Senior Engineer — Battery Reliability Testing

Overview

PNNL is a world‑class research institution focused on energy and environmental challenges. The Energy & Environment Directorate supports the Department of Energy in modernizing the nation’s power grid, developing renewable energy technologies, and addressing nuclear and environmental science issues. The Energy Processes and Materials Division creates solutions that link fundamental science to real‑world applications in batteries, advanced materials, catalysis, and carbon capture.

• Collaborate with project managers, principal investigators, and other staff to procure battery modules and systems and to build battery test stands, connections, and fixtures.
• Engage with sponsors, vendors, and other stakeholders to design and execute test protocols.
• Partner with PNNL support staff to establish safe operating plans for modules and systems.
• Program battery cycling equipment and interface with battery management systems.
• Monitor ongoing battery tests to track performance and identify potential off‑normal operation.
• Assemble battery cycler data into reports on battery performance and degradation, working independently or as part of a team.
• Work with other national laboratories and PNNL project teams to accomplish complex program objectives and develop research proposals.
• Champion safe operations and testing across the lab.

Minimum Qualifications

• BS/BA with 7+ years of relevant experience.
• MS/MA with 5+ years of relevant experience.
• PhD with 3+ years of relevant experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Engineering or science degree with 7 or more years of experience.
• Experience testing battery energy storage in industrial, utility, national laboratory, or commercial settings.
• Hands‑on experience operating grid‑scale battery systems and associated battery testing equipment (Arbin battery cyclers preferred).
• Experience in test protocol design and execution.
• Experience preparing and communicating battery test data reports.
• Experience programming battery cycler equipment.
• Experience interacting with sponsors, vendors, and stakeholders.
• Experience with data analysis software (Excel, Power BI, Tableau).
• Experience developing data acquisition systems.

Not Applicable.

Minimum Salary: USD $ per year. Maximum Salary: USD $ per year.

PNNL is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider all applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, and/or local laws. Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities are provided upon request.