Silananotechnologies
Director, Battery Engineering
Alameda, CA. Posted a month ago
The role
You will lead the Battery Engineering group across Customer Application Engineering and Cell Scaling. You will guide team operations, foster career development, and ensure technical execution aligns with commercial goals.
What you will do
- Provide leadership and oversight for team deliverables across customer application engineering, cell prototyping design transfer, and OEM qualification.
- Apply background in physical product scaling to spot technical risks and resolve manufacturing bottlenecks.
- Partner with Commercial, Business Development, and Product leadership to support customer pipeline and revenue targets.
- Lead, mentor, and advocate for an engineering team spanning customer applications and cell engineering.
- Design career pathways and conduct performance reviews.
- Establish efficient team workflows and prioritization frameworks.
- Serve as the functional bridge for Battery Engineering across R&D, Operations, Product, and Commercial leadership.
Required qualifications
- 5+ years of direct people management experience leading engineering, science, or technical teams.
- 10+ years of battery industry experience spanning lithium-ion cell development, OEM customer qualification cycles, design transfer, and commercial-scale cell manufacturing or CM execution.
- Proven success establishing team workflows, project prioritization frameworks, and cross-functional execution processes.
- Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills.
- B.S. in Engineering, Physical Sciences, or a related field.
- Wear personal protective equipment including lab coat, gloves, safety glasses, and steel toe safety shoes.
- Operate a computer and other office equipment in a fixed location.
Nice to have
- 12+ years of battery industry experience
- M.S. or Ph.D. in Engineering, Physical Sciences, or a related field
About the company
Sila is a next-generation battery materials company. They engineer and manufacture battery materials that increase energy density while reducing size and weight.