Research Engineer II – Electrochemical Systems; TEA

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, validate, and deploy physics-based electrochemical, chemical process, and plant models for energy storage technologies.
• Conduct integrated TEA grounded in process models to quantify cost, performance, uncertainty, and R&D impact.
• Integrate electrochemical, thermal, and mechanical sub models to support design decisions and scale-up assessments.
• Expand and maintain modeling frameworks, including linkages between tools and integration with web-based platforms as needed.
• Define technical problems and modeling strategies in collaboration with experimental and engineering partners; identify data needs and relevant experimental methods.
• Deliver project milestones on schedule; document methods, assumptions, and results.
• Present technical progress and findings to peers, sponsors, and stakeholders; support technology development roadmaps.
• Provide project leadership, manage ongoing work streams, and contribute to proposal development by identifying opportunities, shaping concepts, and building teams.

• Demonstrated experience modeling electrochemical and chemical processes for energy storage, including coupled electrochemical/thermal/mechanical modeling to inform design and scale-up.
• Strong software and computing skills to connect models, automate workflows, and interface with web-based tools.
• Proven ability to build production-quality process models for existing and novel processes and to conduct TEA based on those models.
• Track record of identifying new research directions, developing competitive proposal ideas, and building productive relationships with DOE sponsors and/or industry partners.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills across diverse, multi-institution teams.
• Proficiency with process modeling and TEA tools, Microsoft Excel, Python, and scientific programming.
• Ability to model Argonne’s core values of impact, safety, respect, integrity, and teamwork.
• RD2:
  Bachelors and 5+ years of experience, Masters and 3+ years, or PhD and 0+ years, or equivalent.

Job Family:
Research Development (RD). Job Profile:
Chemical Engineering. Worker Type:
Regular Time. Type:
Full time. Expected hiring range: $94,486.00 - $.

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