Hardware Test Engineer

Overview
As a Hardware Test Engineer at Copper, you’ll play a key role in developing our cutting-edge, energy-storage-equipped appliances - like the Charlie stove - that are designed to make the switch from fossil fuels a no-brainer. You’ll join a small, passionate, cross-functional team of engineers working to bring smarter, safer cooking into more homes. In this hands-on role, you’ll support the hardware team with board bring-up, evaluations, and tests at the component, board, and system levels. You’ll design and build electromechanical test rigs for reliability, certification, and manufacturing, and work closely with hardware and embedded software engineers to develop validation test plans, procedures, and reports. You’ll also assemble and wire up test setups, inspect and troubleshoot PCBAs and electronic components, and help root-cause failures to drive product improvements. Along the way, you’ll help define test processes, build custom equipment, write clear documentation, and maybe even contribute a recipe or two.
We value a diverse workplace and are assembling our team to match these values at this early stage. We especially welcome different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives, and strongly encourage people of all ethnic backgrounds and genders to apply.
This is a full-time position and it is expected to be in-office 5 days per week in-office. Our office is located in Berkeley, CA.

What You'll Do

• Support the hardware design team with board bring-up, experiments, evaluations, and measurements.
• Perform electrical, functional, and characterization measurements at the component, board, and system levels.
• Collaborate with Coppers hardware and embedded software design engineering teams to create validation test plans, procedures, and reports.
• Design and build electromechanical test rigs for reliability, certification, and manufacturing test
• Conduct inspections, diagnostics, and troubleshooting of electronic components and PCBAs.
• Assemble, wire, crimp, and solder electrical panels, circuit boards, and test setups.
• Investigate failure root causes and contribute to product improvements.

What You'll Bring

• Experience with lab test and measurement equipment, including oscilloscopes, electronic loads,and spectrum analyzers.
• Strong knowledge of electrical engineering fundamentals.
• Bachelors in a technical discipline (EE, Mechatronics, or similar) with 2+ years of relevant work experience.
• Working knowledge of Python for test software creation.
• Independent ability to solve engineering problems.
• Ability to occasionally travel domestically and internationally to visit manufacturing partners.

Compensation

The salary range for this role is $95,000 - $130,000 per year, plus equity compensation. We are committed to equitable compensation, and offer a generous benefits package to make sure you have the support you need. We cover 100% of the premiums for our employees and 50% of the premiums for their dependents on our base plans for medical, dental, and vision insurance. We offer a 401(k) plan for employees to contribute to, in addition to many other benefits. Every employee, regardless of gender identity or expression, is eligible for 16 weeks of paid parental leave after three months of employment (eight weeks through Copper and eight weeks CA Paid Family Leave). 

Equal Employment Opportunity

We are committed to creating an equitable and inclusive environment for all our employees and are seeking to build a team that reflects the diversity of the people we hope to serve with our products. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

About Us

Copper's vision is a future where every home is electrified with abundant clean energy. Our mission is to make decarbonization accessible to everyone by selling electric home appliances that enrich their daily lives. We're reducing the cost of electrification by integrating batteries into household appliances, starting with the stove. Our work has been funded by the Department of Energy, in an effort to reduce reliance on fossil fuels and increase energy resilience with products that are high-performance, safe, intuitive, and robust. As we build our team and pursue our mission, we do it with a strong sense of our core values because it's not just what you do, it's how you do it. You'll see this in high-level decisions, how we run meetings, our day-to-day work, hiring, and our interactions with customers and the broader community. We intend to have a massive impact on our team, our neighborhood, and the world.