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Job Title: Senior Engineer
Reporting to: Head of Prototype Development
Salary: £45,000 - £50,000
The company's goal is to develop high energy density, low cost, low environmental impact electrical energy storage devices that will help create a clean and sustainable global energy and transportation system.
Objective of role:
This role would suit a chemical / mechanical engineer who is interested in applying engineering principles to scale processes and create a new energy storage system.
The Senior Development Engineer role will:
· Lead testing work on new energy storage system prototypes, analyse the resulting data and provide feedback into the mechanical engineer.
· Develop an understanding of core principles of our current energy storage technology and create experiments to look for improvements, such as trailing new materials, form factors or concept designs.
· Develop a pilot line manufacturing process for new prototypes and test for repeat ability
· Be part of the scale-up process, utilising new processes or materials from research and testing them in larger cell formats, analysing performance and feeding back into the research team
Key Activities & Responsibilities
· Provide development expertise within a multi-disciplinary development team
· Liaise with, and effectively support, Research scientists engaged in polymer and electrochemistry research
· Contributing to various R&D programs across the company
Key Relationships & Interfaces
Internal:
· Head of Prototype Development
· Director of Research and Development
· Research Group Leader and wider Research Team
· CEO
· Management team and colleagues
External:
· Suppliers
· Other external influencers as appropriate
Person Specification
· Engineering, Bachelors or Masters degree essential, such as chemical, mechanical or electro-mechanical engineering
· A minimum of 4 years' experience in a relevant R&D environment
· Demonstratable hands-on engineering skillset coupled with a technical capability to understand chemical systems and manufacturing processes
· Great teamwork and communication skills
· Desire to work in a dynamic start-up R&D environment with early-stage technology
· Experience with batteries, supercapacitors, fuel cells, electrolysers or other energy storage and conversion technologies is advantageous but not essential.
· Experience working with electronic systems, such as sensors, testing equipment or chemical process development