Battery Scientist

We are seeking a highly skilled Battery Scientist to join our team at Skeleton Technologies. As a key member of our Superbattery Development department, you will play a crucial role in developing our SuperBattery cell to ensure performance targets are met.

• Develop our SuperBattery cells to hit specifications
• Optimize the cell and electrode design to reach cell energy and power performance targets
• Optimize the electrolyte and non-active cell components (e.g. separator)
• Build together with technicians prototype cells (laboratory cells to industrial cells) and test them
• Analyze test data and make conclusions to improve development
• Validate components from alternative suppliers or development partners
• Ensure with industrial engineers that the developed cells and electrodes are mass manufacturable
• Provide expertise to resolve production and quality issues

We are looking for a candidate with a strong background in chemistry, chemical engineering, material science, or a related discipline. The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of academic and/or industrial research experience in Li-ion battery development, hands-on experience with electrochemical testing methods, and skills in data analytics and visualization.

A Master's or Ph.D. degree is required, and experience in leading a research team, setting up an R&D lab, or handling large measurement datasets is a plus.

Skeleton Technologies is a Global Cleantech 100 company and a technology leader in high-power energy storage for transportation, grid, automotive, and industrial applications. We work with some of the largest companies in the world to reduce CO2 emissions and save energy.

Our supercapacitor and SuperBattery energy storage technologies, based on patented curved graphene, represent the biggest technological advancement in the industry in the last 20 years.