What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Process Engineer (Electrode Production) position at Bluecurrent, Inc.?
About Blue Current
Blue Current is a manufacturer of Solid-state batteries based in Hayward, California. The company strives to provide engineers and designers with the highest performance and safest battery storage for the future energy economy including electric vehicles, consumer, medical and IoT devices. Blue Current leads with science, data and thoughtful IP across the full battery solution stack. Our team is diverse with deep research, implementation, and go-to-market experience. Our facility is located on San Francisco Bay with thousands of acres of wildlife preserve and miles of trails for recreation.
Summary
Are you a process engineering super star? Have you worked in the battery, fuel cell, solar, electronic materials, pharmaceutical or other materials industries? Are you hungry for a role where you will have an immediate impact across the company and in the industry? Batteries are the single most critical part of the new energy economy for EVs, grid storage, consumer electronics and IoT. Blue Current has developed a solid- state battery solution that exceeds the best batteries in the industry. The company is well funded and has a deep
IP portfolio with dozens of patents granted and pending. Now we need you to drive the next level of innovation in our cell manufacturing process.
Description
As a Process Engineer, you will be focused on developing formulation and coating processes for next generation separators for Blue Current's solid-state batteries. A background in materials science, chemical engineering, chemistry, physics, or a related field is required. Additional experience in electrochemistry of lithium-ion batteries is a bonus. This is a hands-on, fast paced position with a team of scientists and engineers that have a shared passion to change the energy storage landscape.
Responsibilities
- Develop and test new materials, formulation, mixing and coating processes for separators that enable safe, high energy density solid-state Li-ion batteries.
- Characterize slurry and separator quality using rheological, mechanical, imaging and electrochemical techniques, and develop new characterization methods as needed.
- Collaborate with cell build teams for evaluating novel separator compositions and architectures in solid state cells. Analyze test results to understand the impact of separator properties on cell performance.
- Collaborate with the Advanced Manufacturing team for transferring mixing and coating processes to manufacturing equipment.
- Document and analyze experimental results, and present findings in team meetings and company-wide events.
- Develop and submit intellectual property.
Requirements
Location - Hayward, California
Job Type - Full-time
Blue Current is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and embraces diversity. We believe that our team is strengthened through hiring and retaining employees with diverse backgrounds, skill sets, ideas, and perspectives. We make hiring decisions based on merit and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex or gender (including pregnancy) gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, age, marital, veteran, disability status or any other protected category in accordance with applicable law.