# Software Validation Engineer, Energy Storage at Redwood Materials

- Company: Redwood Materials
- What the company does: Redwood Materials is building the U.S. stockpile of critical materials and deploying large-scale energy storage systems that power data centers and the nation’s grid.
- Company website: https://www.redwoodmaterials.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-08-07
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://boards.greenhouse.io/redwoodmaterials/jobs/6139226004?gh_jid=6139226004
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/redwood-materials-software-validation-engineer-energy-storage/

## About the role

As a Software Validation Engineer , you are the bridge between pure code and physical reality. You will design and maintain the environments—Software-in-the-Loop (SIL) and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL)—that allow us to stress-test our power electronics and site controllers. Your mission is to build the automated frameworks that catch edge cases before they hit the field, ensuring every product we ship meets the highest standards of reliability.

## What they're looking for

- Validation Environment Design: Architect and scale our SIL and HIL environments (using platforms like Typhoon HIL, Opal-RT, or similar) to provide high-fidelity simulations of battery assets and grid conditions
- Test Automation Frameworks: Lead the development of automated test suites in Python . You will transition our validation processes from manual intervention to a fully automated, scalable framework
- V&V Strategy: Define and execute comprehensive Verification and Validation (V&V) plans, ensuring all software requirements for the site controller and embedded power electronics are met under normal and fault conditions
- CI/CD Integration: Integrate automated HIL/SIL testing into our CI/CD pipelines , providing real-time feedback to the development teams and serving as the final gate for production-ready code
- Hardware-in-the-Loop Interfacing: Design custom interface hardware and wiring for HIL benches, bridging physical I/O from our controllers to simulated power stages
- Root Cause Analysis: Work closely with the firmware and systems teams to debug complex failures found during validation, using logic analyzers, oscilloscopes, and telemetry logs to pinpoint issues

Tags: Engineering & Technology