Senior Systems Engineer

About Liminal Insights

Liminal’s mission is to accelerate the clean energy transition by improving the cost, quality, and reliability of battery manufacturing. We do this by providing customers with better analytics and insights during production. Our breakthrough EchoStat® platform uses ultrasound and machine learning technology to supply customers with the information needed to accelerate production ramp-up, improve productivity and reliability, and detect critical defects early. Liminal has active product evaluations with major cell manufacturers and EV OEMs, and is on track to close multiple $M deployment contracts for commercial cell production in 2023.

Our Culture and Values

• We are dedicated to building a world-class, world-positive company.
• We work closely on a foundation of mutual trust and informed decisions.
• Our core values are trust, empathy, and curiosity.
• We encourage personal growth, continuous learning, and safety.
• We believe the most innovative teams are inclusive of and celebrate all forms of diversity.

Role

As a senior systems engineer at Liminal you will join a passionate, nimble team of engineers creating cutting-edge battery inspection equipment. You will be an integral part of our team helping guide the specifications for and design of our complex systems.

On a typical day you may:

• Create design specification documentation for new technology.
• Interface with vendors/design firms to discuss development projects, weigh design tradeoffs, and bring that information back to the broader team.
• Answer questions about current systems by both using your knowledge of the system and talking with/gathering information from relevant parties.
• Develop control limits for system parameters using system level knowledge and data analysis skills.
• Communicate findings and challenges with a wide variety of team members including stakeholders in technical, leadership, and business teams.
• Determine optimal system configurations with our engineering team and document decisions in a way that is accessible to all stakeholders.

You are a team player and enjoy solving problems and diving deep into details. You are interested in multidisciplinary work and are excited by learning from others. You are comfortable gathering information and driving the direction of open ended projects. The ideal candidate will approach this work with a mixture of intellectual curiosity, thoughtful creativity, and methodical rigor.

Responsibilities

• Define and validate specifications for the full lifecycle of our systems including design, operation, maintainability, and decommissioning.
• Analyze customer requirements alongside our Product Management team, build up a deep understanding of the problem, and translate these into solutions that are clearly detailed in measurable system requirements.
• Build system models and determine specifications. Work across Data Science, Software, and Hardware teams to inform and validate these models and specifications.
• Create automated tools for the Hardware team to execute test routines where applicable.
• Assess quantitative and qualitative data from experimentation to validate specifications using common analysis tools.

Requirements

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (STEM) or related fields and 5+ years experience in Systems Engineering or related field.
• Effective communication skills including good presentation skills and the ability to communicate across technical, Commercial, and Leadership teams.
• Deep understanding of electromechanical principles and system design.
• Knowledge of experimental design techniques.
• Experience designing, executing, and interpreting data from experiments.
• Experience with data analysis software (Python is preferred).

Nice to haves

• Experience with ultrasound systems including transducers and associated electronics.
• Experience with metrology or inspection equipment.
• Experience with integrating complex systems into a manufacturing line.
• Experience with Solidworks or similar CAD programs.
• Familiarity with PLC logic and programming.
• Working knowledge of Linux systems.
• Familiarity with Python data stack (Numpy, Scipy, Pandas).
• Experience communicating with and programming electromechanical devices.

Benefits

• Annual salary of $149,000 to $169,000 plus stock options, based on skill level and experience, to help you and your family build a healthy and secure future.
• Group health benefi