Sr Staff Engineer, Battery Modeling

The role

You will bridge physical chemistry, advanced characterization, and computational modeling to accelerate the development of lithium-ion battery materials and cells. You will work with synthesis, formulation, and commercial teams to quantify property-performance relationships.

What you will do

• Leverage characterization methods and computational chemistry tools to quantify correlations between material properties and electrochemical performance.
• Develop and operationalize electrochemical tests at the half and full cell level.
• Build and maintain automated data processing, simulation, and modeling workflows using Linux, bash, and Python.
• Translate computational insights into physical material design improvements.
• Guide internal teams and external customers on cell-level design optimization.
• Leverage empirical historical datasets to create model scenarios.

Required qualifications

• Ph.D. in Chemistry, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, or a related physical science discipline.
• Deep experience integrating quantum chemistry methods with experimental materials characterization.
• Deep experience in physics based model development and application for lithium ion batteries.
• High proficiency in Linux environments, CLI tools, bash scripting, Python, and numerical solvers.
• Hands-on background in electrochemistry for lithium ion batteries or related field.
• Solid grasp of standard and advanced spectroscopic/synchrotron techniques applied to silicon or carbon-based active materials.
• Wear required personal protective equipment when operating in laboratory environments.
• Operate specialized analytical instrumentation, gloveboxes, and computational infrastructure in fixed laboratory and office settings.
• Move across facilities and maintain focus during extended computational runs or analytical testing protocols.

Benefits

• benefits
• perks
• equity
• bonuses

About the company

Sila is a next-generation battery materials company. Their mission is to power the world’s transition to clean energy by building better lithium-ion batteries.