Job Title: Battery Research Technician
Location: Santa Clara, California
Pay Range: $37 - 42 Per Hour
Job Type: W2 Contract
Schedule: Monday-Friday
Position Summary:
We are seeking a Battery Research Technician to provide hands-on support for battery material preparation, electrode fabrication, cell assembly, electrochemical testing, laboratory operations, and experimental data management. This role will work closely with engineers and researchers in a collaborative battery R&D laboratory environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Prepare battery materials, slurries, and electrodes.
- Assemble battery cells, including coin cells and pouch cells.
- Conduct electrochemical testing and battery performance evaluations.
- Operate and maintain laboratory equipment, including mixers, coaters, calendars, ball mills, furnaces, vacuum ovens, gloveboxes, battery cyclers, potentiostats, and microscopes.
- Accurately document experimental procedures, results, and sample information.
- Maintain laboratory supplies, consumables, equipment, and sample tracking systems.
- Follow written experimental procedures and environmental, health, and safety requirements.
- Support multiple research assignments and changing project priorities.
- Collaborate with engineers, researchers, and other team members to meet project timelines.
Required Qualifications:
- Hands-on battery experimentation experience involving material preparation, electrode fabrication, cell assembly, electrochemical testing, or battery performance evaluation.
- Strong attention to detail and manual dexterity.
- Ability to perform accurate and repeatable work with small components and laboratory equipment.
- Ability to follow written procedures, technical instructions, and laboratory safety requirements.
- Basic computer and data management skills using Microsoft Excel or similar tools.
- Strong organizational, communication, and teamwork skills.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a multidisciplinary R&D environment.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with lithium-ion, all-solid-state, or other rechargeable battery technologies.
- Experience with material synthesis, slurry preparation, electrode coating, coin-cell or pouch-cell assembly, glovebox operation, electrochemical testing, or material characterization.
- Experience operating and maintaining battery research equipment.
- Experience with chemical handling, consumables management, equipment maintenance, sample tracking, and experimental documentation.
- Familiarity with experimental data processing and visualization using Microsoft Excel, Python, or similar tools.
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