CareerPlan

Sr Research Scientist, Battery Algorithms, Energy Storage, Project Jewel

Irvine, California, United StatesFull-time$159k–$215k2026-11-13
On-site

Core

Develop physics-informed and data-driven algorithms to estimate battery state of charge, health, power capability, and remaining life for next-generation energy storage systems.

Role type

Senior Research Scientist (Battery Algorithms)

Builds

Physics-based models and data-driven estimation methods for battery management systems

Domain

Energy Storage / Electrochemistry / Control Theory

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Physics-based modeling, Data-driven estimation methods, Big data technologies (AWS, Hadoop, Spark, Pig, Hive), Quantitative field research, Algorithm validation

Preferred skills

Discrete and continuous optimization methodologies, Converting research studies into real-world changes

Technologies

AWS, Hadoop, Spark, Pig, Hive

Responsibilities

Develop and own algorithms for state of charge, state of health, power capability, and remaining useful life; Design test plans and data strategies to validate algorithms against lab and fleet data; Analyze algorithm performance across deployed fleets to identify drift or failure; Provide algorithm evidence for safety certification; Define accuracy targets and reference implementations for production code.