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About the Role
As a Systems Engineer at Gradient, you will validate design changes to our heat pumps, including firmware features, alternate supplier parts, and hardware fixes. You will plan and run tests, report on whether changes meet design requirements, and coordinate with outside test labs and suppliers.
Responsibilities
- Translate system and engineering requirements into test plans with clear, measurable pass/fail criteria.
- Set up and run tests in the lab, including instrumenting units, configuring data acquisition, and operating environmental test equipment.
- Analyze test data and write concise reports explaining whether requirements were met, supporting conclusions with evidence, and recommending next steps.
- Validate firmware features, hardware changes, supplier component changes, and fixes for issues.
- Review supplier change requests and alternate components by comparing specifications and identifying potential impacts.
- Coordinate third-party testing from scope through completion.
- Maintain traceability among requirements, test plans, results, part numbers, and engineering changes.
- Document work in Gradient's shared engineering systems, including Confluence, Jira, and Arena.
- Help build and maintain test fixtures and laboratory equipment.
- Learn across engineering disciplines and take on increasingly broad technical ownership.
Requirements
- BS in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Systems Engineering, Physics, or another related technical field.
- 0–2 years of experience in hardware testing, validation, product development, or related technical work.
- Experience with LabVIEW for test execution or data acquisition.
- Hands-on experience building, testing, instrumenting, debugging, or analyzing physical systems.
- Experience collecting and analyzing data using instrumentation, sensors, data-acquisition tools, multimeters, or similar equipment.
- Ability to approach a technical problem systematically.
- Ability to analyze test data and communicate findings clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Demonstrated ability to collaborate with people from different technical backgrounds.
- Curiosity and willingness to learn unfamiliar technical areas.
- Initiative and demonstrated ownership through academic, extracurricular, internship, research, or professional experiences.
- Organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to keep multiple focused projects moving.
- Ability to work primarily onsite in San Francisco, travel occasionally to test labs and suppliers, and lift up to 50 lbs.
Skills
- LabVIEW
- MATLAB
- Python
- HVAC
- Refrigeration
- Heat pumps
- Electromechanical products
- Thermodynamics
- Heat transfer
- Environmental chamber testing
- Verification and validation
- Requirements traceability
- DFMEA
- Design of experiments
- Basic statistics/sample sizing
- UL/CSA 60335
- Arena
- Jira
- Confluence
- CAD
- SolidWorks
- EPA Section 608 certification
Location
- San Francisco
Work Type
- In-person
- Onsite
- Remote flexibility
- Occasional travel
Experience Level
- 0-2 years
Education Level
- BS in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Systems Engineering, Physics, or another related technical field.
Salary/Compensations
- $85,000-$105,000
Benefits
- Equity
- Medical/vision/dental/life/disability insurance
- 401k
- Paid parental leave
- Professional Development Stipend
- Commuter benefits
- Flexible PTO
About the Company
- Gradient is committed to building a diverse and inclusive company.
- We seek to create a culture where everyone can belong because we believe that people do their best work when they can show up every day as their authentic selves.
- We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives.
Equal Opportunity
- Gradient is an equal opportunity employer.
- We do not make hiring or employment decisions on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or genetic information, in compliance with applicable federal, state and local law.