CareerPlan

Sr Staff Engineer, Battery Modeling

AlamedaFull-time$172k2026-10-03 → 2026-11-10
On-site

Core

Bridge physical chemistry, advanced characterization, and computational modeling to accelerate the development of high-performance lithium-ion battery materials and cells.

Role type

Sr Staff Engineer, Battery Modeling (RD&E)

Builds

High-performance lithium-ion battery materials and cells with increased energy density

Domain

Clean energy / Battery materials / Computational chemistry

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

DFT, electronic structure modeling, Python, Linux CLI, bash scripting, electrochemistry, BET, TGA, Raman, SEM, XAS, XPS, EPR

Preferred skills

None stated

Technologies

Orca, Gaussian, Q-Chem

Responsibilities

Quantify correlations between material properties and electrochemical performance; Develop and operationalize electrochemical tests at half and full cell level; Build and maintain automated data processing, simulation, and modeling workflows; Translate computational insights into physical material design improvements; Create model scenarios to inform design opportunities for energy:power differentiation.

Seniority

Sr Staff, hands-on IC