Senior Cell Design Engineer

Job Scope

High level purpose of function.

The Senior Cell Design Engineer will play a key role in the cell development of the Li-S battery. You will be in charge of setting up and executing the long-term Cell development project reporting to director of Li S cell development.

Key Responsibilities

Overall areas of responsibilities and activities

• Developing lithium-ion batteries for Energy Storage, Electric Vehicles, and other applications 
• Developing and Improvement basic cell system design for lithium-Sulfur battery 
• Evaluating the basic physical property and the fundamental performance of Electrode 
• Cell system design included support and managing the R&D Labs scale. 
• Process concept and investigate included support and managing the R&D Labs scale.
• Leading cell development project in Li/S cell design team 
• Setting up the development strategy and DOEs 
• Technical lead for internal development with internal stakeholder. 
• Technical counter-part of customer and execution customer project.

Accountability/Authorization

• Budget responsibility: No
• Direct reports: No
• Work environment responsibility: No

Requirements

Educational background and previous experience required for the role

Qualifications and Experience

• ​​PhD or MSc in chemical engineering/Electrochemistry/chemistry/material science and engineering 
• More than 3 years experiences on the automotive business 
• More than 8 years of practical experience from Li-ion and Li-S battery cell development 
• Extensive experience on cell design and development of Li-ion and Li-S cells  
• Extensive experience on large-scale battery fabrication and validation 
• Experience on Li-ion and Li-S battery manufacturing and mass production 
• Working experience with OEM project for Li-ion and Li-S battery cell/module business  
• Extensive experience on managing the technical team for customer project 
• Strong background from technical culture and proven engineering excellence​ 

Specific skills

• Excellent English written and oral skills.
• Ability to work under high pressure and tight deadlines, excellent time management. 
• Ability to work well with others in a team environment, as well as independently. Passionate & purpose driven.

Personal success factors

• Ability to work well with others in a team environment, as well as independently 
• Leadership to lead development organization and ability to manage timeline and target 
• Strong managing skill to lead the team members for a technical and relationship matter 
• Achieve both customer sample milestone and requirement specification 
• Ability to work in a high profile and often high-pressure international environment 
• Problem solving skills with appropriate tools