Material Expert for Binders in Battery Cell Development

Date: Feb 4, 2025
- Location: Salzgitter, DE
- Company: PowerCo SE
- Level of Experience: Professionals
- Job Function: Technological development
- Job ID: 3066

**Material Expert for Binders in Battery Cell Development (all genders)**:
**With whom you will CELLebrate**

The mission has started. We proudly announce that in our Battery Valley we are starting our own battery cell production and the ramp up of our worldwide headquarters for global cell manufacturing. The CTO organization takes care of the battery cell development. Our responsibility includes research, predevelopment of materials and components, series development, prototyping, testing and analysis of battery cells.

**How you will CELLebrate**
- Evaluate new and already commercialized polymer binders for cathodes and/or anodes to match the requirements from our project specifications.
- Plan and execute experiments together with our development team from laboratory scale to pilot plant. Plan and carry out efficient experimental campaigns that provide relevant information about binder materials and give recommendations for their implementation into the battery cell.
- Carry out detailed investigations to find causative relationships between binder material properties and how they affect electrode processing, electrode properties and battery cell performance
- Lead technical discussions with material suppliers. Stay up to date regarding the newest developments in binder material technology and align these with PowerCo’s targets.
- Technical responsibility for implementation of polymer binder materials for anode and/or cathode electrodes into PowerCo´s series production within a cross-functional organization.
- Navigate within a dynamic environment and consider non-expert audiences in your communication of technical results. Make your planning and technical thought process visible and understandable to the people around you, from managers to technicians.

**What you need for our CELLebration**
- University degree e.g., in chemistry, electrochemistry, material science, physics, chemical engineering, process engineering or comparable qualification.
- Practical experience in battery cell and/or polymer binder R&D, preferably in an industrial environment.
- Proven track record in binder materials for battery cell development and/or polymer binder development.
- Business fluent English language skills.

**What else can you bring**
- Outstanding ability to work in a team.
- High degree of self-initiative and target orientation.
- Communicative skills in an interdisciplinary and international working environment.

**What to look forward to**
- Flexible working hours from 28 to 40h per week.
- Possibility of a 4-day-week (up to 35h per week).
- 30 days paid + 10 days unpaid leave.
- Mobile work options.
- Relocation support.
- More benefits to come.
- Company: PowerCo SE
- Location: Salzgitter, DE
- Job Function: Technological development
- Level of Experience: Professionals
- Job ID: 3066
- Date: Feb 4, 2025

**Are you a battery believer?**:
PowerCo was founded in 2022 to become a global battery champion. Headquartered in Germany, we are currently ramping up gigafactories in Salzgitter, Valencia and St. Thomas in Canada with a total volume of up to 200 GWh. We are integrating the entire value chain and building a supply chain as local as possible. With that we are driving the development of a strong, sustainable battery industry in Europe and North America.

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