Battery R&D Scientist
📋 Role Overview & Responsibilities
NextGen Battery Technologies, LLC is developing a high-voltage, high energy density, solid-state lithium battery architecture that outperforms current industry standards of safety and energy density.
Our vision is to be an innovative and productive developer of high-value, market-changing battery materials and systems, while creating for its colleagues an atmosphere of enthusiasm, creativity, and teamwork.
Our mission is to develop and market directly or in consort with others, high performance battery materials targeting high value markets, along with integrating our materials into cells and battery systems.
We have successfully leveraged our resources since initiation through collaboration with other entities with whom we share a community of interest, in effect partnering to address performance goals or “pain areas” vital to their market and economic interests.
We are seeking a talented technical leader to play an important role in the continued execution of our technology development strategy.
NextGen Battery Technologies offers a competitive salary and benefits package for this position.
To learn more about us please visit our Website:https://nextgbtech.com
Responsibilities:This self-starting individual will have a good understanding of electrochemistry and the desire to use it in an R&D context.
The role will include coordination with internal technical development staff and external partners to further refine and advance the company's cathode and electrolyte, along with translating these materials to solutions to address customer needs.
As a technical representative of the company, the Battery R&D Scientist will also develop relationships with potential technical partners and collaborators, including government agency program managers and industry technical staff, regarding new programs and potential commercial relationships.
This objective may be supplemented by attendance at industry conferences, presenting and/or publishing papers, and identification of opportunities and preparation of proposals for government funding programs.
Qualifications:Ph.D. or equivalent in battery-related Chemistry, Materials Science, Engineering, or a similarly relevant field.
Experience in electrochemistry development and evaluation.
Strong background in design, fabrication and testing of lithium or lithium-ion cells in a variety of formats (coin, pouch, prismatic, cylindrical).
Demonstrated experience with proposal/grant preparation and report writing.Experience in project coordination and planning.
Strong comfort level working in a collaborative team environment.
Creative, self-driven thinker with an insatiable curiosity, a history of problem solving, and an ability to wear many hats.
Proficiency in MS Office and mainstream business software.
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