Sila Verified 25h ago
Staff Battery Engineer, Battery Performance
Alameda, CA On-site
$151,000 a yearPay$151,000
TypeNot specified
Work settingOn-site
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About the role
As a Battery Cell Engineer on the Battery Performance team, you will leverage your expertise to design cutting-edge batteries featuring Sila’s next-generation anode material for a variety of customer applications.
What you'll bring
- You possess demonstrated hands-on expertise in the comprehensive performance evaluation of battery components (including electrolytes, anodes, cathodes, foils, and separators) and have a proven ability to integrate novel components and innovations to optimize GED, cycle life, and safety tradeoffs.
- Your proficiency extends to 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.
- Solid understanding of battery performance and failure mechanisms, including electrolyte degradation, material and cell-level swell, and Li plating.
- Solid experience with characterization and integration of novel battery components.
- Experience with data and modeling.
- Experience with cell prototyping.
- Ability to carefully plan and implement multiple projects simultaneously
- B.S. in engineering or science and 8+ years of experience (fewer for candidates with an advanced degree), or related experience.