Senior Scientist, Material Characterization
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Apply to this job Shanghai, China Until 8/22/2026 First posted March 26, 2025 Last posted March 26, 2025
Job description
Senior Scientist, Material Characterization
Responsibilities
- Lead materials characterization and validation activities.
- Procure analytical equipment as and when needed.
- Analysis of chemical, physical, and thermal properties of all battery materials and understand their interactions with each other.
- Performs critical interpretation of analytical data; analyzes information to drive mechanistic understanding.
- Develop a fundamental mechanistic understanding of Li-metal anode cell performance failure modes
Qualifications
- Doctorate in chemistry, chemical engineering, materials science, or related fields with 5+ years of industrial/academic experience.
- Expertise and experience in operating and maintaining analytical instruments including but not limited to GC, FTIR, UV-Vis, DSC, TGA, SEM, XPS, Raman, and NMR.
- Experience working with moisture sensitive materials in a glovebox or dry room.
- Experience in electrochemistry, specifically on lithium-ion batteries.
- Ability to analyze data and draw deeper conclusions from analytical data.
- Ability to communicate new concepts and draw insight from discussions with coworkers.
- Demonstrable track record of learning new technologies quickly and using your skillset to have a tangible impact in a short time frame.
- A technical leader with the ability to positively influence peers and bring the team together.
- Understanding terminologies in Materials Science field. Ability to read documents and have conversation in English.
About this role
Summary
Lead material characterization for lithium-ion batteries, analyze data, and develop understanding of failure modes.
Job title
Senior Scientist, Material Characterization
Experience level
5+ years
Industry
material science
Location requirements
Shanghai, China; no remote work
Salary
Not specified
Management role
No
Skills & keywords
Required skills
chemistrychemical engineeringmaterials scienceGCFTIRUV-VisDSCTGASEMXPSRamanNMRelectrochemistryenglish
Preferred skills
moisture sensitive materialsgloveboxdry roomlithium-ion batteries
Specializations
battery materialsanalytical chemistrymaterials scienceelectrochemistrybattery testing
Locations
Structured locations inferred from the posting.
Shanghai, China
On-site City