We are seeking a highly experienced Staff Automation and Validation Engineer to lead the design, development, and expansion of automated validation systems for next-generation renewable energy and distributed energy solutions. This role is a key technical leadership position responsible for building scalable automation frameworks to ensure reliability, performance, and compliance of complex electrical and embedded systems.
The ideal candidate will bring strong software development expertise combined with hands-on experience in validating power electronics and hardware-software integrated systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead architecture, development, and deployment of scalable automated test frameworks for system-level validation of electrical and embedded systems.
- Develop automation solutions for testing power electronics such as inverters, battery energy storage systems, PV systems, and grid-interactive devices.
- Integrate automation with lab instrumentation including power supplies, electronic loads, oscilloscopes, DAQs, grid simulators, and environmental chambers.
- Design and develop software for test orchestration, equipment control, data acquisition, diagnostics, and automated reporting.
- Build automation interfaces with hardware using communication protocols such as CAN, Modbus, Ethernet, RS232/RS485, and MQTT.
- Troubleshoot complex issues across software, hardware, and communication systems; identify root causes and implement corrective actions.
- Enhance cloud-based test data platforms and provide recommendations for scalability and performance improvements.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including firmware, hardware, systems, quality, and product engineering.
- Establish best practices for automation architecture, testing methodologies, and data management.
- Provide technical leadership, mentorship, and guidance to engineering teams.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, or related field.
- 8+ years of experience in automation development for hardware-integrated systems.
- Strong programming skills in Python, with solid understanding of object-oriented design principles.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree in a relevant engineering discipline.
- Experience in validation of power electronics, battery systems, inverters, converters, or embedded control systems.
- Prior experience in a technical leadership or mentorship role.
Skills & Competencies
- Strong expertise in Python-based automation frameworks and test system development.
- Experience with additional technologies: C#/.NET, SQL, Bash/Shell scripting.
- Knowledge of communication protocols: CAN, Modbus, Ethernet, RS232, RS485, MQTT.
- Solid understanding of embedded systems, firmware interaction, and device communication.
- Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics and system-level designs.
- Experience with tools and platforms such as Linux, Git, Docker, Jenkins, Visual Studio, Jira.
- Familiarity with cloud and data visualization tools such as AWS, ClickHouse, Grafana.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and diagnostic skills.
- Excellent communication and documentation abilities.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
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