Jobs at Redwood Materials

• Own low-voltage (LV) electrical system architecture for power electronics products, including the system controller PCBA that coordinates parallel/series-connected power converter modules
• Design and integrate system controller hardware, including MCU selection, communication protocols (CAN, Ethernet, etc.), and control logic for module synchronization, current-sharing, and startup/shutdown sequencing

• Design high-voltage (800V – 25kVdc, 480–800Vac) and high-power (10kW–500kW) converters tailored for utility-scale BESS and industrial infrastructure.
• Conduct comprehensive topology comparison and trade-off analyses evaluating efficiency, power density, cost, and manufacturability.

• Support supplier audits (process, system, product) and risk assessments to help qualify new sources and ensure readiness for mass production
• Partner with GSMs, Design Engineering, and suppliers to align specifications, tolerance stack-ups, test coverage, and process controls

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. They just need to come back.

• Support supplier audits (process, system, product) and risk assessments to help qualify new sources and ensure readiness for mass production
• Partner with GSMs, Design Engineering, and suppliers to align specifications, tolerance stack-ups, test coverage, and process controls

• Represent deployment, construction, and service needs within the product design team, translating field feedback into clear design requirements
• Guide the BESS technical roadmap by identifying and prioritizing design changes that reduce installed cost, install time, and service burden

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. They just need to come back.

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. They just need to come back.

• Team Leadership & Organizational Growth: Recruit, mentor, and scale a multi-tiered team of Service Engineers providing advanced technical support across deployed BESS assets.
• Escalation & Operational Governance: Define clear SLAs, handoff criteria, and escalation thresholds between Operations & Maintenance (O&M), Service Engineering, and core Product/R&D Engineering teams.

• Client Relationship Management: Develop and maintain strong relationships with key clients, understanding their needs and ensuring the delivery of exceptional service.
• Strategic Planning: Identify opportunities for account growth and collaborate with BD Managers and clients to develop strategies that align with their goals.

• Validation Environment Design: Architect and scale our SIL and HIL environments (using platforms like Typhoon HIL, Opal-RT, or similar) to provide high-fidelity simulations of battery assets and grid conditions
• Test Automation Frameworks: Lead the development of automated test suites in Python. You will ...

• Technical OEM Partnerships: Be the lead engineering voice bridging the gap between legacy automotive hardware and modern software infrastructure. Dive into the technical weeds with tier-1 suppliers to decode firmware, negotiate engineering solutions, and build the software handshakes that make second-life integration a reality.

• Build, deploy, and maintain production-grade automated data pipelines using Python and SQL.
• Perform one-off and automated data-driven analyses using financial and supply chain models and calculations.

• Real-Time Control Firmware: Design and implement bare-metal software applications for power electronics, focusing on high-resolution PWM generation, ADC synchronization, and complex timing logic.
• Low-Level Architecture: Develop and optimize drivers for microcontroller peripherals (SPI, CAN, Ethernet) and architect memory-efficient, multi-core processing strategies for real-time targets.

• Distributed System Architecture: Design and implement a scalable, resilient software architecture for the Site Controller, ensuring it can coordinate thousands of distributed microcontrollers with zero downtime.
• Tiered Control Logic: Lead the development of multi-rate control systems, balancing high-level...

• Fundamentally understand stakeholders’ requirements and translate them into clear project objectives. Distill, document, and manage scope effectively to support highly dynamic environment.
• Manage and lead Infrastructure and Tool Install projects through conceptualization, feasibility, funding, design (30%/60%/90%/IFC), change management, and engineering services during construction.

• Fundamentally understand stakeholders’ requirements and translate them into clear project objectives. Distill, document, and manage scope effectively to support highly dynamic environment.
• Manage and lead Infrastructure and Tool Install projects through conceptualization, feasibility, funding, design (30%/60%/90%/IFC), change management, and engineering services during construction.

• Lead electrical engineering efforts for utility scale lithium-ion BESS projects from concept (system sizing, layout) through construction.
• Interface with utilities and ISO/RTOs to support interconnection studies/submittals, permitting, and compliance for new renewable and BESS projects.

• Lead the design of high voltage AC electrical systems, specifically for industrial substations (69kV to 345kV) and their integration with upstream transmission lines and downstream MV distribution
• Review and evaluate the design of existing substations to provide recommendations for improving reliability and stability

• Lead and develop the project QA/QC function, including direct oversight of internal inspectors, QC coordinators, and third-party inspection personnel; set priorities, review performance, and provide day-to-day technical direction
• Review engineering drawings and specifications during the design phase to identify constructabi...