Senior Scientist

About Blue Current
Blue Current (the "Company") is the industry leader in the development of silicon solid state batteries. Free of flammable liquid electrolytes, Blue Current's fully dry, inherently safe batteries significantly reduce risks to human and environmental health while providing a higher-performance alternative to traditional lithium-ion batteries. Blue Current's silicon-based platform is highly adaptable, enabling a cost-effective solution for both the mobility and stationary storage markets.

Blue Current's team works out of its state-of-the‑art headquarters and pilot line facility in Hayward, California. To learn more about Blue Current, Inc., visit

About Blue Current
Blue Current (the "Company") is the industry leader in the development of silicon solid state batteries. Free of flammable liquid electrolytes, Blue Current's fully dry, inherently safe batteries significantly reduce risks to human and environmental health while providing a higher-performance alternative to traditional lithium-ion batteries. Blue Current's silicon-based platform is highly adaptable, enabling a cost-effective solution for both the mobility and stationary storage markets.

Blue Current's team works out of its state-of-the‑art headquarters and pilot line facility in Hayward, California. To learn more about Blue Current, Inc., visit
Position Summary
The Senior Scientist is a key individual contributor who can work within complex team environments, driving mission critical projects that impact annual company milestones. The Senior Scientist has deep knowledge in one or more specific areas of expertise related to battery function, design, processing or materials. This person can attack open-ended problems with vigor, by developing hypotheses from disparate sources across the organization, and by developing and executing plans that leverage resources across the organization.
Essential Functions & Responsibilities

• Develop and test polymer materials that provide benefits to cell performance
• Design and execute high-quality experiments, knowing when to trade accuracy and speed, and balancing competing resources, including those of the company
• Relate polymer chemical and physical properties to component level characteristics and cell performance results; optimize processes to maximize component performance
• Define projects consistent with company goals, track action items, drive progress to successful completion, and report results
• Analyze data from multiple sources, including their own experiments
• Take initiative to identify gaps or overlooked problems and present findings to senior management with clear, data-driven communications and recommendations
• Continuously survey and interpret literature on solid-state battery materials and architectures, integrating key insights into the company's technical strategies
• Drive innovation and IP development by exploring novel materials, cell designs, and processing approaches that advance solid-state cell performance
• Other duties as assigned, consistent with the scope and level of this position

• PhD in relevant field, MS + 3 years relevant experience, BS + 5 years relevant experience, or 10 years related industry experience

• Demonstrated ability to analyze electrochemistry and battery processing problems such as: interfacial impedance and reduction strategies, ceramic and polymer electrolyte processing challenges, and chemical degradation modes of battery layer sub-components.
• Demonstrated ability to work within a team

• Detailed understanding of lithium polymer battery cell architecture and formulation, including detailed knowledge of the functional role of all materials in all components of the cell
• Ability to condense complicated data into clearly presented analysis, conclusions, and recommendations
• Ability to work in a team environment, serving as a mentor to junior employees and a source of truth for senior employees within the team
• Proficiency with analytical and electrochemical characterization techniques, such as SEM, XRD, TGA, DSC, EIS, and CV, and the ability to interpret results to inform design or process decisions.