Failure Analysis Technician

Overview:

• In this role, you'll support our cell technology development by assisting with failure analysis, equipment maintenance, and battery testing.
• You'll collaborate with engineers to refine analysis methods, maintain lab equipment, and ensure efficient battery characterization.

This is what you ll do:

• Assist engineers with conducting battery failure analysis and reporting findings.
• Lead routine lab characterization of battery materials and maintain detailed records of collected data.
• Support and perform battery teardowns, adhering to safety protocols.
• Manage and maintain lab equipment, ensuring readiness for analysis and troubleshooting basic issues.
• Monitor lab operations to ensure smooth functionality and collaborate with engineers to resolve equipment performance challenges.
• Assist in updating and maintaining standard operating procedures (SOPs) for battery characterization and testing to improve workflow efficiency.
• Collaborate with engineers to diagnose and troubleshoot characterization equipment, reporting issues for resolution.
• Foster collaboration within the cross-functional team and contribute to our core values.

Required Experience

• Associate s or Bachelor s degree with some experience as a technician, preferably in failure analysis, battery characterization, or use of routine lab equipment.
• Basic understanding of general laboratory equipment such as microscopes, FTIR, TGA, XRD, etc.
• Use or understanding of a CT machine is a plus but not required.
• Hands-on experience performing routine tasks in a battery laboratory, with an understanding of standard safety protocols and equipment maintenance.
• Strong organizational skills to assist with day-to-day tasks related to assembly, testing, and lab maintenance, ensuring consistency in workflow and communication of progress.
• Maintain excellent record keeping of observations detected, ability to prioritize daily work with little assistance, and make data driven decisions
• Good written and verbal communication skills to help with routine reporting and collaboration with cross-functional teams on basic lab and assembly tasks.