Job Description

Enovix Corporation

Powering the Technologies of the Future

Technologies of the future—Artificial Intelligence, Edge computing, 5G, Electric Vehicles, Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality—all require greater battery energy density. Building and scaling a battery containing a 100% active silicon anode has long been a goal of the battery industry because it dramatically increases energy density and performance. Enovix is the leader in advanced silicon-anode lithium-ion battery development and production. The company's proprietary 3D cell architecture increases energy density and maintains high cycle life. Enovix is building an advanced silicon-anode lithium-ion battery production facility in the U.S. for volume production. The company's initial goal is to provide designers of category-leading mobile devices with a high-energy battery so they can create more innovative and effective portable products. Enovix is also developing its 3D cell technology and production process for the electric vehicle and energy storage markets to help enable widespread utilization of renewable energy.

Job Summary:

Enovix is seeking an experienced Senior or Principal level Cell Formation Design Engineer battery engineers to lead the cell formation and testing process of industry’s leading 3D lithium-ion battery. Candidates will join a world class process engineering team and collaborate with multiple departments cross functionally, including R&D, NPI, Quality, Production and so forth. This role will oversee the design and optimization of the cell formation process of Enovix’s 3D silicon battery of various designs. Candidates will also be responsible of implementing innovative testing methods to validate battery cell performance for both internal and external leading customers.

The candidate will be responsible for testing next generation cell designs, defining and qualifying new processes with battery data, understanding test data and safety performance, analyzing cycle time and yields, effectively communicating the results and transferring cell designs to production.

Responsibilities:

• Lead testing-based Design of Experiments on Enovix cells, coin cells, pouch cells and other test vehicles
• Design and optimize cell formation protocol for both R&D pilot and production cells to meet highly defined quality specifications
• Assist process engineers in the R&D of new processes that enables the production of next generation cell designs
• Test cells, analyze and summarize performance data, and use various electrochemical and materials analysis techniques to determine degradation mechanisms
• Perform FMEA and root cause analysis when necessary to achieve design and product goals
• Create and execute on project plans and drive projects to completion on schedule
• Deliver final product, data driven analyses on schedule and effectively communicate the results to various stakeholders
• Compile reports and presentation and be ready to present in various settings including leadership meetings

Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering or related discipline required
• PhD with lithium ion battery experience highly preferred
• Demonstrated capability to effectively test cells, analyze battery test data and extract/summarize meaningful information required
• Demonstrated technical program management skills such as meeting deadlines and milestones as well as excellent communication skills such as summarizing data, writing reports, presenting in external conferences required
• Demonstrated electrochemical data analyses skills required
• Knowledge of battery chemistry and physics required
• Hands on experience with battery cyclers
• Self-motivated and demonstrated ability to work independently and as part of cross-functional teams and external partners/vendors to solve complex multi-disciplinary problems required
• Familiarity with DOE, FMEA and 8D methodologies required
• Experience in design, development, and integration of Li-Ion batteries highly desired
• Experience in handling large battery database and statistical data analysis software highly desired
• Experience in electrochemical modeling, capacity fade and calendar life modeling highly desired
• Working experience in manufacturing settings is highly desired
• Demonstrated creative and critical thinking ability and attention to detail highly desired
• Proven track-record of solving problems in the scale-up of R&D processes to high-volume manufacturing desired
• Eligible to work within the US

Enovix is an equal opportunity employer