R&D Battery Technician

Overview

Join us on our mission to redefine energy storage and enable a balanced future. We are an innovative energy storage technology organization based in San Jose, California, working on a fundamental disruption in the field of batteries and electric vehicles (EVs). Our team is developing a completely new class of electrical energy storage device that has the potential to revolutionize the battery industry for EVs.

If you are passionate about research, excited by emerging technologies, and driven to create materials that support a better future, we invite you to apply. We are seeking a conscientious and hardworking R&D Battery Materials Technician to join our Electrolyte Development Team and support groundbreaking experimental work.

Available shifts: 5:30 PM – 2:00 AM, 6:30 PM – 6:30 AM Wed–Sat, 2:30–11 PM Sun–Thu or Tue–Sat, 8:30–5:00 PM.

• Collaborate with scientists and engineers to support experimental activities while adhering to all safety policies and procedures.
• Execute materials processing tasks for R&D experiments.
• Build ceramic coatings on substrates using R2R coaters and transition them into battery material films through high‑volume web processing, pouch cells, and proprietary devices following SOPs or under scientific supervision.
• Document daily experimental progress and communicate completion status using MS Office tools and an internal tracking system.
• Identify and communicate anomalies or unexpected results during experimental work.

• Ability to excel in a dynamic research environment.
• Willingness to learn a broad range of laboratory techniques.
• Comfort working daily within a Clean Dry Room environment.
• Flexibility to collaborate across different projects and researchers.
• Confidence using software tools for task execution and data logging.

• High school diploma and at least 2 years of experience in a lab-based R&D environment
• or
• Completion of a 2-4‑year technical degree program.
• Strong commitment to delivering high‑quality results and a genuine passion for the mission of advancing next‑generation energy storage technologies.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, age, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, or military or veteran status. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with state and local laws, including the California Fair Chance Act, City of Los Angeles'' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance.