Senior Test Engineer
Alameda, CAJob$120–160K/yrPosted 3 days agoStill listed 3 days ago
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Job overview
The Senior Test Engineer manages Anthro’s battery test lab, overseeing cell testing, battery materials characterization, equipment, protocols, and test resources. The role works cross-functionally with R&D, Manufacturing, Data Systems, and Facilities to improve lab safety, accuracy, and efficiency. It also oversees multiple technicians and supports equipment commissioning and automated data pipelines.
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Full job description
Job Overview The Senior Test Engineer manages the battery test lab and is responsible for operations related to cell testing and battery materials characterization. This person will work cross-functionally with R&D, Manufacturing, Data Systems, and Facilities to continuously elevate safety, accuracy and efficiency within a mission-critical lab. They will help specify and commission new equipment, create and maintain automated data pipelines, oversee the deployment of new test protocols and allocate test resources (cyclers, environmental chambers, mechanical testers, etc.) This person will oversee multiple technicians and should be comfortable with written and verbal communication.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage all operations within Anthro’s battery test lab
- Work closely with Data Systems team to improve data accessibility
- Install, calibrate, and troubleshoot battery cycling equipment in accordance with ISO 9001 Standards.
- Collaborate with engineers and scientists to create custom test solutions, advanced metrology techniques and reliability test methods
- Oversee battery test protocol development and approval process
- Promote a safe, collaborative and inclusive team culture focused on ownership, technical rigor, and cross-functional success.
Requirements
- B.S. in Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, or a related technical field
- Demonstrated experience using battery cyclers (Landt, Neware, MACCOR, Arbin, etc)
- Proven ability to manage sensitive, high-value equipment in an industrial setting
- Experience managing multi-stakeholder projects in an R&D setting
- Familiarity with python, JMP, SQL, and computer networking principles to manage data pipelines and analysis
- Proficiency with project management and collaboration tools (e.g., Asana, Notion, Trello)
- Excellent communication, organizational, and leadership skills
Benefits
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Competitive salary and equity compensation commensurate with experience. Expected salary range for posted level is $120k-160k
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15 Vacation Days, 10+ Holidays, Sick time off
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Full medical, dental, and vision coverage for team members, 60% coverage for dependents
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401k with match
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Paid parental leave with flexible return-to-work policy
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Diverse and inclusive work environment
How this job compares
Set against the 572 open Test Engineering jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$120–160K/yr
- California median$147–196K/yr109 salary ranges
- US median$123–184K/yr337 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $140K, is 18% below the California median midpoint ($172K) — in the lowest quarter of Test Engineering salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 162 open Test Engineering jobs in California and 572 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Anduril17 open
- Anduril Industries12 open
- Northrop Grumman12 open
- Experience
- Test Engineering postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 8 years (420 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 239 of the 572 open Test Engineering jobs (42%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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