Battery Engineer/Senior Battery Engineer - Enzinc

WHY JOIN ENZINC?

Imagine your impact. At Enzinc, we know batteries are the key to a clean energy future, and we are passionate about stretching the boundaries of what’s possible with batteries for mobility and stationary energy storage.

Our talented team is inspired by creating massive impact, not marginal improvements. The people who work here value teamwork and transparency, drive and diversity, respect and results. We learn from each other, and seek to bring out the best in our teammates.

Battery Engineer or Senior Battery Engineer

Bring your engineering A-game. Our Battery Engineering group is seeking a Battery Engineer to refine the cell designs for our zinc anode and electrolyte innovations in next generation zinc-based battery and cell platforms. You’ll work closely with the R&D team to optimize and adapt the technology to various cell formats, duty cycles, and requirements of customer targets and the associated manufacturing. The focus will include validation and design optimization of battery cell components and integration of components into battery packs for customer prototypes.

Enzinc has openings for both Battery Engineer II or Senior Battery Engineer III, and job level will be dictated based on relevant experience. The minimum experience in the job posting is based on the level II position.

As part of the Enzinc team, you’ll help craft creative battery solutions that use a unique zinc sponge anode to make a safer, high-performance battery. We’re early enough that you’ll contribute to all aspects of bringing a new battery to market and growing fast enough that you can carve out a career path.

MUST HAVE SKILLS AND EXPIENCE

• 3+ years of experience in battery development and optimization and a deep technical understanding of the interactions between battery electrodes, separators, electrolyte, current collectors and the overall cell design
• Knowledge of the fundamentals of aqueous/alkaline battery materials, components, performance, impedance, cell/battery testing and data analysis, and failure modes
• Experience implementing a product development process
• Ability to use data to justify technical decisions and to explain technical issues clearly
• Strong documentation and interpersonal skills and high attention to detail
• A self-starter mindset with excellent time-management skills and the willingness to work in fast-paced team
• Excellent data analysis skills
• Strong presentation and communication skills, experience presenting to customers, and managing customer expectations

DESIRABLE SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Aqueous battery development, design, and optimization preferred.
• Documentation/design using SolidWorks, and Fusion 360 Design Suite
• Experience leading projects
• Data processing and analysis using open-source software (e.g. python) 

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead projects to enhance battery performance and lifetime
• Design electrochemical experiments to elucidate failure modes and derive mechanistic insight to battery operation
• Write, execute, and report on battery test plans
• Comfortable performing hands on work and delegating tasks to technicians
• Design, build, and release cells to meet customer-specific form factors and requirements.
• Interface with customers and suppliers
• Conduct material, formulation, and design evaluations for new product versions or new generations of products, including active materials, additives, separator, and electrolytes.
• Perform structured root cause analysis when necessary to achieve design and product goals.
• Execute cell and battery failure analysis to identify degradation modes
• Develop and execute design validation test plan to validate cells to meet customer and regulatory requirements.
• Develop component, assembly, and quality level drawings and specifications enabling successful sourcing and manufacturing of product.
• Develop and execute tests to qualify component suppliers.
• Transfer design to manufacturing and support manufacturing ramp up

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering required.
• 3+ years of experience in battery design, development and optimization.

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Benefits:

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• 401k
• Employee Stock Plan
• Paid Time Off

Work involves sitting, walking, and lifting to 35 pounds. Requires close visual acuity, the ability to distinguish color, and the ability to hear in laboratory and office environments

Enzinc is committed to diversity and inclusion. Advancing energy technology requires a workforce as diverse as the populations who'll benefit from a cleaner future. Our culture and values are shaped by engineering best practices: we are curious, open, creative, transparent, respectful and always learning from each other.

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