Battery Electrode Materials R&D Scientist
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Battery Electrode Materials R&D Scientist
Location
Fremont, CA • CA
Experience
Mid
Posted
Jul 10, 2026
Apply by
August 9, 2026
Applicants
0
Early applicantFull-timeWork from Office
Job Description
**About EnerVenue, Inc.**
Named one of the world’s Top Greentech Companies by TIME in 2024 and 2025, EnerVenue builds simple, safer, and flexible energy storage solutions for the clean energy revolution. Based on technology proven over decades under the most extreme conditions, EnerVenue offers a differentiated stationary storage solution that improves upon today’s alternatives.
Commercialized from research completed at Stanford University and backed by well-funded investors, EnerVenue is redefining the stationary storage market.
**Mission:**
We are seeking a seasoned and highly motivated material Scientist to develop, synthesize, and optimize next-generation cathode materials for advanced rechargeable battery technologies for Enervenue, inc. You will lead laboratory-scale synthesis, characterization, and electrochemical evaluation of cathode active materials, contributing directly to product development and commercialization efforts.
**Position Targets / Outcomes:**
- **Electrode Material Development:** Design and synthesize novel cathode materials for Ni-H2 battery, develop and optimize synthesis routes, investigate dopants, coatings, and compositional modifications to improve performance.
- **Materials Characterization:** Perform and interpret materials characterization using XRD, SEM/FIB-SEM, TEM, XPS, BET surface area analysis and particle size analysis
- **Electrochemical Evaluation:** Fabricate cathode electrodes and assemble test cells. Conduct electrochemical testing including Galvanostatic cycling, rate capability testing, cyclic voltammetry and EIS.
- **Process Scale-Up:** Transfer laboratory synthesis methods to pilot-scale manufacturing. Support process development, yield improvement, and quality control efforts. Collaborate with engineering teams to evaluate manufacturability.
- **Data Analysis & Documentation:** Maintain detailed experimental records; analyze large experimental datasets and identify trends, prepare technical reports, presentations, patents, and publications and present findings to internal and external stakeholders.
**Requirements:**
- Ph.D. in Chemistry, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, or related field.
- 3+ years (industry) or strong doctoral/postdoctoral experience in battery materials.
- Hands-on experience synthesizing cathode active materials.
- Strong understanding of solid-state chemistry and inorganic materials synthesis.
- Experience with materials characterization techniques.
- Demonstrated ability to independently design and execute experiments.
Must have:
- **Extensive Experience with DOE (Design of Experiments)**: Demonstrates the ability to optimize complex processes systematically.
- **Results-oriented:** Creative, confident, self-motivated, organized and determination to get results
- **Collaborative:** Team player that can work effectively with a broad range of people
- **Effective Communicator:** You can effectively communicate with C-suite executives as well as junior engineers
- **Uncompromising Integrity:** Maintains the highest ethical standards and integrity for themselves and for the entire organization.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and synthesize novel cathode materials for Ni-H2 batteries
- Optimize synthesis routes and investigate dopants, coatings, and compositional modifications
- Perform materials characterization using XRD, SEM/FIB-SEM, TEM, XPS, and BET analysis
- Fabricate cathode electrodes and assemble test cells for electrochemical evaluation
- Conduct electrochemical testing including galvanostatic cycling, rate capability, cyclic voltammetry, and EIS
- Transfer laboratory synthesis methods to pilot-scale manufacturing
- Support process development, yield improvement, and quality control
- Maintain experimental records and analyze large datasets to identify trends
- Prepare technical reports, presentations, patents, and publications
Requirements
- Ph.D. in Chemistry
- Materials Science
- Chemical Engineering
- or related field
Skills Required
Cathode active material synthesisSolid-state chemistryInorganic materials synthesisXRDSEM/FIB-SEMTEMXPSBET surface area analysisParticle size analysisGalvanostatic cyclingRate capability testingCyclic voltammetryEISDesign of Experiments (DOE)Results-orientedCreativeConfidentSelf-motivatedOrganizedCollaborativeEffective CommunicatorIntegrity
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