<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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Zitara Technologies: Cloud-ready software empowering companies to optimize battery performance and enhance fleet operations.

<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>

Account Executive

<p><span style="font-weight:400;">We are looking</span> for a field applications engineer who will ensure successful integration of Zitara’s battery design and management software in customer applications.</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>The ideal candidate will have technical experience with battery systems, though candidates without battery experience who have strong backgrounds in field applications engineering or in energy-related disciplines may also be considered for the role. Programming experience is helpful but not required for the role.</p><h1>Responsibilities</h1><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 internal teams to ensure products and services are delivered to customers in tune and on time.</li><li>Create technical solutions for customers, such as evaluation kits, reference designs, sample code, or technical documentation.</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>Develop an in-depth understanding 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>Minimum Qualifications</h2><ul><li>Bachelors' in technical subject or equivalent proficiency.</li><li>Three years of technical experience with energy systems, such as:<ul><li>Power electronics.</li><li>Renewable energy.</li><li>Mobility / automotive / aerospace.</li><li>Industrial equipment / robotics.</li></ul></li><li>Clear and effective communication abilities.</li><li>High attention to detail.</li><li>Willingness to travel to meet customers in-person.</li></ul><h2>Preferred Additional Qualifications </h2><ul><li>3+ Years of Experience </li><li>Previous experience in a customer-facing role.</li><li>Technical experience with lithium-ion battery systems, such as:<ul><li>Battery-related applications engineering.</li><li>Battery hardware or software engineering.</li><li>Battery management systems.</li><li>Battery fuel gauge or algorithms design.</li><li>Battery cell research and development.</li></ul></li><li>Comfortable programming in Python and C.</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; Salary range: $175k to $211k</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>

Senior Field Applications Engineer (Battery Systems)

<h2><strong>The Role</strong></h2><p><span style="font-weight:400;">We are looking for experienced, generalist battery systems engineers to drive the successful integration of Zitara’s battery design and management software into customer applications.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400;">At Zitara, battery systems engineers are our “power users”. They can leverage their battery industry expertise to develop technical solutions that maximize the value of Zitara software in customer batteries, and do so across a diverse set of energy storage applications. The role combines both internally- and externally-facing responsibilities, where you will drive technical decision-making on customer programs, and aid in overall product planning and development as a customer advocate and key subject-matter expert within Zitara.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400;">The battery systems engineer, who will work with a variety of internal and external stakeholders with varying levels of subject-matter expertise, must have both robust technical skills and strong emotional intelligence. The ideal candidate will have direct technical experience with battery systems, such as battery hardware or software engineering, battery cell development, or battery-related technical project management.</span></p><h2><strong>Responsibilities</strong></h2><p><span style="font-weight:400;">Common battery systems engineering responsibilities at Zitara are given below. Specific responsibilities for individual engineers may be geared toward their particular technical strengths and battery systems experience.</span><span style="font-weight:400;"><br></span></p><ul><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Drive the successful integration of Zitara software in customer battery systems:</span></li><ul><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Design battery test and instrumentation strategies.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Perform analyses on battery data collected in both the lab and field.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Create battery system simulations using Zitara design tools.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Integrate Zitara software into new compute platforms embedded within customer battery systems.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Help customers optimize battery design choices.</span></li></ul><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Guide and mentor customers as they adopt Zitara products, helping them maximize the value of Zitara software when integrated in their applications.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Write externally-facing technical documentation, and provide direct technical support to customers when they encounter difficulty.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Support Zitara non-battery-expert engineering staff in making technical product development and operational decisions requiring battery expertise.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Develop an in-depth understanding of customer needs across the industry, and drive Zitara product development by identifying product gaps and advocating on behalf of our customers internally.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Author technical materials for public consumption, such as white papers and blog entries, that demonstrate Zitara’s capabilities and technical leadership.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Directly participate in Zitara’s product planning and development process.</span><span style="font-weight:400;"><br></span></li></ul><h2><strong>Minimum Qualifications</strong></h2><ul><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Bachelors' in technical subject or equivalent proficiency.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Technical experience with lithium ion battery systems, such as:</span></li><ul><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Battery hardware engineering.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Battery software engineering.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Battery test engineering.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Battery algorithms design.</span></li></ul><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Project management skills.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Clear and effective communication abilities.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Willingness to travel to meet customers in-person.</span><span style="font-weight:400;"><br></span></li></ul><h2><strong>Preferred Additional Qualifications</strong></h2><ul><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Comfortable programming in Python and/or C.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Practical experience in customer-facing roles.</span><span style="font-weight:400;"><br></span></li></ul><h2><strong>What We Offer</strong></h2><ul><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">A full-time position, working three days per week from our office in San Francisco, CA, and up to two days per week remotely (optional).</span></li></ul><ul><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Competitive pay.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Health, Dental, and Vision care for you and your family.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">A 401k savings plan.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">“Unlimited PTO” vacation policy.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Excellent colleagues that are interested in your happiness and growth.</span></li></ul>

