<p>Zitara Technologies builds battery management software for companies with large deployments. Customers across industries (EVs, satellites, renewable energy storage) rely on Zitara's cloud-ready embedded solutions for advanced battery management that precisely predict and manage the charge of every vehicle or fleet asset. With a precise charge plan, enterprises can minimize downtime, maximize the longevity of their battery systems, increase safety, and improve the predictability of their fleet operations.</p>

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Optimize battery performance for EVs, satellites, and renewable energy, boosting efficiency and sustainability.

<h2>Company</h2><p>Batteries have a big role to play in tackling the climate crisis, and it’s essential to make sure that they’re safe and reliable to operate.</p><p>At Zitara (YCombinator S20), we build cutting-edge software solutions that empower companies to deeply understand their batteries, both in design and deployment. It’s all part of our work to enable a renewable energy revolution, powered by safer batteries, at a lower cost, with less waste. Our customers operate &gt;$100M deployments of batteries in satellites, EVs, and renewable energy storage installations.</p><p>Our team brings top researchers in physics-based battery algorithms together with seasoned software engineers to build safety-critical firmware and large scale machine learning systems. We bring with us decades of experience from companies like Tesla, Cruise, and Google.</p><h2>Role</h2><p>Zitara has one of the most comprehensive battery performance datasets in the world, consisting of terabytes of electrical and thermal battery data from fleets of devices in the field and battery systems in our lab. Zitara builds thousands of battery models on top of these datasets, and these models enable our customers to use their batteries more safely and efficiently.</p><p>As a member of the Platform Software Team, you will design and implement data transformation and analysis pipelines for complex physical data sources, automate data capture from physical systems, assist with data entry and quality maintenance tools for Zitara's lab and test engineering teams, interface with Zitara's R&amp;D teams, and share responsibility for the observability and scalability of the technology you build.</p><p>In this role, you'll be expected to jump into at least one or two specific well-defined projects immediately, and help define future projects to streamline our operations as we grow.</p><h2>Responsibilities</h2><ul><li>Understand complex data and operations problems across multiple disciplines and apply software engineering methodology to attack them</li><li>Make tactical decisions on scope and priority to effect a continuously-improving software system</li><li>Proactively elicit requirements and feedback with cross-functional stakeholders and produce necessary documentation to ensure system changes meet operational needs and can be adopted</li><li>Demonstrate professionalism and a commitment to best practices in a software engineering team</li></ul><h2>Minimum Qualifications</h2><ul><li>Bachelors' in technical subject or equivalent proficiency</li><li>5+ years experience in industry data engineering</li><li>3+ years experience in one or more of the following specialties:</li><ul><li>Proficiency in time-series databases</li><li>Automating data collection, storage, and validation </li><li>Organizing and managing large, complex data sets</li><li>Creating data and operations dashboards</li></ul><li>Proficiency in Python, SQL-based relational databases, and AWS services</li><li>Experience shipping robust internal tools</li><li>Clear and effective written and interpersonal communication skills</li><li>Creative problem solving with limited resources and engineering constraints</li></ul><h2><strong>Preferred Additional Qualifications</strong></h2><ul><li>Experience with ETL, ELT, or pipeline orchestration tools such as dbt, Dagster, and Airflow</li><li>Experience in batteries, IoT, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering</li><li>Experience writing software tools to automate physical processes</li></ul><h2>What We Offer</h2><ul><li>A full-time position, working from our office in San Francisco, CA or remotely.</li><li>Competitive pay. The annual salary range for this position is $180,000 - $200,000.</li><li>Health, Dental, and Vision care for you and your family.</li><li>A 401k savings plan.</li><li>“Unlimited PTO” vacation policy.</li><li>Excellent colleagues that are interested in your happiness and growth.</li></ul><p><em>Zitara is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. Reports from LinkedIn and Hewlett Packard indicate that women are less likely to apply for positions due to perceived mismatches with listed qualifications. It's reasonable that this phenomenon extends to other underrepresented groups too. If you think you have what it takes but don't necessarily meet every single point listed, please apply - you could be exactly who we are looking for! </em></p><p> </p>

