Systems Test Technician

Our Mission

SPAN develops products that accelerate the rapid adoption of renewable energy in the home. The flagship SPAN Smart Panel is the first true evolution for the traditional home electric panel, harnessing enhanced technology for metering, monitoring, and control. An expanded product suite of intelligent, integrated solutions radically lowers the cost and complexity of energy upgrades–including solar, batteries and EVs–empowering homeowners to be active, resilient and informed players in the energy market. 

The Role

The Team

Span’s Systems Engineering team is a cross-functional team that supports the Span engineering organization across the board. We are responsible for Span’s lab space and physical test infrastructure, run hardware and software tests, and create hardware and software for automated testing. As part of Systems Engineering you’ll get to work with teams across the company, and will get to work with a high degree of autonomy and ownership.

Role

As one of the first dedicated engineering technicians on the Span team, we will look to you for a variety of hands-on tasks, from assembling prototypes to building test rigs to running tests. You’ll help us design and build our next-generation lab; build and test prototypes for new products; and generally support the engineering team.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Designing + building mechanical test fixtures and electrical test setups for the Span lab
• Building test harnesses, assembling PCBAs, or putting together prototypes
• Running hardware tests (thermal, reliability, etc.); moving and setting up equipment and materials between Span and third-party test houses
• Helping set up the Span test lab, organizing materials and tools, and otherwise maintaining order
• Customer and field support as needed

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in a fast-paced engineering development environment
• Extensive hands-on experience with electrical systems
• High degree of skill at soldering & electrical rework
• Ability to operate and maintain a wide variety of hand and power tools, shop tools, and lab equipment
• Ability to design and construct test fixtures (80/20 and otherwise)
• Comfort reading + building from electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, and harness drawings
• Strong interpersonal and communications skills
• Remain engaged, proactive and positive in tough circumstances, owning assignments and taking full accountability for their success
• Positive attitude, eagerness to learn and ability to change direction quickly

Bonus Qualifications

• Experience with high voltage / high power systems
• Experience with home electrical wiring
• Familiarity with electrical code (NEC / UL 508)
• Experience using electrical instrumentation (DMM, oscilloscope, logic analyzer)
• Experience with surface mount soldering and/or reflow soldering
• Experience using 3D CAD (Solidworks) and rapid prototyping tools (3D printer, laser cutter)
• Experience and/or interest in test, control, and data acquisition equipment and software (LabView, Python)
• Comfort with Atlassian Suite (Jira, Confluence)
• Familiarity with fabricators, prototype houses, machine shops etc. in the Bay Area
• Experience outsourcing work, hiring and managing contractors, supervising projects
• First aid / AED / CPR training

Life at SPAN

SPAN embraces diversity and equal opportunity in a serious way. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. 

Headquartered in San Francisco’s vibrant SoMa neighborhood, we are an eclectic group of creative thinkers who value open communication, teamwork, and a ‘make it happen’ approach to addressing complex challenges. 

Our CEO, Arch Rao⁠—former head of the Tesla Powerwall team⁠—fosters an energetic and collaborative environment, with a strong emphasis on maintaining work-life-balance across the organization.

We’re hiring talented individuals who are driven by success and are passionate about shaping the future of renewable energy. If that sounds like you, we’d love for you to consider joining the rapidly growing team at SPAN.

The Perks:

⚡ Competitive compensation + equity grants at a well-funded, venture-backed company

⚡ Comprehensive benefits (including medical; dental, vision, life and disability insurance)

⚡ Comfortable, sunny office space located near BART and Caltrain public transit

⚡ Strong focus on teambuilding and company culture (events, meet-ups, clubs)

⚡ Flexible hours and unlimited PTO

Our Mission & Values:

At SPAN, we believe that powering your home with clean energy should be a simple and delightful experience that is at its essence human-centered and technology-forward.

Our core values include:

• Making home energy more accessible, intuitive, and convenient.
• Enabling homes and vehicles to be powered by the sun.
• Building resilient homes with reliable power.
• All-electric everything.
• A more flexible & distributed grid.

Interested in joining our team? Submit an application today and we’ll be in touch with next steps!