Job Description
ViZn Energy Systems has an opening for a Sr. Electrical Engineer reporting to the Electrical Engineering Manager and this person must be able to work and reside in Montana. The qualified candidate will be a technical lead in a team of electrical engineers and technicians for system design for a battery storage system. This person will lead the design and development of a custom embedded hardware solution. This is a key technical position to help drive technology development and provide technical leadership to support Director and company initiatives.Qualified candidates will have a minimum of 5 years’ design experience with custom embedded hardware development. It is required to have a minimum of a Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering and experience with the development of a multiplexed system that includes custom PC boards. The successful candidate will have strong experience with analog and mixed signal circuit design, understanding of firmware design and logic along with good troubleshooting skills. Proven experience with engineering documentation and change control along with successful production release of products at a manufacturing company is required.You will work closely with mechanical, software, system, and battery engineering to implement the system. Interaction will also be with scientists, product management, and senior management. Level and compensation will be consistent with experience. Preference will be given to candidates who have prior experience in energy storage technology and have demonstrated successful multi-tasking.

Responsibilities and Primary Activities

Provide technical leadership for electrical engineering group consisting of engineers and technicians.

Responsible for embedded control system including system architecture, custom PC board development and system integration.

Responsible for custom battery management hardware development including next generation products.

Provide technical leadership to battery engineers to support battery controls and methodologies.

Manage outside contract engineering resources to support design projects including pc board schematics and layouts.

Oversee the design of electrical components based upon reliability, durability and cost requirements.

Ensure accuracy and maintenance of costed Bill of Materials to support overall system cost model.

Manage engineering documentation including schematics, drawings and specification sheets.

Create design requirements documents to support engineering and company goals.

Create test procedures to ensure product performance meets design requirements.

Work with suppliers to ensure components meet requirements.

Hands on with troubleshooting performance issues.

Create patent and other intellectual property disclosures.

Requirements

Minimum BS in Electrical Engineering.

Minimum of 5 years’ design experience with embedded control system development with power, analog and mixed signal circuit design and implementation.

Minimum of 3 years’ industry experience for a manufacturer of industrial equipment or relevant field doing similar work.

Good understanding of firmware design and logic along with good troubleshooting skills.

Proof of ability to live and work in the US and must reside in Montana.

Preferred Experience

Understanding of system design for high voltage (480 VAC), motor controls, heater controls, and overall system grounding is desirable

PCBA Design for industrial applications, DC-DC Converters, EMI Mitigation

Experience with battery management system design, electrochemical storage systems and/or fuel cells.

Knowledge of inverters and transformers (high power grid-based designs) is desirable.

Understanding of installation and troubleshooting of industrial equipment

Use of design tools like Altium, SolidWorks PCB, SolidWorks Electrical, SolidWorks Mechanical, Circuit Simulation Tools (SPICE)

Use of Product Data Management tools like SolidWorks PDM or Windchill

Preferred Skills/Attributes

Goal oriented and self-directed with ability to be technical lead to peers

Clear communicator (written and verbal)

Proven track record of working with a diverse and multi-faceted development team

Demonstrated work ethic consistent within a start-up atmosphere

Able to prioritize activities to accomplish tasks and meet deadlines

Hands-on

Application
If you meet these requirements, please forward a resume to: hr@viznenergy.com

ViZn Energy Systems, located in Columbia Falls MT, has a need for a Software Engineer II (Mid-level Software Engineer) for the design and development of large-scale energy storage flow batteries.

Job Description
ViZn Energy Systems is looking for highly capable and enthusiastic candidates to join the team on the development of a new line of energy storage products. This position is for a Mid-level Software Engineer reporting to the Software Engineering Manager. This person will assist the software design effort to develop and commercialize new energy storage products by providing programming to support Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) software development, automated testing, simulation, and deployment. It is required to have a minimum of 5 years of experience in OOP, API development, database design, and unit, functional, and integration testing. In addition, familiarity with containerization, cloud technologies, and CI/CD processes is required. This is a hands-on position with the need to develop/test software for equipment and requires the ability to work in and development simulation environments.
Close work with the team comprised of engineers, scientists, product management, and senior management will be required. Level and compensation will be consistent with experience. Preference will be given to candidates who have prior experience in energy storage technology and are demonstrated successful multi-taskers.

Responsibilities and Primary Activities

Write requirements, specifications, design artifacts, test plans, and verification reports.

Programming to support the development of applications, services, and APIs.

Programming to support the automated testing of applications, services, and APIs.