Senior II Data Engineer | Platform Software

<h2>Company</h2><p>Batteries have a big role to play in tackling the climate crisis, and it’s essential to make sure that they’re profitable, safe and reliable to operate. </p><p>At Zitara Technologies (YCombinator S20), we build cutting-edge software solutions that empower companies to deeply understand their batteries, both in design and deployment.  Our customers operate &gt;$100M deployments of batteries in e-mobility, energy storage systems, consumer electronics, drones, satellites and beyond.  Our mission is to enable and accelerate an energy storage and renewable energy revolution, powered by safer batteries, at lower cost, and with less waste.  Join us!</p><h2>Role</h2><p>We are looking for a mission-driven, self-motivated sales leader who will grow Zitara’s customer base and revenue by sourcing and qualifying leads, developing customers’ interest in Zitara’s products and roadmap, and driving deals to a successful close.  </p><p>You will start as an individual contributor, but as one of the revenue team’s first hires, you will be asked and empowered to help shape the commercial vision and team.  You should be comfortable with risk, and with making recommendations and taking action with incomplete information.  </p><p>Your broad mandate will be to identify and initiate engagements that maximize the various value-propositions of Zitara’s world-leading technologies across battery applications including, but not limited to, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, light electric vehicles, drones, satellites, and beyond. </p><p>This role requires an entrepreneurial mindset, intellectual curiosity, strategic thinking, teamwork – and a deep understanding of prospective customers’ needs across a diverse range of business verticals and applications.  To succeed, you will need to concisely communicate technical and programmatic details up and down prospective customers’ org charts. </p><p>A technical background is preferred, but not required.  A thorough understanding of batteries, battery management systems, and/or power management systems will be necessary, over time if not immediately.  </p><p>Demonstrated experience selling semiconductors and/or embedded software solutions would be tremendously helpful, particularly if you sold into one or more of the following markets: Internet of Things (IoT), light electric vehicles, drones, and/or satellites.</p><p>This is a unique opportunity to get in on the ground floor of a category defining startup as it matures from technology development to commercial deployment.  We will grow together as a young, promising start-up and as a small, tight-knit revenue team in an exciting and emerging industry.  </p><h2>Responsibilities</h2><ul><li>Drive a full-cycle sales process.  Prospect, discover, qualify, pitch, persuade, negotiate and close new customers.   </li><li>Generate leads by leveraging and expanding your professional network and contributing to Zitara’s marketing initiatives </li><li>Ask about prospective customers’ products, pain points and purchasing processes</li><li>Develop and execute criteria to qualify customers</li><li>Pitch Zitara’s products, services and roadmap, and persuade potential customers to move forward with Zitara</li><li>Collaborate cross-functionally to define engagements and draft statements of work</li><li>Negotiate and close contracts, with the support of Zitara’s outside counsel</li><li>Collaborate with account management, applications engineering, and operations teammates to launch new customers</li><li>Update leadership on the status and progress of deals, and contribute to the design and execution of go-to-market strategies.</li><li>Be the “voice of the customer,” loud and clear.  Develop an in-depth understanding of customer needs across industries, identify product gaps, and contribute to Zitara’s product roadmap by advocating for our customers</li><li>Track industry trends, competitors’ activities, and market dynamics to inform sales strategies</li></ul><h2><strong>Minimum Qualifications</strong></h2><ul><li>4-10 years in technical sales and/or account management – or a background well-suited to an impactful career transition (e.g. a technical background and several years in strategy consulting)</li><li>Demonstrated ability to land and/or expand business-to-business engagements</li><li>Excellent interpersonal and communication skills</li><li>A self-starter.  Excel while working independently (and if applicable, remotely)</li><li>An ability to organize, prioritize, and execute</li><li>Excited to travel to prospective customers and industry events</li><li>Bachelors' degree required</li></ul><h2><strong>Preferred Additional Qualifications</strong></h2><ul><li>Familiarity with lithium-ion batteries, battery management systems, and/or power management systems</li><li>Work experience in industries deploying batteries, including but not limited to IoT devices, electric vehicles, energy storage, drones, satellites and beyond.  </li></ul><h2><strong>What We Offer</strong></h2><ul><li>An opportunity to make an impact, and grow professionally</li><li>A full-time position, working from our office in San Francisco, CA or remotely</li><li>Competitive pay</li><li>Health, Dental, and Vision care for you and your family</li><li>A 401k savings plan</li><li>“Unlimited PTO” vacation policy</li><li>Excellent colleagues that are interested in your happiness and growth</li></ul><p><strong>Salary: </strong>$120-160k base + $40-90k on-target bonus</p><p><strong>Location:</strong> San Francisco, CA or Remote</p><p><strong>Job Type:</strong> Full-time</p><p><em>Zitara is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. Reports from LinkedIn and Hewlett Packard indicate that women are less likely to apply for positions due to perceived mismatches with listed qualifications. It's reasonable that this phenomenon extends to other underrepresented groups too. If you think you have what it takes but don't necessarily meet every single point listed, please apply - you could be exactly who we are looking for! </em></p>

