Principal Electrolyte Scientist

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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