Senior Applications Engineer (Battery Systems)

<h1>Company</h1><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><h1>Role</h1><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 Web / Services Team, you will help our customers monitor and analyze "fleet" data of all of their deployed batteries.</p><p>Note, this role includes on-call duty currently set at 1 week, 6 times per year.</p><h1>Responsibilities</h1><ul><li><p>Build Zitara’s internal API infrastructure and tooling to collect battery data to be analyzed and turned into business intelligence and web dashboards</p></li><li><p>Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement scalable solutions that manage complex, highly structured data sets with domain specific requirements</p></li><li>Provide mentorship and technical guidance to more junior engineers on the team</li></ul><h1>Qualifications</h1><ul><li>Fluency in Python</li><li><p>5+ years of experience building software in large scale distributed systems</p></li><li><p>Strong understanding of HTTP services, background workers, relational databases (PostgreSQL), and S3</p></li><li><p>Familiarity with the full life cycle of software development, from design and implementation, to testing and deployment, to monitoring and alerting</p></li><li><p>A love for our planet and a desire to contribute to solutions that address the climate crisis</p></li></ul><h3><strong>Preferred Additional Qualifications</strong></h3><ul><li>Experience managing cloud-based infrastructure such as AWS</li><li><p>Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker</p></li><li><p>Experience with high-traffic IoT applications, including managing rate limiting and traffic shaping</p></li><li>Understanding fundamentals of cryptography, experience with cryptography in an IoT application</li></ul><p> </p><h1>What We Offer</h1><ul><li><p>Salary Range $160,000 to $210,000 annual base </p></li><li><p>Health, Dental, and Vision care for you and your family</p></li><li><p>401K savings plan</p></li><li><p>Unlimited vacation policy</p></li><li><p>An altruistic company mission</p></li><li><p>Excellent colleagues that are interested in your happiness and growth</p></li></ul><p> </p>

Senior Software Engineer | Web and IoT

<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>The Embedded Systems team is responsible for developing and delivering Zitara Live, our industry-leading software package to deliver adaptive controls software onboard batteries across EV, aerospace, IoT, utility-scale storage applications, and beyond. Zitara Live algorithms are powered by Zitara's proprietary battery models, which apply advanced numerical methods to provide precise, actionable battery insight. </p><p>Zitara Live serves a broad range of customers operating across diverse platforms, from small embedded microcontrollers to full POSIX server systems, while meeting high-assurance guarantees and hard real-time requirements. Our work supports flexibility, efficiency, and robustness, and spans all phases of the software lifecycle across algorithm implementation, verification and testing, application packaging for distribution, and incorporating customer feedback.</p><p>We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Embedded Systems team. In this role you will implement complex algorithmic firmware and systems-level software; create solutions to make core functionality available across a variety of systems and platforms; and navigate the practical realities of delivering real-time software to multiple customers.</p><p>The nature of Zitara Live as a product that supplies capability to our customers’ systems means that our work spans the full range of the software/firmware stack, from bare-metal embedded contexts all the way up to distributed server-based applications. Success in this role can take several forms, and we are interested in candidates with deep domain expertise as well as candidates with a broad experience base.</p><h2>Responsibilities</h2><ul><li>Understand complex problems across multiple disciplines and apply software engineering methodology to attack them.</li><li>Implement software to meet high-assurance and reliability requirements in portable C</li><li>Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate new product features and evaluate customer requirements.</li><li>Create testing and verification frameworks to characterize performance and correctness across multiple targets.</li><li>Develop applications and systems to package and distribute the Zitara Live product to customers.</li><li>Generate concise customer-facing documentation and reference materials.</li></ul><h2>Qualifications</h2><ul><li>Bachelors in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent.</li><li>3+ years experience in industry software development in systems level C.</li><li>Creative problem solving to meet customer needs under limited resource and engineering constraints.</li><li>Experience shipping an embedded product to customers.</li><li>Experience with embedded toolchains and build systems.</li><li>Familiarity with basic git workflows for collaborative software development.</li><li>Clear and effective written and interpersonal communication skills.</li></ul><h2>Bonus Qualifications</h2><ul><li>Familiarity with battery or energy systems applications.</li><li>Familiarity with analog sensing and signals.</li><li>Experience with test-driven development for embedded systems and hardware-in-the-loop testing.</li><li>Practical knowledge of digital signal protocols such as I2C, SPI, and CAN.</li><li>Practical knowledge of network messaging protocols, such as MQTT or otherwise.</li><li>Experience with Rust.</li><li>Experience with Bazel.</li><li>Working knowledge of control systems (eg PID control or state estimation).</li><li>Knowledge of numerical methods and pitfalls with floating point math.</li><li>Experience in high assurance systems development (eg, ISO26262 or DO178).</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>Salary range $150,000 to $185,000 annual base.</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>

