Senior Battery Cell Engineer
Mitra Chem
- Mountain View, CA
- $130,000-153,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Design and develop coin cells and pouch cells that are best suited for Mitra’s material screening and qualification processes.
- Refine cell design and develop state-of-the-art cells that fully realize Mitra’s product performance for customer qualification.
- Design experiments and process development related to electrode coating, cell assembly and cell testing, including resulting data reporting and analysis.
- Conduct failure analysis on cells, provide feedback and insights to the material synthesis and research teams.
- Work closely with the R&D and software infrastructure teams to accelerate Mitra’s material screening and qualification workflow.
- Scale up powder-to-cell process from manual coating and assembly to an automated cell assembly line with roll-to-roll coating, including working with third party electrode and cell prototyping partners.
- Battery cell and battery materials related experience through an advanced degree in chemistry, physics, materials science, chemical engineering or a related field, and/or substantial industry experience.
- Functioning independently with limited supervision.
- Working within cross-functional teams.
- Experience with cell design and development of battery coin cells and pouch cells. Experience with roll-to-roll process for battery making is a plus.
- Familiar with battery cycling and other performance tests, electrochemical testing, and failure analysis of battery cells.
- Quantitative background in statistical analysis and programming tools.
- Experience with simulations and/or computational modeling is a plus.
- Competitive compensation package including company equity
- Comprehensive benefits including health, vision and dental insurance, Tax-free spending accounts, along with life and disability insurances
- 401k matching and savings programs
- Flexible time off with company holidays
- Free daily lunch and snacks
- The estimated base salary range for this role is $130,000-$153,000.
- Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in a bonus and equity plan.