Cell Development Engineer Job Coventry area,England UK,Engineering

UKBIC plays a unique role in helping customers bridge the gap between battery innovation and industrial-scale manufacturing. As a Cell Development Engineer, you will support the development, testing, and industrialisation of lithium-ion cell technologies, materials, and designs, helping determine whether they are technically feasible, manufacturable, and capable of meeting customer performance requirements.

Working across product, process, manufacturing, quality, and supply chain disciplines, you will apply practical cell engineering knowledge to support development programmes, evaluate cell performance, and identify technical risks, assumptions, and maturity gaps. The role contributes to both customer programmes and UKBIC internal development activities, supporting the progression of battery technologies from early-stage R&D towards industrialisation.

As UKBIC expands into new cell formats, the role will support the development, validation, and quality improvement of these new cell offerings, ensuring lessons from early builds are translated into stronger designs, clearer requirements, and more robust development routes.

You will work closely with Product Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering & Operations, Quality, Simulation & Modelling, Supply Chain, Business Development, and external partners to support robust technical delivery. The role will also provide technical input into feasibility reviews, project gates, and customer proposals, helping ensure development plans are aligned with UKBIC capabilities and delivery expectations.

In summary, the key deliverables for this role are:

1. Cell development test plans, trial plans, and DoE plans for customer and internal programmes.

2. Cell build, test, validation, and performance analysis reports.

3. Electrochemical data analysis summaries covering cycling, EIS, CV, GITT/PITT, DQ/DV, or related techniques.

4. Material, component, and supplier evaluation reports.

5. Technical feasibility inputs for customer opportunities, project gates, and internal reviews.

6. Risk, assumption, and maturity gap logs for new materials, cell designs, or process changes.

7. Product quality requirement inputs linked to performance, manufacturability, safety, and cost.

8. Root cause investigation summaries and recommended corrective or improvement actions.

9. Technical reports and presentations for customer projects and internal development activities.

10. Develop and validate new cell formats and configurations, improving the quality, robustness, and manufacturability of UKBIC’s emerging cell offerings.

Key Accountabilities and Responsibilities

Support cell development activities at UKBIC involving cell design, material evaluation, test planning, quality requirement definition, and root cause investigations.
Contribute to the development of battery and electrode designs that are scalable, robust, and aligned with customer performance requirements.
Support technical feasibility assessments for new commercial and internal projects, identifying key assumptions, risks, maturity gaps, and delivery challenges.
Provide input into new product introduction projects, supporting gated governance through preparation of work packages, deliverables, technical evidence, and development plans.
Help identify product and process failure modes associated with design changes, internal developments, or customer technologies to support risk reduction and project delivery.
Work with Supply Chain to support material, component, and supplier evaluation activities, including preparation for development trials and technical reviews.
Support collaboration with research and development institutes, external partners, and test houses to help progress next-generation battery technologies towards scale-up.
Contribute to the development and maintenance of UKBIC baseline cell designs, test methods, material specifications, and development learnings to support future programmes.
Support development activities for new cell formats, capturing build, test, and performance learning to improve future designs, specifications, and development approaches.

Key Interactions

Support the development of cell designs, product…