Senior Engineer, Battery Materials – Billerica, MA Hybrid

Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT) is a leading global specialty chemicals and performance materials company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.Our businesses deliver a broad range of products and solutions to customers in every corner of the globe, serving the transportation, infrastructure, environment and consumer industry sectors. We bring the power of innovative chemistry to solve customers' challenges today while preparing them to meet tomorrow’s needs.

Our commitment to innovation is driven by a passion to advance our customers' businesses through our deep understanding of their applications and the global trends that impact their operations.

If you do not meet every requirement, or your experience is slightly different that what we have listed, we still encourage you to apply! Your Role at Cabot Cabot Corporation has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Engineer to join the Process Technology team within our Battery Materials business. This position will be a hybrid role based in Billerica Technical Center in Massachusetts Cabot’s Battery Materials business develops materials that help improve battery performance, stability, and safety.

Its portfolio includes conductive carbons, carbon nanotubes, carbon nanostructures, conductive carbon dispersions, fumed metal oxides, and aerogel solutions that support efficient charge transfer, cycle life, durability, and thermal management in lithium-ion and other advanced battery  this role, you will lead complex engineering programs that improve process capability, enable new product development, support scale-up, and strengthen manufacturing readiness. You will develop practical solutions, generate technical insight, and deliver measurable business impact through independent leadership and cross-functional collaboration.

The Senior Engineer serves as a technical leader, applying deep engineering expertise to solve complex process and product-development challenges. This role requires close partnership with Manufacturing, Product Management, Marketing, Operations, Intellectual Property, customers, vendors, toll manufacturers, and other Technology teams to execute strategic initiatives.

This role is based at the Billerica, MA location, but is eligible to participate in the current Hybrid Working Arrangement program (Monday/Friday remote and Tuesday-Thursday in office).How You Will Make an Impact The Process Technology team supports innovation, optimization, and commercialization for Cabot’s battery materials platforms. In this role, your responsibilities will include:

Lead projects of moderate to high complexity from concept through pilot, implementation, and commercialization.

Define objectives, technical strategies, and experimental plans aligned with business priorities, customer requirements, and manufacturing needs.

Partner with Manufacturing, Operations, Product Line, Marketing, and other stakeholders to improve robustness, product performance, cost position, sustainability, and readiness for deployment.

Work with external partners, equipment vendors, toll manufacturers, and customers to support material evaluations, process trials, scale-up, and commercialization activities.

Design and execute experiments that improve understanding of conductive additives, dispersions, fumed metal oxides, aerogel, and related materials technologies.

Analyze process and material performance data using statistical and engineering methods to identify improvements and support decisions.

Apply engineering fundamentals, modeling, and theoretical analysis to accelerate development and reduce technical risk.

Support process design, pilot operations, technology transfer, and manufacturing implementation for new and improved products.

Lead technical investigations…