Redwood Materials
Sr. System Modeling Engineer, Energy Storage
San Francisco, California, United States · Senior · Full-time
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About the role
- Today Redwood is the largest lithium-ion battery recycler in North America - recovering, refining, and redeploying critical minerals from end-of-life batteries back into the supply chain.
- On the energy side, Redwood has deployed the largest second-life battery project in the world, delivering power to AI data centers in months rather than years using proprietary energy architecture engineered entirely in-house.
- The ideal candidate is highly self-driven, adaptable to a startup environment, and eager to take on novel technical challenges.
Responsibilities
- Drive architectural studies to explore the cost and performance design space.
- Utilize the models to produce repeatable and dependable results for various stakeholders within the organization to drive product architecture and site-specific deployment decisions.
- Lead model validation efforts by writing test plans, working with test engineers to execute the test, and using the data to correlate the model.
- Effectively communicate modeling results to drive architecture and performance initiatives.
Requirements
- Or a BS and 2+ years of related work experience.
- Experience collaborating in software projects with multiple contributors.
- Familiarity with basic controls techniques, such as filters, PID controllers, and system identification.
- Experience with optimization techniques.
- Demonstrated ability to write clear and testable engineering requirements.
- An MS or PhD in Mechanical Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field. Or a BS and 2+ years of related work experience.
- Excellent first-principles physics understanding of electrical and mechanical systems, power delivery, energy storage and transformation, and basic thermal mechanics.
- Hybrid or electric powertrain model development, PV model development, or data analysis in Python or MATLAB/Simulink.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
Compensation
- $162,500 - $215,000 USD
- Compensation will be commensurate with experience.
Company info
- About Redwood Materials Redwood Materials was founded in 2017 by JB Straubel, co-founder and former CTO of Tesla, on a simple but radical idea: the critical minerals powering the energy transition already exist.
- If you're excited about working in a dynamic, fast-paced setting within a new department at Redwood, we want to hear from you!
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