Electrical Lead - Validation Lab

Role: Electrical Lead – Validation Lab

Department: New Product Development Location: Bengaluru, India Experience: 5-10 Years

Your Team:

You'll be working with New Product Development — a group that runs on coffee and an infectious passion for building products that have never been built before. Our Flexible Energy Stack consists of the e^pack (battery pack) and e^pump (charging station), which unlock 15-minute rapid charging.

Our philosophy:

Break stuff, break assumptions, break the thumb rule.

Believe in the team, the process, and through failures.

Build fast, build passionately, build to simplify.

What you’ll own:

The Electrical Lead owns electrical validation of batteries, chargers and vehicle-level electrical systems end to end – and leads the team of hardware test engineers who execute it. You will be technically hands-on, set priorities across parallel programs, and thrive in a fast-moving startup where plans change weekly and the team is expected to adapt quickly.

What you’ll do:

Technical ownership

• Own DVP&R planning and execution for battery packs, BMS hardware, chargers, wiring harnesses and electrical sub-systems.
• Translate product requirements and standards (AIS-156, AIS-038 Rev 2, AIS-048, IS 17017, IEC 61851, CMVR) into test plans, acceptance criteria and lab capacity.
• Review test data and reports; sign off on test results and drive root-cause analysis (8D, fishbone, 5-Why) with design, firmware and suppliers.
• Support certification and homologation testing with ARAI/ICAT and NABL labs – test witness, documentation and closure of observations.
• Drive supplier qualification testing for all components sourced for e^ products.
• Define lab infrastructure needs – equipment, fixtures, safety systems – and own HV safety practices in the lab.

People & execution

• Lead, mentor and grow a team of hardware test engineers and technicians; set goals, run reviews and build skills.
• Run the team in an agile way – weekly sprint planning, daily stand-ups, visible test trackers, quick re-prioritisation.
• Balance capacity across multiple programs; flag risks and trade-offs early to program managers and leadership.
• Build a culture of ownership, safety, clean documentation and fast feedback.
• Participate in hiring and onboarding for the team.

What you’ll bring:

• Education qualification
• B.E./B.Tech (M.Tech a plus) in Electrical, Electronics or EEE.
• 6–10 years in EV / automotive electrical validation, with deep hands-on experience in batteries/BMS and chargers.
• 2+ years of direct people management – leading engineers, assigning work, conducting performance reviews.
• Strong command of HV safety, battery and charger test methods, CAN diagnostics and lab instrumentation.
• Proven experience delivering DVP&R and supporting homologation in the Indian regulatory context.
• Comfortable with agile / sprint-based ways of working and changing priorities.
• Clear communicator with design, firmware, quality, supplier and leadership teams.

Good to Have

• Experience setting up a validation lab or scaling a test team.
• Exposure to DFMEA, functional safety (ISO 26262) concepts, and test automation.
• Experience working in a startup or high-growth environment.

What Success Looks Like (First 6 Months)

• All active electrical DVPs have owners, schedules and live trackers.
• Team runs on a predictable sprint rhythm with visible throughput.
• Certification tests for the current program cleared without major repeat runs.

What matters to us:

• Quality of work
• Structured problem-solving
• Dissatisfaction with mediocre work
• Ability to multi-task and handle a dynamic working environment
• Resilient attitude to bounce back after failing