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# Manufacturing Quality Engineer at Peak Energy

- **Company:** Peak Energy
- **Location:** Burlingame, CA
- **Posted:** 2026-04-15
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-04
- **Apply:** https://peakenergy.com/get-in-touch/careers/jobs?job_id=5076602007&gh_jid=5076602007

## Job description

Peak Energy

Job Title: Manufacturing Quality Engineer

Location: Burlingame, CA

Department: ESS Manufacturing Engineering

Reports to: VP Manufacturing

Position Type: Full-time

## About Peak Energy

Peak Energy is the first American venture to advance globally proven Sodium-Ion battery systems as the storage standard for the new era of renewable energy on a resilient grid.

Sodium-Ion is cheap, readily available and safe, making it the leading contender in a rapidly evolving market.

Our leadership team is powered by decades of expertise in scaling gigawatt-level innovation at world-class companies such as Tesla, Northvolt, SunPower, Fluence, and Enovix. We are backed by strategic investment and product partners such as TDK Ventures and Eclipse Ventures.

We are a team of engineers, operators, entrepreneurs, and partners driven by a shared ambition to set the new performance standard for renewable energy and grid resilience.

## About the Role - Manufacturing Quality Engineer

Peak Energy is looking for a Manufacturing Quality Engineer to establish and lead quality engineering at Peak Energy from the ground up. The Manufacturing Quality Engineer will be responsible for establishing foundational quality systems, driving PFMEA and in-process quality controls, and managing supplier and incoming component quality. They will work closely with engineering, operations, and leadership to define the standards and processes that ensure our battery systems are safe, reliable, and ready for customer deployment.

## What You'll Do (Responsibilities)

- Conduct rapid assessments of current build processes, failure modes, and risk areas, identifying the highest-priority gaps in quality and safety coverage.
- Own and continuously improve the PFMEA process with cross functional review and approval.
- Establish an IQC framework, develop supplier qualification criteria, and begin laying the groundwork and systems for supplier quality.
- Collaborate closely with design and engineering to surface high-risk product failure modes early, bringing quality thinking into design reviews before issues become build problems.
- Define control, verification, and sampling plans to ensure part quality meets requirements in both development and on-going production.
- Define and track key quality metrics; drive corrective and preventive action (CAPA) processes.
- Advocate for quality in a fast-paced, production-driven environment.
- Build the quality organization as the company scales.
- Drive field investigations and customer-facing quality responses.

What You'll Bring (Qualifications):

- 5+ years of quality engineering experience, ideally in battery, EV, power electronics, or adjacent hardware manufacturing.
- Hands-on experience running or contributing to PFMEA processes, with strong working knowledge of RPN prioritization and risk mitigation strategies.
- Experience establishing quality systems in an early-stage or resource-constrained environment.
- Familiarity with battery-specific failure modes (cell-level, pack-level, thermal, BMS-related).
- Experience leading field failure investigations, including root cause analysis, cross-functional problem solving, and solution implementation.
- Working knowledge of IQC processes and supplier quality management.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to influence without authority and navigate tradeoffs between quality and speed.
- Eligible to work in the U.S.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Experience shipping a product from prototype phase through to customer deployment.
- Exposure to relevant standards (ISO 9001, IATF 16949, UL, IEC 62133, UN 38.3).
- Familiarity with safety risk assessment frameworks for battery production environments.
- Experience building and leading a quality team.

Peak Energy is committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We strongly encourage women, people of color, and individuals from underrepresented groups to apply. We value skills, potential, and perspective over specific credentials. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t look perfect on paper, we still want to hear from you.

Our Core Values

- Speed Through Focus - Move fast but understand why. Focus on the goal, don't sacrifice quality.
- Mission Over Self - It's about the greater good; confident humility. Take ownership and accountability.
- Face the Brutal Truth - Transparency, honesty, big picture curiosity. Fearless decision making.
- Be a Good Person - Kindness, collaboration and teamwork.

## Compensation & Benefits

The salary range for this role is $140,000-$200,000, with actual pay varying based on work location, experience, and skills. Our competitive benefits package includes:

- Flexible time off
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Strong 401(k) plan
- Equity opportunities
- Many great work perks

Join us to thrive in a supportive environment while making a meaningful impact in the energy sector!

At Peak Energy Technologies Inc., we believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace makes us a more capable, innovative, and competitive company. We welcome people who represent diversity in their backgrounds, ethnicities, cultures, and experiences. Peak Energy Technologies Inc. is an equal opportunity employer, aiming to reach our company’s full potential by cultivating an inclusive workforce. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ancestry, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, citizenship, marital or family status, disability, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other legally protected status.