Senior Software Engineer | Embedded Systems

<h1>Company</h1><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> </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> </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><h1>Role</h1><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> </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> </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><h1>Responsibilities</h1><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><h1>Qualifications</h1><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><h1>Preferred Additional Qualifications</h1><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><h1>What We Offer</h1><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>

Staff Simulation Software Engineer

<p>Salary: $130,000-$160,000</p><p>Location: San Francisco, CA</p><p>Job Type: Full-time</p><p>Experience: 5+ years</p><h1>Company</h1><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> </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> </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><h1>Role</h1><p>We’re looking for a Battery Lab Manager to drive battery test lab activity schedules, manage the test equipment, and ensure the accuracy and quality of the team’s work product. As a key member of our Lab Operations team, you will manage and inspire a team of technicians to deliver high quality test data and manage day to day tasks to accomplish overall program goals. The ideal candidate is someone who takes initiative, has an intuition for continuous improvement of lab workflow and processes, uses common sense, and takes a creative and resourceful approach to solving problems.</p><h1>Responsibilities</h1><ul><li>Build, train and manage a team of battery lab technicians and support their growth</li><li>Ensure tests are conducted safely, correctly, and efficiently to drive completion of test programs on schedule </li><li>Ensure the technical quality of all lab test results, compliance of lab activities with test standards, and that completed tests meet all customer requirements</li><li>Lab equipment capacity planning for customer test program operations</li><li>Setup, commissioning, and validation of new test equipment </li><li>Promote a culture of safety by identifying and mitigating risk</li><li>Maintain the lab equipment through the coordination of regular tool calibration, preventative maintenance, and service events</li><li>Identify and track metrics to monitor performance and highlight opportunities for continuous improvement</li><li>Maintain a high level of professionalism and cleanliness within the team and lab</li></ul><h1>Qualifications</h1><ul><li>5+ years of lab management experience (battery lab experience a plus)</li><li>Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in an engineering field (such as electrical, mechanical industrial)</li><li>Experience with safety-critical lab processes and technician training (e.g. high voltage lab experience)</li><li>Demonstrated ability to lead a team to overcome technical challenges</li><li>Experience with project management process and software (Jira, Asana, etc.)</li><li>Ability to troubleshoot issues with testing and creatively resolve unforeseen problems</li><li>Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively communicate with a variety of internal customers and support teams</li><li>Superior written and verbal communication skills</li></ul><h1>What We Offer</h1><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>

Battery Lab Manager

<p>Salary: $140,000 - $170,000</p><p>Location: San Francisco, CA  / Hybrid in US Pacific Time</p><p>Job Type: Full-time</p><p>Experience: 5+ years</p><h1>Company</h1><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> </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> </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><h1>Role</h1><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> </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> </p><p>In this role, you will work closely with our battery scientists and controls engineers to 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><h1>Responsibilities</h1><ul><li>Design, implement, and tune battery state estimation algorithms for predicting battery SoC, capacity fade, and power fade.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>Collaborate with our battery science team to design and evaluate test plans that enable robust and accurate battery models.</li><li>Modeling</li><li>Design, tune, and implement real-time estimation algorithms (e.g. Kalman filters) </li><li> </li><li>Work closely with embedded software engineers to help realize your algorithms in resource constrained environments.</li><li> </li></ul><h1>Qualifications</h1><ul><li>5+ years working in BMS design or related work on battery state estimation</li><li>3+ years writing professional software in Python.</li><li>Solid understanding of the controls and estimation fundamentals such as signal processing, Kalman filtering, and related concepts from statistics and optimization.</li><li>BS, MS, or Ph.D in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering,, Chemistry / Chemical Engineering, Physics or other related engineering discipline.</li><li>Clear and effective written and interpersonal communication skills</li></ul><h1>Preferred Additional Qualifications</h1><ul><li>Experience programming in C or C++</li><li>Experience in high assurance systems development (eg, ISO26262 or DO178)</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><h1>What We Offer</h1><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>

