Job Description
A Battery Cell Engineer responsible for designing, testing, and optimizing next-generation battery cells using innovative materials, analyzing performance and failure modes, and supporting prototype development to advance battery technology for clean energy applications.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and execute test plans for multilayer and cylindrical battery cells, including novel component validation and full cell qualification.
- Apply data analysis, statistical methods, and modeling to interpret test results and optimize battery performance.
- Perform failure analysis on prototype and qualification cells to identify root causes of issues.
- Support the design and refinement of cell prototyping processes for internal and external development programs.
- Develop and integrate novel testing methodologies at material, electrode, and cell levels to improve performance evaluation.
Requirements
- Demonstrated hands-on expertise in the comprehensive performance evaluation of battery components including electrolytes, anodes, cathodes, foils, and separators and a proven ability to integrate novel components and innovations to optimize GED, cycle life, and safety tradeoffs.
- Proficiency in supporting stacked pouch and cylindrical prototype builds, conducting thorough failure analysis, and leveraging advanced data analysis, statistical methods, and modeling to inform design iterations and solve complex challenges.
- Ability to develop and execute comprehensive test plans for multilayer and cylindrical cells, from initial novel component integration and validation through full cell qualification, ensuring rigorous data collection for analysis.
- Experience applying advanced data analysis, statistical methods, and modeling techniques to interpret test results, predict performance, and inform design iterations.
- Experience performing thorough failure analysis on prototype cells and customer qualification units to identify root causes.
- Experience supporting the successful execution of internal and external development programs by designing and refining cell prototyping processes.
- Ability to actively develop and integrate novel testing capabilities and methodologies at the material, electrode, and cell levels to enhance performance evaluation and accelerate learning cycles.
- Solid understanding of battery performance and failure mechanisms, including electrolyte degradation, material and cell-level swell, and lithium plating.
- Solid experience with characterization and integration of novel battery components.
- Experience with data analysis and modeling related to battery performance.
- Experience with cell prototyping.
- Ability to carefully plan and implement multiple projects simultaneously.
- A B.S. degree in engineering or science and at least 8 years of relevant experience, or a related degree with fewer years of experience.
Benefits & Perks
Compensation/salary range: $151,000 to $191,000
Work environment perks: Onsite work
Additional benefits: Part of a competitive Total Rewards package that can include benefits, perks, and equity
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