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About Blue Current Blue Current (the “Company”) is the industry leader in the development of silicon solid state batteries. Free of flammable liquid electrolytes, Blue Current’s fully dry, inherently safe batteries significantly reduce risks to human and environmental health while providing a higher-performance alternative to traditional lithium-ion batteries. Blue Current’s silicon-based platform is highly adaptable, enabling a cost-effective solution for both the mobility and stationary storage markets. Blue Current’s team works out of its state-of-the-art headquarters and pilot line facility in Hayward, California. To learn more about Blue Current, Inc., visit http://bluecurrent.com. Position Summary The Senior Cell Test Infrastructure Engineer ensures that Blue Current’s battery test laboratory runs safely, reliably and  meets the current and future needs of the cell development program. Working at the intersection of cell engineering, data engineering, and test development operations this role owns the systems and infrastructure behind test engineering from supporting existing equipment through calibration, maintenance, monitoring, troubleshooting to managing test requests, channel allocation and testing throughput to ensure tests produce actionable data to move projects and programs forward. Operating within Cell Engineering’s established test strategy and in close partnership with Staff Test Engineers, the data team, and facilities, this role not only keeps the lab performing, but also grows its capacity and infrastructure  so that engineers and scientists across the organization can depend on accurate, well-organized results. Essential Functions & Responsibilities Partner with facilities and equipment vendors on the design, layout, installation, and commissioning of battery testers, temperature-control chambers, and supporting lab infrastructure. Own equipment vendor relationships, including specification, procurement support, installation coordination, service and warranty management, and ongoing performance. Build, improve, and maintain systems and workflows for battery test management, including test request intake, scheduling, real-time monitoring, troubleshooting, and equipment calibration. Partner with the data team to ensure test data integrity, consistent and uniform data structures, and automated alerting for out-of-bounds, stalled, or failed tests so the data produced is trustworthy, traceable, and actionable for engineering decisions. Establish and maintain calibration schedules and records for test equipment, and resolve or escalate instruments operating outside tolerance. Write and maintain standard operating procedures (SOPs) for test operations, and guide test technicians on day-to-day execution, troubleshooting, and safe equipment use. Work with Staff Test Engineers and other stakeholders to translate defined test protocols into instrument programs, and configure testers and chambers to execute those protocols correctly. Diagnose and resolve hardware, software, and data issues affecting test reliability, coordinating across cell engineering, data engineering, and facilities as needed. Monitor lab capacity, equipment utilization, and instrument health, and recommend and implement improvements that increase the impact, reliability, and throughput of testing Design and fabricate (or coordinate fabrication of) fixturing, chamber inserts, and other custom mechanical hardware needed to support test setups, working independently to solve mechanical problems as they arise Other duties as assigned, consistent with the scope and level of this position Minimum Qualifications Education PhD, MS (with 3+ years of relevant experience), or BS (with 5+ years of relevant experience) in Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, or a related field, with a focus on batteries or electrochemical devices Experience Exp