BMS Algorithms Engineer

<p><strong>The Company</strong></p><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. Their 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 Toyota, Exponent, Proterra, Tesla, Gogoro, Google, and Facebook. </p><p><strong>The Role</strong></p><p>We're looking for a Senior Battery Test Engineer to work closely and lead initiatives with our customer success, R&amp;D, engineering, and operations team members to collect and systematize test requirements aimed at producing quality data to train high fidelity battery models and algorithms. This involves designing and implementing the lab and its processes to execute those tests, understanding and tackling engineering challenges in battery test processes, and maintaining and proactively improving lab capacity, efficiency, and safety. The ideal candidate will be someone who takes initiative, has an intuition for continuous improvement of lab workflow and processes, uses common sense, and takes a creative and resourceful approach to solving problems.</p><p><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p><ul><li>Provide technical leadership for battery testing initiatives</li><li>Collect test requirements from cross-functional stakeholders to design and validate battery test programs and procedures</li><li>Lead test and equipment related troubleshooting and diagnostic activities</li><li>Lead development and improvement of procedures and test methods to ensure highest levels of safety are met</li><li>Develop, maintain and iterate on lab standard operating procedures </li><li>Manage, maintain, and research upgrades to our lab hardware (battery cyclers, thermal chambers, and electronics) and supplies/consumables</li><li>Electrical and/or mechanical design, assembly, and documentation of battery test fixtures</li><li>Validate the end result of the lab work, working with other team members to determine pass/fail criteria</li><li>Clearly communicate technical matters, schedule considerations, deliverables, and needs</li><li>Manage and streamline customer onboarding from the perspective of laboratory testing</li></ul><p><strong>Minimum Qualifications</strong></p><ul><li>BS in Electrical Engineering or related field</li><li>5+ years experience in electrical engineering, metrology, battery testing or applications roles</li><li>Experience in providing technical leadership in the battery test engineering or related space</li><li>Strong analytical and problem-solving skills</li><li>Proactive communication and follow-up</li><li>Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail</li><li>Clear and effective written and interpersonal communication skills</li><li>Strong practical experience with data management in Excel and vendor-specific data tools</li><li>Working knowledge of lab automation practices in National Instruments/LabView, Mathworks, or another software system</li><li>Familiarity with project management tools such as JIRA</li><li>Experience with basic fabrication tools (soldering, hand tools, small power tools, etc.)</li><li>Experience with basic electrical test tools (power supplies, multimeters, battery testers, etc.)</li><li>High attention to detail and self-motivation</li><li>Team-oriented attitude</li></ul><p><strong>Preferred Additional Qualifications</strong></p><ul><li>Familiarity with battery technology and functional parameters</li><li>Experience with use of battery test equipment, including Arbin and Neware cyclers, thermal chambers, and data acquisition systems</li><li>Electrical and/or mechanical CAD proficiency</li><li>Electrical safety and high voltage lab experience</li><li>Knowledge of Python for test automation and/or data analysis</li><li>Experience with lab system IT including networking and data access tools</li></ul><p><strong>What We Offer</strong></p><ul><li>Full-time position, standard hours subject to time zones</li><li>Competitive compensation, equity incentive, and benefits package</li><li>Casual work culture</li><li>Excellent colleagues that are interested in your happiness and growth</li></ul>

Senior Battery Test Engineer 

<h1>User-interface, user-experience (UI/UX) designer</h1><h3>Location: San Francisco, CA  / Remote</h3><p>Salary: 120k-150k</p><p>Job Type: Full-time</p><p>Experience: 4+ years</p><h1>Company</h1><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><h1>Role</h1><p>Zitara operates at the intersection of energy storage and application. Our software delivers the high-performance models and tools necessary for our customers to operate their battery systems safely and profitably. We are looking for a user-interface and user-experience (UI/UX) lead to guide the design of <a href="https://www.zitara.com/zitara-studio">Zitara Studio</a>, our web-based engineering software suite. You will work closely with product and engineering to create designs for implementation by frontend engineers and develop the strategy for integrating new capabilities as we grow.</p><h1>Responsibilities</h1><ul><li>Acting as an individual contributor, design the UI/UX deliverables necessary to expand the capabilities available to Zitara Studio customers, including interfaces for controlling technical software</li><li>Create a roadmap for the UI/UX of Zitara Studio to deliver planned product features</li><li>Collaborate with frontend developers to ensure feasibility and alignment with development practices.</li><li>Participate in regular reviews with the frontend team to realize design improvements efficiently within the context of a small team</li><li>Support Zitara’s marketing efforts by advising our consultants on improvements to our public facing website and content</li></ul><h1>Qualifications</h1><ul><li>4+ years experience in UI/UX design for web-based applications.</li><li>2+ years experience producing UI designs in wireframe software for implementation by engineers</li><li>Familiarity with HTML/CSS and web-based projects, demonstrating an understanding of how designs translate into web development.</li><li>Experience building systems for highly-technical audiences including presentation of: large volumes of textual or structured data; long-running workflows; intermediate or unfinished states; and raw data access.</li><li>Opinionated organization of user-created entities. </li><li>Ability to identify tradeoffs that balance design and pace in a fast-moving startup environment.</li><li>Superior written and verbal communication skills</li></ul><h1>Preferred Additional Qualifications</h1><ul><li>2+ years experience in UI/UX design for technical software, preferably delivered on the web, such as Onshape, Tableau, or Figma</li><li>Familiarity with Material design, MUI a plus.</li><li>Experience developing advanced data visualizations and technical dashboards</li><li>Experience managing a team, including third-party contractors, to deliver projects</li></ul><p> </p><h1>What We Offer</h1><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>

