# Senior Engineer, R&D Test Engineering at Sila Nanotechnologies

- Company: Sila Nanotechnologies
- What the company does: The modern silicon anode was invented and scaled by Sila. Titan Silicon delivers 20% more energy density for batteries powering millions of devices…. Backed by Bessemer.
- Company website: https://silanano.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Alameda, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-29
- Apply by: 2026-11-23
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/silananotechnologies/jobs/8239873?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/sila-nanotechnologies-senior-engineer-r-and-d-test-engineering/

## About the role

We're seeking an experienced, hands-on R&D Test Engineer with an aptitude and desire for learning new things and making experiments happen. This position will put you at the forefront of Sila’s hardware and process development efforts, with a focus on leading, designing, executing, and analyzing experiments on lab and pilot scale equipment as part of a growing, dynamic test engineering team. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Exceptional laboratory testing aptitude. Intuition for what will work and ability to execute quickly and effectively
- Experience conducting or leading experimental R&D projects
- Demonstrated experience with complex reactive or thermo-mechanical systems like reactors, generators, catalytic systems, flow cells, or similar machines/processes
- Understanding and proven application of mechanical, process, and materials engineering principles: heat, flow, structures, thermodynamics, kinetics, and materials
- Experience with data analysis and sufficient language knowledge, or polyglotism, to navigate data platforms in Python
- Experience with developing and deploying new instrumentation and measurement systems

Tags: Applied R&D

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