## About Peak Energy

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Peak Energy designs and deploys next-generation sodium-ion energy storage systems for grid-scale and AI data center applications, offering the world’s first fully passive, drop-in compatible battery storage solution.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series A – $55M raised in June 2024)
- **Headquarters**: Burlingame, California, USA
- **Founded**: 2023
- **Founders**: Landon Mossburg (CEO), Paul Durkee (CTO), Brandon Kelly (Chief Scientist)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Energy storage / Battery technology / Grid infrastructure
- **Target customers**: Utilities, Independent Power Producers (IPPs), AI data center operators, grid operators (B2B, enterprise)
- **Mission or purpose**: Deliver the lowest cost electron to the grid, enabling the next era of AI, electrification, and renewable power through abundant, reliable, and domestically manufactured energy storage.

## Products & Services
- **Peak Passive Grid‑Scale Storage System**: A sodium‑ion battery energy storage system (BESS) designed for 20+ year life with zero scheduled maintenance, no augmentation, and passive thermal management. Drop‑in compatible with existing BESS installations, requiring no new installation crews or EMS integration playbooks. Achieves higher round‑trip efficiency (more power to GPUs) and lower total cost of ownership (claimed $75/kWh savings through minimal opex). Fully 48E ITC compliant. Deployed in partnership with nine of the largest U.S. IPPs and utilities.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total funding of **$65M** ($10M seed in October 2023, $55M Series A in June 2024)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Investors not publicly named; key partners include **GM** (partnership to scale next-gen energy storage), **Jupiter Power** (4.75 GWh contract signed November 2025), and nine of the largest IPPs/utilities in the U.S.
- **Growth Signals**:
  - First grid‑scale sodium‑ion system deployed in Colorado (August 2025) – world’s first passively cooled system.
  - Over 10 months of operating deployments; 9‑customer pilot completed.
  - **6+ GWh contracted through 2030** (including 4.75 GWh with Jupiter Power).
  - Scaling plan: 5 deployments in 2026, 1 GWh in 2027; U.S. factory (4 GWh capacity) planned for Q1 2027 SOP.
  - Signed agreement to deploy MISO’s first sodium‑ion grid storage battery (March 2026).

## Competitive Advantages
- **Lowest total cost of ownership** – passive cooling eliminates fan/chiller failures, no scheduled maintenance, no augmentation, reducing opex significantly.
- **Sodium‑ion chemistry** – uses abundant, domestically available materials, reducing supply chain risk and improving safety.
- **Drop‑in compatibility** – works with existing BESS infrastructure, lowering adoption barriers for utilities and IPPs.
- **Vertically integrated U.S. manufacturing** – from cell to delivered project, strengthening domestic supply chain and creating jobs.
- **Proven reliability** – 99.999% uptime target; operating deployments since mid‑2025.

## Strategic Focus
- **Scale up manufacturing** – build a 4 GWh U.S. factory (2027) and expand deployment pipeline toward 1 GWh/year.
- **Target AI data centers** – collapse 4‑7 year interconnect queues by providing immediate, reliable power for GPU clusters (claims 441 trillion additional tokens/year over 20‑year project life).
- **Long‑term integration** – eventually move into generation, transmission, and distribution (phase 3 strategy post‑2028).
- **Deepen utility/IPP partnerships** – continue signing long‑term offtake contracts (already 6+ GWh through 2030).

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & values**: “Be a good Person” is a core value; emphasis on purpose‑driven work, solving foundational energy problems, and moving fast with real‑world impact.
- **Benefits**: Comprehensive medical/dental/vision, 401(k) with company match, flexible PTO, generous parental leave, employer‑paid life/disability/income protection, mental health & wellness programs, free lunches, pet‑friendly offices, free EV charging (Burlingame office), cell phone reimbursement, commuter benefits.
- **Locations**: Offices in Burlingame (CA) and Denver (CO); hybrid/remote policy not explicitly stated but on‑site presence expected for engineering and manufacturing roles.
- **Growth trajectory**: Headcount has doubled over the past year; company is in rapid scaling phase (from pilot to commercial deployments). Open roles include engineering, manufacturing, finance, and sales (27+ positions listed on Greenhouse and LinkedIn as of mid‑2026).
- **Team**: Core team assembled from Tesla, Northvolt, Enovix, Lyft, Uber, Solid Power; strong technical depth in battery and energy systems.

## Sources
1. [peakenergy.com – About](https://peakenergy.com/company/about)
2. [peakenergy.com – Careers](https://peakenergy.com/get-in-touch/careers)
3. [LinkedIn – Peak Energy](https://www.linkedin.com/company/peakenergytech)
4. [CB Insights – Peak Energy](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/peak-energy-2)
5. [PR Newswire – Peak Signs 4.75 GWh Contract with Jupiter Power (Nov 2025)](https://peakenergy.com/)
6. [PR Newswire – Peak Signs Agreement to Deploy MISO’s First Sodium-Ion Grid Storage Battery (Mar 2026)](https://peakenergy.com/)
7. [Bloomberg – Peak Energy Secures $55 Million (Mar 2026)](https://peakenergy.com/)

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