Senior Heat-to-Power System Test Technician | Antora Energy | Sunnyvale, CA

Operate and maintain Heat-to-Power’s high-temperature test platforms at Antora’s R&D facility. The primary function of this role is test technician: hands-on setup, maintenance, and instrumentation of electrical discharge prototypes that generate the data driving Heat-to-Power development. A secondary function is test operator, running and monitoring campaigns (including unattended and overnight runs within defined limits), with an engineer on call for decisions outside those limits.

Roles & Responsibilities

• After training, independently set up, operate, monitor, shut down, and disassemble high-temperature test campaigns, including unattended and overnight operation within defined limits.
• Maintain and prepare the test rigs: mechanical assembly and disassembly, instrumentation (thermocouples, RTDs, pyrometers), gas and cooling systems, and DAQ and controls hardware.
• Keep tools test-ready and track maintenance. Track and manage consumables, spare parts, and instrumentation inventory; flag reorder needs proactively and maintain accurate records to avoid test delays.
• Collect, validate, and deliver post-test datasets used in design iteration, performance evaluation, and reliability analysis.
• Troubleshoot issues across sensors, thermal systems, mechanical assemblies, controls, and data acquisition. Know when to handle it and when to escalate to the on-call engineer.
• Recognize off-nominal or non-physical behavior during operation and respond within defined safety and operating limits.
• Produce and update test procedures, run logs, safety documentation, and post-test summaries.
• Communicate clearly through documentation, plots, and technical discussion with engineers across disciplines.
• Operate complex experimental systems safely and with discipline, given elevated temperatures and electrical power.
• Support implementation of hardware, instrumentation, or procedural improvements that increases test reliability, repeatability, or usability.

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