Account Executive

<h2>Company</h2><p>Batteries have a big role to play in tackling the climate crisis, and it’s essential to make sure that they’re safe and reliable to operate.</p><p>At Zitara (YCombinator S20), we build cutting-edge software solutions that empower companies to deeply understand their batteries, both in design and deployment. It’s all part of our work to enable a renewable energy revolution, powered by safer batteries, at a lower cost, with less waste. Our customers operate &gt;$100M deployments of batteries in satellites, EVs, and renewable energy storage installations.</p><p>Our team brings top researchers in physics-based battery algorithms together with seasoned software engineers to build safety-critical firmware and large scale machine learning systems. We bring with us decades of experience from companies like Tesla, Cruise, and Google.</p><h2>Role</h2><p>This is a senior field applications engineering role requiring experience in both embedded software and lithium-ion battery systems. This person will facilitate the successful integration of Zitara’s battery design and management software in complex customer applications ranging from electric vehicles to renewable energy.</p><p>This person will act as a bridge between customers and internal teams: they will manage and nurture the customer relationship, develop technical solutions for customers, and aid in product design and development as a customer advocate within Zitara. The field applications engineer must combine robust technical skills with strong emotional intelligence to help customers achieve their goals while strengthening their relationship with Zitara.</p><p>Having rich experience in embedded software and battery systems, the Senior FAE will be expected to serve as a technical mentor and role-model within our field applications team, a close collaborator with our product team, and a key stakeholder in our product planning and decision-making process.</p><h2>Responsibilities</h2><ul><li>Manage customer relationships with Zitara, serving as a primary point of contact from the end of the sales phase and into active technical engagements.</li><li>Develop a thorough technical understanding of specific customer applications.</li><li>Coordinate with internal teams to ensure products and services are delivered to customers on schedule and at quality.</li><li>Guide and mentor customers as they adopt Zitara products, helping them maximize the value of Zitara software when integrated in their applications.</li><li>Provide direct technical support to customers when they encounter difficulty.</li><li>Create technical solutions for customers, such as data analyses, sample code, or technical documentation.</li><li>Develop in-depth knowledge of customer needs across the industry, and drive Zitara product development by identifying product gaps and advocating on behalf of our customers internally.</li><li>Directly participate in Zitara’s product planning and development process.</li></ul><h2>Qualifications</h2><ul><li>Bachelors' degree in technical subject or equivalent proficiency.</li><li>At least two years of experience in embedded software development.</li><li>At least three years of experience in battery systems design or battery-related applications engineering.</li><li>Comfortable programming in C.</li><li>Strong emotional intelligence that enables relationship building with customers of all stripes.</li><li>Clear and effective written and verbal communication.</li><li>High attention to detail and quality in work output.</li><li>Willingness to travel to meet customers in-person.</li><li>Customer facing experience in technical support, training, sales support, and/or presentations. </li></ul><h2>Preferred Additional Qualifications</h2><ul><li>Previous experience in an FAE role.</li><li>Python programming experience.</li></ul><h2>What We Offer</h2><ul><li>A full-time position, working from our office in San Francisco, CA.</li><li>Competitive pay; Salary range: $152k to $191k (excluding performance bonus)</li><li>Health, Dental, and Vision care for you and your family.</li><li>A 401k savings plan.</li><li>“Unlimited PTO” vacation policy.</li><li>Excellent colleagues that are interested in your happiness and growth.</li></ul><p><em>Zitara is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. Reports from LinkedIn and Hewlett Packard indicate that women are less likely to apply for positions due to perceived mismatches with listed qualifications. It's reasonable that this phenomenon extends to other underrepresented groups too. If you think you have what it takes but don't necessarily meet every single point listed, please apply - you could be exactly who we are looking for! </em></p>

