Qualification Engineer I

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Full Time Woodridge, IL, US

3 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $73,000.00 To $83,000.00 Annually

Inventus Power is a global leader in advanced battery systems that specializes in designing and manufacturing high-quality, reliable, and innovative power systems for a broad range of portable, motive, and stationary applications. We are a US based company headquartered in Woodridge, Illinois and have a global presence that extends across four continents with five manufacturing facilities, three engineering technical centers, a multi-tiered sales service channel, and 3,000+ employees.

For over 60 years, Inventus Power has been addressing the rapidly expanding power demands of a changing world through technology and engineered solutions. We continue to invest in our people and processes, while enhancing our products and capabilities in order to create a safer, smarter, and more sustainable battery-powered world.

We are an ITAR facility and hire only U.S. persons who are defined as U.S. citizens or green card holders.

The Qualification Engineer I executes formal electrical, mechanical, and environmental qualification of new products, materials, and devices under senior-level supervision. This is a hands-on lab role: you will spend meaningful time on the bench setting up fixtures, instrumenting test articles, and operating environmental chambers, vibration systems, cyclers, and EMC equipment. You will also collaborate with internal design teams, program management, and external test labs to establish requirements, author test procedures, participate in design reviews, and generate formal qualification reports suitable for customer and regulatory audit.

We are open to two candidate profiles for this role: an early-career engineer with a technical degree and formative test experience, or an experienced hardware test technician ready to grow into engineering-level ownership of test planning, procedure authorship, and formal reporting. Strong candidates from either background will have a genuine interest in regulatory and standards-driven testing, and the discipline to execute against a written specification.

• Execute qualification test programsagainst military, transport, and industry standards (MIL-STD-810, MIL-STD-461, UN 38.3, IATA DGR, and customer-specific requirements), including procedure development, hands-on test execution, deviation management, and formal reporting.
• Set up andoperatelab equipment including environmental chambers, vibration and shock systems, battery cyclers (Maccor, Chroma), programmable power supplies, oscilloscopes, and data acquisition systems.
• Fabricate and instrument test fixtures — cabling, thermocouple placement, sense/force wiring, and safe electrical connections at pack-level voltages.
• Generate detailed product qualification test plans based on internal and external specifications; compose final qualification reports that will withstand customer and third-party scrutiny.
• Collect, evaluate, and report all test results with full traceability — DUT identification, calibration status, chamber setpoints, and timestamped observations.
• Collaborate with third-party labs and certification bodies toattainproduct compliance to safety and transport regulations.
• Plan and document project status,maintaintest schedules, and coordinate with functional managers and customers to ensure on-time completion of deliverables.
• Perform root cause failure analysis of products, assemblies, and components toidentifycorrective and preventative actions that improve design and manufacturing processes.
• Communicate project risks, technical findings, and deviations clearly across all levels of the organization; support mitigation activities.
• Provide technical support to other functional groups within the organization andassistin the acceptance and implementation of new tools and techniques.

• Education and experience:
  
  Associate's degree in Electrical Engineering…