Consultant, Engineering Sciences - Batteries

The role

The Consultant will conduct multidisciplinary investigations involving battery failure analysis, safety, and performance. This includes designing tests, examining battery cells and systems, and preparing reports for clients and litigation.

What you will do

• Plan and conduct technical investigations involving batteries and other engineered products.
• Design and coordinate laboratory testing and failure analysis.
• Interpret test results and evaluate potential failure mechanisms.
• Prepare technical reports and present findings to clients, attorneys, and technical audiences.
• Evaluate technical reports, test data, and other evidence.
• Manage project tasks, schedules, and budgets.
• Develop relationships with clients and colleagues.
• Guide junior staff.
• Travel as needed for inspections, testing, meetings, and other project work.

Required qualifications

• Ph.D. in chemical engineering, materials science, chemistry, physics, or a related technical field.
• Hands-on experience testing or characterizing batteries, battery materials, or battery systems.
• Professional experience in research and development, product evaluation, technical investigations, or failure analysis.
• Familiarity with relevant testing and characterization methods, which may include electrochemical cycling, impedance measurements, CT imaging, microscopy, or spectroscopy.
• Strong analytical judgment.
• Ability to work independently, manage priorities, and advance projects with incomplete information.
• Excellent technical writing skills.
• Ability to explain complex analyses to readers outside the candidate’s specialty.
• Interest in working across a range of engineering matters and learning new technical subjects.
• Experience managing projects or guiding the work of other scientists and engineers.

Nice to have

• Experience in consulting, litigation support, intellectual property matters, or expert report preparation
• Professional licensure

About the company

Secretariat professionals are trusted in the highest-stakes legal, risk, and regulatory matters around the world. The firm works with law firms, corporations, and institutions to answer complex questions regarding financial, economic, and strategic business decisions.