opportunity employer. Our backgrounds are diverse, and every member of our global team is critical to our success. Altair’s history demonstrations a belief that empowering each individual authentic voice reinforces a culture that thrives because of the uniqueness among our team.

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