Enevate's R&D team is looking for a Principal Electrolyte Scientist to join the team that specializes in electrolyte formula design, optimization, and evaluation for fast charge and high energy density lithium-ion batteries. The successful candidate will be focusing on advanced electrolytes and additives exploration, to achieve long cycle/calendar life and high safety performance for silicon anode-based lithium-ion batteries.
Duties/Responsibilities: • Provide project leadership to design electrolyte formulations for Si/C anode cell chemistry to achieve long cycle life and calendar life for EV application. • Provide project leadership to design electrolyte formulations for LCO, NCM, and NCA cell chemistry to achieve long cycle life and calendar life for EV application. • Conduct and analyze data from studies on liquid electrolytes, polymer electrolytes, ionic liquids, solid-state electrolytes, additives, and salts, and provide technical assessment of their potential application. • Test promising electrolyte formulas and identify technical benefits and issues to further optimize electrolyte formulations. • Investigate hypotheses related to the function of electrolyte components using electrochemical and analytical techniques. • Maintain an understanding of the state-of-the-art electrolyte technology through literature review and vendor collaborations. • Collaborate with engineering, R&D, and marketing teams to identify and meet all requirements and targets. • The successful candidate will be a resourceful problem solver with strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work as a team player, as well as provide creative
"out-of-the-box" solutions and approaches. This position will require a high level of maturity, drive, and flexibility to work in a rapidly developing environment with a strong hands-on focus. • Demonstrated capability of designing experiments and analyzing data to drive decisions in an R&D environment. • Expertise in the hands-on formulation and property evaluation of lithium-ion battery electrolytes, such as HF, moisture, density, viscosity, conductivity. • Experience with electrochemical analysis techniques such as CV, LSV, EIS, 3-electrode cell measurements, and common potentiostatic and galvanostatic methods. • Proficiency in utilizing Minitab and/or Excel for data analysis. • Outstanding written communication skills applied to the preparation of presentations, patents, and SOPs. • All other duties as assigned.
Qualifications Preferred: • Experience in lithium-ion battery electrolytes, especially in the electric vehicle space, will be positively considered. • Specific experience with Si/C anode chemistry is highly desired. • Experience in analytical techniques such as Karl Fischer, GC, SEM, TEM, DSC, EDS, XRD, HF titration, etc. is desired.
Required Education/Experience: • Ph.D. in relevant field with 7+ years post-degree in commercial/industrial R&D, 5+ years working on electrolyte formulations for production lithium-ion batteries. • M.S. or B.S. with 10+ years of experience with deep knowledge in lithium-ion chemistry and battery components, especially in liquid electrolytes, will be considered.
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