Job Description
This internship involves developing and optimizing slurry formulations and coating processes for high-energy lithium-ion batteries, utilizing experimental and modeling techniques to improve electrode materials and battery performance within a collaborative research environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop slurry and coating recipes through iterative design processes.
- Plan and execute experiments to assess the impact of slurry formulation and cell processing on electrode and cell performance.
- Understand and explain the relationship between electrode components and electrochemical performance.
- Build and operationalize new processes, instrumentation, and analytics related to slurry and coating.
- Identify safety hazards and implement safety improvements.
Requirements
- Minimum of 6 months prior experience working full-time in academic and/or industrial research development environments, with battery-related experience considered a plus.
- Academic focus or expertise in chemistry, chemical engineering, polymer science, physics, materials science, mechanical engineering, or a related field.
- Proficiency with experimental design methods and statistical data analysis.
- Strong commitment to thoroughly document procedures, results, and learnings using top-tier organizational practices.
- Familiarity and engagement with best practices for collaborative problem-solving, such as sharing knowledge and ideas with peers, and formulating strategies to overcome technical challenges.
- Familiarity with formal methods, such as failure modes effects analysis, is a plus.
- Ability to spend a minimum of 6 months onsite at Sila, beginning in June 2026, to work exclusively on assigned projects.
- Wearing personal protective equipment including, but not limited to, a lab coat, gloves, safety glasses, and steel toe safety shoes.
- Precise and repetitive handling of a range of material quantities.
- Ability to operate analytical equipment at a lab bench and use a glove box and/or fume hood to prepare samples.
- Ability to operate a computer and other office equipment, such as a laptop, copier, and printer, in a fixed location.
- Ability to move items weighing up to 50 lbs with the assistance of lift equipment and carts.
- Ability to reach low shelves or items on the floor and move long distances such as from building to building.
- Physical capacity to be stationary for extended periods of time.
Benefits & Perks
Compensation/salary range: $25/hr to $39/hr, with potential for overtime
Work schedule: Minimum 6 months onsite at Sila, beginning in June 2026
Work environment perks: Use of personal protective equipment, operation of analytical equipment, movement of items up to 50 lbs, use of glove box and fume hood, ability to move long distances within the facility
Additional benefits: Competitive Total Rewards package including benefits, perks, and equity, inclusive and diverse work environment
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