Researcher - EV Battery Materials
Posted on: 2 Dec 2022
Warren, MI
Job Description
Description
Hybrid: This position does not require an employee to be on-site full-time to perform most effectively. The employee’s role enables them to work at a GM facility or off-site as frequently as needed or desired.
This position requires an employee to be onsite 1-3 times per week.
Who You Are
As a valued member of energy storage material team, you will innovate through next-gen ideas, suggest new project areas, and establish technical plans for advanced batteries targeting EV application. To support development projects, you need design and synthesis novel materials, perform material level characterization and analysis, cell integration, failure and root-cause analyses, and proceed further optimization. You will also need prepare high-quality technical report, external publications and records of invention in your area of research work.
What You Do
Material development for Battery cell or Energy storage system
Optimization of battery cell performance (e.g. cell formation, protocol, etc.)
Idea Generation while proposing, planning, and implementing research project on core areas within energy storage
Failure mode and root cause analyses
Develop novel materials for advanced battery technology with corresponding evaluation, characterization and data analyses
Research results summary in varies formats such as research report, journal publication, and conference presentation
Craft and promote the experiment for material development and study
Initiate innovative concepts and research project
Design and implement project or experiments to resolve technical problems
Establish connection with both internal and external partners
Lead technical discussions within the team
Additional Description
What you need
PhD degree in Science or Engineering
Direct experience within battery research and development, specific to major battery cell component material
Hand-on experience with chemical or material characterization
In-depth knowledge of state-of-art technologies in energy storage area
Capable of working both independently and collaborate with multi-function teams
What would be better
5+ years of experience in battery development area in material or cell level
5+ year of hands on experience with larger battery cell format (pouch, cylindrical)
Hands-on experience and background on cell components such as cathode, anode, or electrolyte
Experience with surface deposition techniques, familiar with deposition systems such as ALD, PVD, sputtering, etc.
Hands-on experience with cell fabrication and testing
General Motors
Detroit, MI
We envision a future of zero crashes, zero emissions and zero congestion, and we have committed ourselves to leading the way toward this future.
General Motors has been pushing the limits of transportation and technology for over 100 years. Today, we are in the midst of a transportation revolution. And we have the ambition, the talent and the technology to realize the safer, better and more sustainable world we want.
As an open, inclusive company, we’re also creating an environment where everyone feels welcomed and valued for who they are. One team, where all ideas are considered and heard, where everyone can contribute to their fullest potential, with a culture based in respect, integrity, accountability and equality.
Our team brings wide-ranging perspectives and experiences to solving the complex transportation challenges of today and tomorrow.
Headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, GM is:
Over 180,000 people
Serving 6 continents
Across 23 time zones
Speaking 70 languages
At General Motors, innovation is our north star. As the first automotive company to mass-produce an affordable electric car, and the first to develop an electric starter and air bags, GM has always pushed the limits of engineering.
GM is the only company with a fully integrated solution to produce self-driving vehicles at scale.
We are committed to an all-electric future.
2.6 billion EV miles have been driven by drivers of five GM electrified models, including the Chevrolet Bolt EV.
Our future depends on responsible stewardship of the earth, and we continually seek creative and innovative solutions for the environment. Our policies and technologies promote a cleaner planet from supply chain to manufacturing to the vehicles we put on the road.
Across 14 recent new-vehicle launches, we’ve trimmed an average of 357 pounds per vehicle, saving 35 million gallons of gasoline and avoiding 312,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions per year.
Today, our vehicle manufacturing process has the lowest environmental footprint in our history, thanks to steady progress toward achieving our 2020 operational commitments to reduce energy, carbon, water and waste intensity.
We are General Motors. We transformed how the world moved through the last century. And we’re determined to do it again as we redefine mobility to serve our customers and shareholders and solve societal challenges.
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