Senior Field Applications Engineer (Battery Systems)

<h2>Company</h2><p>In order to keep climate change to 1.5°C, we’ll need 30% of global GDP (all of energy generation and transportation) to run on batteries by 2035.</p><p>Zitara Technologies (YCombinator S20) builds predictive battery management software for transportation and energy customers with large deployments. Our customers operate &gt;$100M deployments of batteries in satellites, EVs, and renewable energy storage installations.</p><p>Our team brings top researchers in physics-based battery algorithms together with seasoned software engineers to build safety-critical firmware and large scale machine learning systems. We bring with us decades of experience from companies like Tesla, Facebook, and Google.</p><h2>Role</h2><p>We're looking for a multidisciplinary software and simulation engineer who can draw from academic literature, practical engineering tools, and domain-specific data and models to design, analyze, and improve battery modeling and simulation software.</p><p>Zitara's software spans cutting-edge battery science, high-performance data infrastructure, complex modeling and learning systems, and safety-critical onboard firmware.  We're looking for a software engineer who can work across these areas of expertise to build the algorithms behind our core technology.</p><p>In this role, you will work closely with our battery scientists and controls engineers to refine and improve the robustness of scale up our simulation and prediction software.  You will also have the opportunity to work with our embedded team to adapt the algorithms you design for running in real-time battery management systems.</p><p> </p><h2>Responsibilities</h2><ul><li>Work with our battery scientists and controls engineers to identify and implement improvements in our simulation and signal processing algorithms</li><li>Write robust, well-tested signal processing, simulation, and optimization software in Python, Rust, and C / C++</li><li>Provide guidance and mentorship to the larger organization on system architecture, design for testability, and building maintainable software.</li><li>Design and communicate complex software architecture through written documentation and in-person discussion</li><li>Work with product and project management to scope and plan around development initiatives, and connect results to our customer-facing feature roadmap</li></ul><h2>Qualifications</h2><ul><li>7+ years of experience in writing profession Python software following modern best practices</li><li>Experience architecting simulation workflows, including efficient simulation engines, validation, visualization, and metrics aggregation software</li><li>BS, MS, or Ph.D in Computer Science, Chemistry / Chemical Engineering, Physics or other related engineering discipline.</li><li>Clear and effective written and interpersonal communication skills</li></ul><h2>Preferred Additional Qualifications</h2><ul><li>Experience with Kalman Filtering or other statistical methods</li><li>Practical implementation experience with numerical methods for differential equations</li><li>Experience with Rust</li><li>Experience with Bazel</li><li>Familiarity with battery or energy systems applications</li></ul><p> </p><p>Note: this position may be filled by a candidate either remote or hybrid in-person in our SF office. In-person candidates will be preferred, and remote candidates will need to demonstrate superlative organizational and communication skills.</p><h2>What We Offer</h2><ul><li>A full-time position, working from our office in San Francisco, CA or remotely.</li><li>Competitive pay.</li><li>Health, Dental, and Vision care for you and your family.</li><li>A 401k savings plan.</li><li>“Unlimited PTO” vacation policy.</li><li>Excellent colleagues that are interested in your happiness and growth.</li></ul><p> </p>

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