User-interface, user-experience (UI/UX) designer

<p><strong>The Company</strong></p><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. Their 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 Toyota, Exponent, Proterra, Tesla, Gogoro, Google, and Facebook. </p><p><strong>The Role</strong></p><p>We're looking for a lab technician to work closely with our modeling and engineering team members to fully understand and execute the entire physical process of battery testing. The ideal candidate will be someone who takes initiative, has an intuition for continuous improvement of lab workflow and processes, uses common sense, and takes a creative and resourceful approach to solving problems.</p><p><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p><ul><li><p>Test setup, instrumentation, data collection, and documentation</p></li><li><p>Maintain and research upgrades to lab equipment (battery cyclers, thermal chambers, and electronics)</p></li><li><p>Lab safety and workflow practices</p></li><li><p>Organization, tidiness, and safety compliance of lab spaces</p></li><li><p>Mechanical and electrical design, fabrication, assembly, and documentation of test fixtures</p></li><li><p>Communicate technical matters, schedule considerations, deliverables, and needs to cross functional groups</p></li></ul><p><strong>Minimum Qualifications</strong></p><ul><li><p>Capable of performing required battery lab tasks</p></li><li><p>Clear and effective written and interpersonal communication skills</p></li><li><p>Working knowledge of basic software, spreadsheets, etc.</p></li><li><p>Experience with basic fabrication tools (soldering, hand tools, small power tools, etc.)</p></li><li><p>Experience with basic electrical test tools (power supplies, multimeters, battery testers, etc.)</p></li><li><p>High attention to detail and self-motivation</p></li></ul><p><strong>Preferred Additional Qualifications</strong></p><ul><li><p>Mechanical and/or Electrical CAD proficiency</p></li><li><p>Basic understanding of measurements and conversion for basic scientific units as well as electrical units</p></li><li><p>Running, crimping, and organizing wires and wiring harnesses</p></li><li><p>Electrical safety and/or high voltage lab experience</p></li><li><p>Basic knowledge of python, writing scripts, networking, etc.</p></li></ul><p><strong>What We Offer</strong></p><ul><li><p>Full-time, in-person position, standard hours subject to time zones</p></li><li><p>Competitive compensation, equity incentive, and benefits package</p></li><li><p>Casual work culture</p></li><li><p>Excellent colleagues that are interested in your happiness and growth</p></li><li>Salary range $75,000 to $90,000 annual base </li></ul>

Battery Lab Technician

<p><span style="font-size:14pt;"><strong>The Company</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400;">In order to keep climate change to 1.5°C, we’ll need 30% of global GDP to run on batteries by 2035. We’ll need to electrify entire core infrastructures, decarbonizing transportation and energy generation writ large.</span></p><p>Zitara Technologies (YCombinator S20) builds battery design and management software for transportation and energy companies with large deployments. Their customers operate &gt;$100M deployments of batteries in satellites, EVs, and renewable energy storage installations. Zitara recently closed a $12M Series A.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size:14pt;">The Role</span></strong></p><p>We are looking for a “full-funnel” sales engineer who will grow Zitara’s customer base by acquiring new prospective customer leads, developing their interest and engagement with Zitara’s offerings, and driving deals to completion.</p><p>This role requires a deep understanding of prospective customer needs across a diverse set of energy storage applications in order to effectively communicate value and close deals. While a technical background is not required, the candidate must be capable of thoroughly understanding technical concepts related to battery systems design and management, and fluently communicating about them with prospective customers up and down their org charts.</p><p>This is an opportunity and a challenge to grow together with a young and promising start-up in a small, tightly-knit sales organization engaging with an exciting new industry. You will be expected to work with a high level of autonomy, proactively developing our team’s capabilities as we grow.</p><p><strong><span style="font-size:14pt;">Responsibilities</span></strong></p><ul><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Generate and develop new customer leads by building professional networks within key industries and contributing to marketing initiatives.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Determine customer qualifications and qualify incoming leads.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Pitch Zitara products and services to prospective customers, maintain deal momentum, and manage deals to completion.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Thoroughly understand the needs of prospective customers, and author compelling proposals for business engagements that address those needs, collaborating with internal technical teams.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Work with Zitara legal resources to negotiate, revise, and close contracts.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Directly report to business leadership on the status and progress of deals, and collaborate on company-level go-to-market strategies.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Collaborate with account management, applications engineering, and operations teams to smoothly hand-off newly won deals for product delivery.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">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.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Directly participate in Zitara’s product planning process.</span><span style="font-weight:400;"><br></span></li></ul><p><span style="font-weight:400;"><strong style="font-size:14pt;">Minimum Qualifications</strong><br></span></p><ul><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Bachelors' degree or equivalent proficiency.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Minimum three years of technical sales experience.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Clear and effective communication abilities.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">High attention to detail.</span></li><li><span style="font-weight:400;">Willingness to travel to attend industry events and meet prospective customers.</span><span style="font-weight:400;"><br></span></li></ul><p><span style="font-weight:400;"><strong style="font-size:14pt;">Preferred Additional Qualifications</strong></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-weight:400;">Familiarity with lithium-ion batteries.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Familiarity with industries deploying energy storage assets, such as:</span><ul><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Electric vehicles</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Renewable energy / utilities / stationary energy storage</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;">Construction / industrial equipment / power tools</li></ul></li></ul><p><span style="font-weight:400;"><strong style="font-size:14pt;">What We Offer</strong><br></span></p><ul><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">A full-time position, working from our office in San Francisco or remotely.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;">Competitive pay.</li><li style="font-weight:400;">Health, dental, and vision care for you and your family.</li><li style="font-weight:400;">A 401k savings plan.</li><li style="font-weight:400;">“Unlimited PTO” vacation policy.</li><li style="font-weight:400;">Excellent colleagues that are interested in your happiness and growth.</li></ul>

