About ALSO.

We’re ALSO, an electric mobility company originally conceived as a part of Rivian. We’re a passionate team of builders, dreamers, doers and innovators, focused on creating entirely new (not to mention, innovative and delightful) vertically integrated, small EVs designed to meet the global mobility challenges of today and tomorrow. Our mission is to inspire everyone to ride ALSO—replacing many local car, truck and SUV miles with ones on vehicles that are more affordable, more enjoyable and 10-50x more efficient.

ALSO is looking for a Staff Test and Validation Engineer to lead the development and execution of testing strategies to validate the performance, reliability, and compliance of electrical systems.

What You Will Do

• Join a cross functional team with the mission of developing a new light electric vehicle product line.

• Work with Electrical, FW and Integration teams to support hardware development workflow.

• Develop and execute test plans and test procedures for electrical module vehicles.

• Collaborate with cross functional peers including system, hardware, software, controls, mechanical and thermal engineers to ensure that testing meets all design and performance requirements.

• Analyze test results and provide clear and concise test reports and potentially root causing issues and providing recommendations for resolution.

• Taking ownership of test and validation platforms ensures they are the right fit for the purpose, and they comply with high level company standards.

• Drive test hardware and automation development with contract manufacturers supporting MP.

• Document and maintain requirements and validation status in requirements management tools.

What You Will Bring

• 5+ Year track record of electrical engineering accomplishments, curiosity, continual learning and “system level” thinking.

• Excellent Collaboration, communication and influencing skills.

• Experience working in small to medium size teams or projects that provide exposure to a broad set of technical challenges.

• Strong background in hardware testing automation tools.

• Ability to define DVP&R and create detailed test cases and plans.

• Experience in electrical hardware debugging, and failure and root cause analysis.

• Proficiency with common protocols and their HW implementation (CAN, USB, SPI, I2C, SENT, LIN…)

• A hands-on experience in an electrical engineering lab environment using scopes, proves, multimeters, and power supplies.

• Basic knowledge of common analog and digital EE systems, MCU platforms, sensors, control theory, and embedded software.

• Experience with circuit analysis and simulation tools and have basic circuit modeling skills.

• Comfortable working in power electronics environments, including low voltage power supplies (1kW+), electronic loads, batteries, etc…

• Accomplishments in taking new products through mass production launches.

• Formal Electrical Engineering education, B.S. minimum, higher education preferred.

Why ALSO.

We’re passionate about helping the world find a better way to get there—wherever it is you’re headed.

We’re located in the heart of Silicon Valley and have brought together a world-class team from some of the biggest brands in the technology, automotive, cycling, outdoor recreation and retail spaces.

Together we’re working hands-on to imagine, design and build an entirely new solution to a global set of transportation challenges.

The salary for this position ranges from $220,000 to $255,000 per year, depending on experience and qualifications.

Perks and Benefits

• Robust health coverage. Excellent health, dental and vision insurance covered up to 100% by ALSO with FSA & HSA options.

• One Medical membership and dedicated insurance advocates.

• Rich fertility and family building benefits with Progyny.

• Flexible time off.

• 401(k) match.