Programming to support the advancement of simulation environments.

Programming to support the containerization of applications, services, and APIs.

Work with outside contract engineering resources.

Maintain existing software, fixing bugs, and adding new features.

Manage software revisions and documentation.

Assist in troubleshooting performance issues for both hardware and software.

Perform software tests per test plans.

Work on a distributed team and provide clear written and verbal communication.

Create patent and other intellectual property disclosures.

Contribute to Next-Gen product team’s design effort.

Requirements

BS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

Minimum of 5 years’ experience writing quality software in an object-oriented programming language.

Minimum of 5 years’ experience writing and consuming APIs (SOAP, REST, RPC, etc.).

Minimum of 5 years’ experience designing and scripting SQL databases (SQL Server, MySQL, PostgresSQL, or equivalent).

Minimum of 5 years’ experience writing automated unit, functional, and integration tests.

Experience containerizing applications, services, and APIs.

Experience working in version control systems (GIT, TFVC, SVN, etc.).

Experience working in Agile DevOps systems (JIRA, Azure Devops, etc.).

Experience configuring and scripting CI/CD orchestration (Jenkins, Azure Devops, etc.).

Proof of ability to work in the US.

Preferred Experience

Experience writing software in .NET 6.

Experience with virtualization (VirtualBox, Hyper-V, VMWare).

Experience with encryption and authentication protocols (SSL/TLS, SASL, Kerberos, etc.).

Cloud hosting experience (Google Cloud Platform, AWS, Azure, Alibaba, etc.)

Familiar with protocol development including TCP, Http/1.1, Http/2, and Websockets.

Experience writing/configuring simulation environments for testing combined hardware/software systems.

Experience working for a manufacturing company.

Preferred Skills/Attributes

Goal oriented and self-directed.

Strong and clear communicator (written and verbal).

Strong individual contributor who is a team player when needed.

Proven track record of working with a diverse and multi-faceted development team.

Demonstrated work ethic consistent within a start-up atmosphere.

Able to prioritize activities to accomplish tasks and meet deadlines.

Application

If you meet these requirements, please forward a resume to: hr@viznenergy.com

ViZn Energy Systems is looking for a Laboratory Technician to join our team in Columbia Falls, Montana.

ViZn Energy is developing an environmentally sustainable and commercially viable flow battery with the ultimate goal of providing grid-scale renewable energy storage to markets around the world. This position is based on-site in our Columbia Falls, Montana headquarters. This area of Northwest Montana is home to Glacier National Park, Flathead Lake, Whitefish Mountain Resort, and many other world-class outdoor locations to suit the interests of nearly any outdoor recreationalist. We strive to maintain a healthy work-life balance so we can all enjoy the pleasures that this amazingly beautiful mountain location has to offer.

Job Responsibilities
· Supports the laboratory staff in our Applied Research/Chemistry Department by maintaining glassware, logs, and record books; troubleshooting and resolving problems and helping with special projects.
· Maintains glassware by picking-up, cleaning, washing, sterilizing, and distributing.
· Provides glassware by ordering, receiving and inventorying glassware.
· Keeps laboratory supplies ready by inventorying stock, preparing orders to be placed and verifying receipt of orders.
· Keeps equipment operating by following operating instructions, troubleshooting breakdowns, maintaining supplies, performing preventive maintenance, and calling for repairs with the ViZn facilities team.
· Documents information by maintaining daily logs and equipment record books as required.
· Resolves problems by examining and evaluating data and selecting corrective steps.
· Completes projects by assisting project team and attending and participating in group and project meetings.· Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities and reading technical publications.
· Enhances laboratory and organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests and exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.

ViZn Energy Systems offers a flexible work schedule to accommodate your school schedule. Normal operating hours are between 7:00am to 6:00pm, Monday to Friday. Occasional weekend project work is rare but a possibility from time-to-time. The Lab Tech Internship is a paid position. Pay rate is DOE and your qualifications.

Laboratory Technician Skills / Qualifications
· Familiarity with a lab environment
· Equipment calibration· Biohazard safety
· Sterilization
· Chemistry techniques are helpful
· Creating a safe, effective environment
· Chemistry and engineering teamwork
· Clinical lab testing preferred but not required
· Supply management
· Self-development

Education and Experience Requirements
· Associate’s degree in laboratory technician-related or engineering accredited program is helpful. Working toward your AA/AS is required.
· Basic computer knowledge (Word and Excel) and skills in lab information systems is desirable

Application
If you meet these requirements, please forward a resume to: hr@viznenergy.com