Sales Engineer

<p><strong>The Company</strong></p><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. Their 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 Toyota, Exponent, Proterra, Tesla, Gogoro, Google, and Facebook. </p><p><strong>The Role</strong></p><p>We're looking for a Battery Test Engineer to work closely with our customer success, R&amp;D, engineering, and operations team members to develop, collect, and systematize test requirements aimed at producing quality data to train high fidelity battery models and algorithms. This involves designing and implementing the lab and its processes to execute those tests, understanding and tackling engineering challenges in battery test processes, and maintaining and proactively maximizing lab capacity, efficiency, safety, and utilzation. The ideal candidate will be someone who takes initiative, has an intuition for continuous improvement of lab workflow and processes, uses common sense, and takes a creative and resourceful approach to solving problems.</p><p><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p><ul><li>Collect test requirements from cross-functional stakeholders- To design and validate battery test scripts, followed by executing tests. </li><li>Test- and equipment- related troubleshooting and diagnostic activities</li><li>Development and improvement of procedures and test methods to ensure highest levels of productivity and safety are met</li><li>Develop, maintain and iterate on lab standard operating procedures </li><li>Manage, maintain, and research upgrades to our lab hardware (battery cyclers, thermal chambers, and electronics) and supplies/consumables</li><li>Electrical and/or mechanical design, assembly, and documentation of battery test fixtures</li><li>Validate the end result of battery tests, working with other team members to determine pass/fail criteria</li><li>Clearly communicate technical matters, schedule considerations, deliverables, and needs</li><li>Manage and streamline customer onboarding from the perspective of laboratory testing</li></ul><p><strong>Minimum Qualifications</strong></p><ul><li>BS in Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or other related field. </li><li>2+ years experience in electrical engineering, metrology, battery testing or applications roles</li><li>Familiarity with battery technology, Lithium-Ion and others. </li><li>Experience with basic fabrication tools (soldering, hand tools, small power tools, etc.)</li><li>Experience with basic electrical test tools (power supplies, multimeters, battery testers, etc.)</li><li>Strong analytical and problem-solving skills</li><li>Proactive communication and follow-up</li><li>Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail</li><li>Clear and effective written and interpersonal communication skills</li><li>Strong practical experience with data management in Excel and vendor-specific data tools</li><li>Working knowledge of lab automation practices in National Instruments/LabView, Mathworks, or another software system</li><li>Familiarity with project management tools such as JIRA or Asana</li><li>Strong self-motivation and team-oriented attitude</li></ul><p><strong>Preferred Additional Qualifications</strong></p><ul><li>Experience and Familiarity with use of battery test equipment, including Arbin, Maccor, and Neware cyclers, thermal chambers, and data acquisition systems</li><li>Electrical safety and HV (High Voltage) lab experience </li><li>Knowledge of Python for test automation and/or data analysis</li><li>Electrochemistry and Battery Internals/Operation knowledge</li><li>Experience with lab system IT including networking and data access tools</li></ul><p><strong>What We Offer</strong></p><ul><li>Full-time position, standard hours subject to time zones</li><li>Competitive compensation, equity incentive, and benefits package</li><li>Casual work culture</li><li>Excellent colleagues that are interested in your happiness and growth</li></ul>

