Senior Technician - Cell Testing

Department:
TEC Electrical & Battery

Experience Level:
4–5 Years

Location:
Chennai, India

Position Type:
Full-Time / New Role

About the Role

As the Senior Technician for Cell Testing, you will be the hands-on anchor and operational manager of our cell validation laboratory. You will not only execute daily testing routines but also own the setup, maintenance, and technical readiness of our laboratory infrastructure. Your core focus will be translating engineering requirements into physical test setups, maintaining adaptive jigs and fixtures, and ensuring our lab runs continuously and safely to feed high-fidelity data into our aircraft development pipeline.

What You Will Do
- Protocol Implementation & Execution:
Interpret engineering test profiles and independently configure, program, and execute advanced electrochemical test protocols (RPT, HPPC, capacity checks, cycle life, thermal mapping) on Lithium-ion cells.
- Lab Ownership & Capability Evaluation:
Maintain the entire cell testing laboratory in pristine, calibrated condition.



When recent cell chemistries or form factors arrive, evaluate the physical space, electrical hookups, and thermal requirements needed to test them safely.
- Jig & Fixture Management:
Design, fabricate, and maintain robust test jigs, custom cell holders, and contact fixtures. Ensure the lab can seamlessly adapt to a variety of cell form factors (cylindrical, pouch, prismatic) with minimal downtime and zero contact resistance.
- Equipment Operation:
Program and run
Neware
or
Arbin
battery/cell testers, ensuring channels are properly allocated, calibrated, and synchronized with environmental chambers.
- Data Control & Integrity:
Monitor and ensure clean data capture across thousands of test cycles, managing file exports, channel cycle logs, and initial data sorting.
- Failure Analysis Support:
Assist engineers in isolating and documenting physical cell anomalies or field failures, correlating physical labor

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