Overview
On Site
30/hr - 35/hr
Full Time
Skills
Management
Standard Operating Procedure
Prototyping
Cross-functional Team
Laboratory Equipment
SEM
Scanning Electron Microscope
FTIR
TGA
XRD
Equipment Maintenance
Organizational Skills
Testing
Workflow
Communication
Reporting
Collaboration
Assembly
Job Details
Our client, an electric vehicle manufacturer, is actively looking for a Cell Test Technician to join their team in Hayward, CA! This role is onsite so local candidates are required.
***This is an initial 6 month contract with the opportunity to extend or convert based on performance and business needs***
In this role, you'll support the company's cell technology development by assisting with material/cell characterization, equipment maintenance, and battery prototyping! You'll collaborate with engineers to ensure efficient battery characterization, maintain lab equipment, and support battery prototyping.
What You Will Be Doing
***This is an initial 6 month contract with the opportunity to extend or convert based on performance and business needs***
In this role, you'll support the company's cell technology development by assisting with material/cell characterization, equipment maintenance, and battery prototyping! You'll collaborate with engineers to ensure efficient battery characterization, maintain lab equipment, and support battery prototyping.
What You Will Be Doing
- Assist engineers with conducting material/cell 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 characterization 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 support electrode mixing/preparation/cell prototyping.
- Foster collaboration within the cross-functional team and contribute to the company's core values.
- Associate's or Bachelor's degree with some experience as a technician, preferably in material or battery characterization, or use of routine lab equipment.
- Basic understanding of general laboratory equipment such as microscopes, SEM, 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.
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