Battery Test Engineer

<div><div><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></div></div><div><h2>Role</h2><p>The Embedded Systems team is responsible for developing and delivering Zitara Live, our industry-leading software package to deliver adaptive controls software onboard batteries across EV, aerospace, IoT, utility-scale storage applications, and beyond. Zitara Live algorithms are powered by Zitara's proprietary battery models, which apply advanced numerical methods to provide precise, actionable battery insight. </p><p>Zitara Live serves a broad range of customers operating across diverse platforms, from small embedded microcontrollers to full POSIX server systems, while meeting high-assurance guarantees and hard real-time requirements. Our work supports flexibility, efficiency, and robustness, and spans all phases of the software lifecycle across algorithm implementation, verification and testing, application packaging for distribution, and incorporating customer feedback.</p><p>We are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join the Embedded Systems team. In this role you will architect and implement complex algorithmic firmware and systems-level software; design and create solutions to make core functionality available across a variety of systems and platforms; and provide guidance on the practical realities of delivering real-time software to multiple customers.</p><p>The nature of Zitara Live as a product that supplies capability to our customers’ systems means that our work spans the full range of the software/firmware stack, from bare-metal embedded contexts all the way up to distributed server-based applications. Success in this role can take several forms, and we are interested in candidates with deep domain expertise as well as candidates with a broad experience base.</p><h2>Responsibilities</h2><ul><li>Understand complex problems across multiple disciplines and apply software engineering methodology to attack them.</li><li>Architect and Implement software to meet high-assurance and reliability requirements in portable C</li><li>Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate new product features and evaluate customer requirements.</li><li>Collaborate with project and product management to scope and schedule work to meet customer needs.</li><li>Create testing and verification frameworks to characterize performance and correctness across multiple targets.</li><li>Proactively identify opportunities for product functionality, development process, and team function.</li><li>Develop applications and systems to package and distribute the Zitara Live product to customers.</li><li>Generate concise customer-facing documentation and reference materials.</li><li>Provide mentorship and guidance to junior engineers.</li></ul><h2>Qualifications</h2><ul><li>Bachelors in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent.</li><li>6+ years experience in industry software development in systems level C.</li><li>Creative problem solving to meet customer needs under limited resource and engineering constraints.</li><li>Track record of technical leadership and product ownership.</li><li>Experience shipping an embedded product to customers.</li><li>Strong product mindset with experience meeting customer needs.</li><li>Demonstrated ability to lead the development of complex software/firmware systems.</li><li>Experience with embedded toolchains and build systems.</li><li>Familiarity with basic git workflows for collaborative software development.</li><li>Clear and effective written and interpersonal communication skills.</li></ul><h2>Bonus Qualifications</h2><ul><li>Familiarity with battery or energy systems applications.</li><li>Familiarity with analog sensing and signals.</li><li>Experience with test-driven development for embedded systems and hardware-in-the-loop testing.</li><li>Practical knowledge of digital signal protocols such as I2C, SPI, and CAN.</li><li>Practical knowledge of network messaging protocols, such as MQTT or otherwise.</li><li>Experience with Rust.</li><li>Experience with Bazel.</li><li>Working knowledge of control systems (eg PID control or state estimation).</li><li>Knowledge of numerical methods and pitfalls with floating point math.</li><li>Experience in high assurance systems development (eg, ISO26262 or DO178).</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>Salary range $170,000 to $220,000 annual base.</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></div>

Staff Software Engineer | Embedded Systems 

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<p>In order to keep climate change to 1.5&deg;C, we&rsquo;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 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>
<h2>Responsibilities</h2>
<ul>
<li>Design, implement, and tune battery state estimation algorithms for predicting battery SoC, capacity fade, and power fade.</li>
<li>Collaborate with our battery science team to design and evaluate test plans that enable robust and accurate battery models.</li>
<li>Modeling</li>
<li>Design, tune, and implement real-time estimation algorithms (e.g. Kalman filters)</li>
<li>Work closely with embedded software engineers to help realize your algorithms in resource constrained environments.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Qualifications</h2>
<ul>
<li>5+ years working in BMS design or related work on battery state estimation</li>
<li>3+ years writing professional software in Python.</li>
<li>Solid understanding of the controls and estimation fundamentals such as signal processing, Kalman filtering, and related concepts from statistics and optimization.</li>
<li>BS, MS, or Ph.D in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering,, 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>
<p>Experience programming in C or C++</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Experience in high assurance systems development (eg, ISO26262 or DO178)</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><strong>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.</strong></p>
</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.</li>
<li>Health, Dental, and Vision care for you and your family.</li>
<li>A 401k savings plan.</li>
<li>&ldquo;Unlimited PTO&rdquo; vacation policy.</li>
<li>Excellent colleagues that are interested in your happiness and growth.</li>
</ul>
</div>

