Job Description
The SES AI Hermes team is seeking an exceptional Battery Product Development Leader to specialize in customer-facing product development across electrochemistry, materials science, and next-generation battery platform design.
Key Responsibilities
- Customer & Program Leadership
- Lead key OEM customer programs and serve as the primary technical interface between the customer, R&D, manufacturing, and quality teams.
- Develop and manage the technical roadmap for next-generation battery platforms, ensuring alignment with customer requirements and business strategy.
- Drive cross-functional alignment to seamlessly integrate R&D outputs into manufacturable and scalable solutions.
- Category (e.g., Model Optimization & Implementation)
- Oversee the entire product lifecycle, from initial concept to customer testing and validation, ensuring product quality and manufacturability.
- Spearhead process and product optimization efforts, including DOE (Design of Experiments) design and comprehensive failure analysis to scale technology from the lab to prototype.
- Apply deep expertise in electrochemical engineering, materials chemistry, and interfacial science to solve complex product development challenges.
- Strategy & Execution
- Translate next-generation battery concepts into clear, implementable, and manufacturable solutions suitable for mass production and client delivery.
Requirements
- Industry Profile: Previous experience as a Senior Product Manager or Technical Program Director at major battery manufacturers or automotive R&D centers.
- Process Scaling: Specific experience in process and product optimization for high-volume manufacturing environments.
- System-Level Integration: Experience integrating validated battery components into larger system-level innovations.
- The salary range for this position as required under applicable pay transparency laws.
- Salary Range
- $180,000
- —
- $200,000 USD
Benefits & Perks
- A highly competitive salary and robust benefits package, including comprehensive health coverage and an attractive equity/stock options program within our NYSE-listed company.
- The opportunity to contribute directly to a meaningful scientific project—accelerating the global energy transition—with a clear and broad public impact.
- Work in a dynamic, collaborative, and innovative environment at the intersection of AI and material science, driving the next generation of battery technology.
- Significant opportunities for professional growth and career development as you work alongside leading experts in AI, R&D, and engineering.
- Access to state-of-the-art facilities and proprietary technologies are used to discover and deploy AI-enhanced battery solutions.
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