<h3>Location: San Francisco, CA&nbsp; / Remote</h3>
<p>Job Type: Full-time</p>
<p>Experience: 4+ years</p>
<h1>Company</h1>
<p>In order to keep climate change to 1.5&deg;C, we&rsquo;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>
<h1>Role</h1>
<p>Zitara operates at the intersection of energy storage and application. Our software delivers the high-performance models and tools necessary for our customers to operate their battery systems safely and profitably. We are looking for a user-interface and user-experience (UI/UX) lead to guide the design of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.zitara.com/zitara-studio">Zitara Studio</a>, our web-based engineering software suite. You will work closely with product and engineering to create designs for implementation by frontend engineers and develop the strategy for integrating new capabilities as we grow.</p>
<h1>Responsibilities</h1>
<ul>
<li>Acting as an individual contributor, design the UI/UX deliverables necessary to expand the capabilities available to Zitara Studio customers, including interfaces for controlling technical software</li>
<li>Create a roadmap for the UI/UX of Zitara Studio to deliver planned product features</li>
<li>Collaborate with frontend developers to ensure feasibility and alignment with development practices.</li>
<li>Participate in regular reviews with the frontend team to realize design improvements efficiently within the context of a small team</li>
<li>Support Zitara&rsquo;s marketing efforts by advising our consultants on improvements to our public facing website and content</li>
</ul>
<h1>Qualifications</h1>
<ul>
<li>4+ years experience in UI/UX design for web-based applications.</li>
<li>2+ years experience producing UI designs in wireframe software for implementation by engineers</li>
<li>Familiarity with HTML/CSS and web-based projects, demonstrating an understanding of how designs translate into web development.</li>
<li>Experience building systems for highly-technical audiences including presentation of: large volumes of textual or structured data; long-running workflows; intermediate or unfinished states; and raw data access.</li>
<li>Opinionated organization of user-created entities.&nbsp;</li>
<li>Ability to identify tradeoffs that balance design and pace in a fast-moving startup environment.</li>
<li>Superior written and verbal communication skills</li>
</ul>
<h1>Preferred Additional Qualifications</h1>
<ul>
<li>2+ years experience in UI/UX design for technical software, preferably delivered on the web, such as Onshape, Tableau, or Figma</li>
<li>Familiarity with Material design, MUI a plus.</li>
<li>Experience developing advanced data visualizations and technical dashboards</li>
<li>Experience managing a team, including third-party contractors, to deliver projects</li>
</ul>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h1>What We Offer</h1>
<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>&ldquo;Unlimited PTO&rdquo; vacation policy.</li>
<li>Excellent colleagues that are interested in your happiness and growth.</li>
</ul>

<p><strong>The Company</strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In order to keep climate change to 1.5&deg;C, we&rsquo;ll need 30% of global GDP (all of energy generation and transportation) to run on batteries by 2035.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Zitara Technologies (YCombinator S20) builds predictive battery management software for transportation and energy customers with large deployments. Their customers operate &gt;$100M deployments of batteries in satellites, EVs, and renewable energy storage installations.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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 Toyota, Exponent, Proterra, Tesla, Gogoro, Google, and Facebook.&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><strong>The Role</strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We're looking for a Senior Battery Test Engineer to work closely and lead initiatives with our customer success, R&amp;D, engineering, and operations team members to collect and systematize test requirements aimed at producing quality data to train high fidelity battery models and algorithms. This involves designing and implementing the lab and its processes to execute those tests, understanding and tackling engineering challenges in battery test processes, and maintaining and proactively improving lab capacity, efficiency, and safety. The ideal candidate will be someone who takes initiative, has an intuition for continuous improvement of lab workflow and processes, uses common sense, and takes a creative and resourceful approach to solving problems.</span></p>
<p><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Provide technical leadership for battery testing initiatives</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Collect test requirements from cross-functional stakeholders to design and validate battery test programs and procedures</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lead test and equipment related troubleshooting and diagnostic activities</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lead development and improvement of procedures and test methods to ensure highest levels of safety are met</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Develop, maintain and iterate on lab standard operating procedures&nbsp;</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Manage, maintain, and research upgrades to our lab hardware (battery cyclers, thermal chambers, and electronics) and supplies/consumables</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Electrical and/or mechanical design, assembly, and documentation of battery test fixtures</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Validate the end result of the lab work, working with other team members to determine pass/fail criteria</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Clearly communicate technical matters, schedule considerations, deliverables, and needs</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Manage and streamline customer onboarding from the perspective of laboratory testing</span></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Minimum Qualifications</strong></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">BS in Electrical Engineering or related field</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">5+ years experience in electrical engineering, metrology, battery testing or applications roles</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Experience in providing technical leadership in the battery test engineering or related space</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Strong analytical and problem-solving skills</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Proactive communication and follow-up</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Clear and effective written and interpersonal communication skills</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Strong practical experience with data management in Excel and vendor-specific data tools</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Working knowledge of lab automation practices in National Instruments/LabView, Mathworks, or another software system</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Familiarity with project management tools such as JIRA</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Experience with basic fabrication tools (soldering, hand tools, small power tools, etc.)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Experience with basic electrical test tools (power supplies, multimeters, battery testers, etc.)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">High attention to detail and self-motivation</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Team-oriented attitude</span></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Preferred Additional Qualifications</strong></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Familiarity with battery technology and functional parameters</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Experience with use of battery test equipment, including Arbin and Neware cyclers, thermal chambers, and data acquisition systems</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Electrical and/or mechanical CAD proficiency</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Electrical safety and high voltage lab experience</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Knowledge of Python for test automation and/or data analysis</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Experience with lab system IT including networking and data access tools</span></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>What We Offer</strong></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Full-time position, standard hours subject to time zones</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Competitive compensation, equity incentive, and benefits package</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Casual work culture</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Excellent colleagues that are interested in your happiness and growth</span></li>
</ul>

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