52 jobs found in Alameda

WHO YOU ARE You’re a hands-on engineer who knows how to build new machines from the ground up. You thrive on enabling scientific teams to solve foundational problems. You deliver reliable, deterministic hardware that inspires confidence in its end-users. You collaborate seamlessly with multidisciplinary technical experts to iterate on hardware, solving problems on the fly. You’re thorough and don’t leave loose ends dangling. You’ve seen enough different types of hardware in your career to be able to borrow the best technology from a range of different fields and integrate them into something totally new. When things don’t go as planned, you excel at digging into data, reducing problems to their underlying physical phenomena, and finding solutions everyone can trust. You take comprehensive ownership of your designs, striving to get your hands on the machines you design and taking a continued personal interest in their performance years after handoff. You’re relentless in...

WHO YOU ARE Sila Nanotechnologies is looking for an experienced Director of Capital Projects to lead us in all large scale project efforts including the design and build of our new manufacturing facility, upgrades to existing facilities, and large improvement projects. You will be responsible for building a new team that will allow the company to scale and grow into an industrial leader in manufacturing battery materials. RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES  Build, grow, and lead a high-performing capital projects team, developing personnel that exemplify the Sila Operations culture, to prepare the organization for the scale-up of industrial facilities Direct and oversee all phases of Sila large capital projects and construction management including contracts, planning, scheduling, budget, execution, reporting, risk mitigation, documentation, and closeout.  Oversee the establishment of facility project design criteria where needed including in architectural, MEP, and...

WHO YOU ARE As a Legal Operations Coordinator on the Legal Team, you will own records management, preparation of legal documents, contract support, and other tasks vital to the day-to-day operations of our team. You are organized and able to manage competing priorities, while maintaining excellent results and attention to detail.  RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES  Manage and maintain electronic and physical document systems Prepare, revise, and finalize documents, including: reconcile redlines, proofread, and properly format and implement styles of legal documents Provide contract support, including: obtain signatures on electronic and physical documents, route copies as applicable, obtain copies of fully executed contracts, log key data into CLM system, and assist with contract compliance Conduct initial review of incoming legal matters, request and obtain additional information and documentation as needed, and route matters to appropriate owners Provide general...

WHO YOU ARE As a Senior People Operations Generalist on the People team you will use your unique blend of analytical skills, emotional intelligence, systems thinking, and entrepreneurial spirit to build creative, scalable solutions that support our people. Your practical experience and focus on diversity, equity and inclusion help you implement policies and benefit programs that integrate cultural and business priorities. You’re always focused on how your work supports Sila’s goals and are a confident business leader. You’re ambitious for the team and are both humbled and motivated by the challenges we undertake together. RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES  Responsible for surfacing and efficiently resolving employee relations issues including visas and immigration, offboarding, organizational changes, policy implementation, and compliance. Responsible for leading day-to-day benefits operations, new employee orientation, and strategic benefits-related projects including...

WHO YOU ARE As the Grant Manager, you will be responsible for deeply understanding grant requirements, mapping them closely to research and development projects.  You will work cross-functionally with a variety of technical teams, from Research to Battery Development, Process Development, Equipment Development as well as Supply Chain, capital projects and various business stakeholders.  You will coordinate and tie together the linkage between related grant work, ensuring reporting mechanisms and requirements are met, and completing the required reports to meet the grant deadlines.   RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES  Plan and implement grant program Research funding opportunities Communicate and coordinate closely with grant contributors and stakeholders Tie together grant work with the development-to-launch programs Prepare budget and required government reports Monitor expenditures and track results Analyze financial data Optimize grant...

WHO YOU ARE As the Senior FP&A Analyst, you will work alongside the Director of Finance and CFO to build out the finance function and support all aspects of monthly financial forecasting and month end close processes, including analysis and reporting. Your primary function will be to partner with other teams at Sila to build and develop budget and forecasting processes that will feed into the larger FP&A and strategic framework at the company. You will leverage your finance experience and strong communication skills to ensure the mutual success of your team partners as well as the strategic planning function at Sila. RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES  Business Partnerships: You will integrate with the technical and business teams at Sila to elevate the financial planning and reporting capabilities of SIla.  Planning & Forecasting: You will participate in corporate planning, budgeting, forecasting, annual and long-range planning in support of key departments...

WHO YOU ARE As a Manufacturing Technician on the Manufacturing Operations Team, you will safely operate production tools using standard operating procedures to synthesize material from process step to process step. During your shift, you will verify that all production material made meets the defined quality specifications. Your role is instrumental in ensuring that the Manufacturing Team meets and exceeds set production deliverables and targets. You communicate effectively and clearly. You are able to provide specific examples on safety and are willing to speak up. You will also use your analytical aptitude to troubleshoot issues and demonstrate your initiative and willingness to learn. RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES  Immediately report emergencies, incidents, and near misses to the Manufacturing Supervisor Safely operate process and analytical tools Carryout wet chemical processes with manual to semi-automated equipment Identify and correct small...

Who you are You are an experienced technologist, leader, and manager who will help build Sila’s pipeline of new product categories. In this role, you will be responsible for identifying and evaluating new materials technologies, as well as building and managing teams to advance technologies from concept stage through early application development.  Strong technical and business understanding, relationship building, and management skills are essential for success in this role. Responsibilities Build and manage a team of cross-disciplinary scientists and engineers to make, test, and iterate new materials and advance technologies from concept stage through early application development  Develop industry partnerships to validate the product-market fit, business opportunity, and microeconomics of new materials technologies in multiple industries / applications Evaluate the potential of internally and externally developed new materials technologies and work closely...

WHO YOU ARE As a Product Manager, you will work across all technical and business disciplines to help set the direction and drive the development of Sila's next-generation battery materials. You’ll be working with the Research, Process, Battery Engineering, and Business Development groups, as well as engaging with customers, so mental flexibility and excellent collaborative problem solving abilities are valued. You are someone with product management experience who knows what it takes to understand the customer point of view and use that perspective to inform a company’s product direction.  You are an active listener, strong synthesizer of data and an excellent communicator.  Finally, you are passionate about Sila’s technology and the impact it can have. RESPONSIBILITIES: Investigate and synthesize the needs of customers in target markets through customer and internal discussions, industry reports, announcements, etc.  Understand the competitive landscape...

WHO YOU ARE As a Systems Engineer on the Data Systems team, you will work closely with the Software Engineering and IT teams to help solve a variety of challenges ranging from improving software delivery to implementing core infrastructure improvements. You will leverage your expertise to identify areas of improvement and to build solutions that set up the company to adjust for scale while also maintaining and enhancing security best practices. RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES  Design, manage, and maintain tools to automate software engineering operations Design, build, implement, and support CI/CD framework Build highly scalable and available distributed systems on cloud based and on-premise virtualization platforms Own and drive initiatives spanning multiple teams to apply and maintain information security best practices Build monitoring, supervision, and resiliency mechanisms to observe, react to, and maintain platform health, performance, and security...

WHO YOU ARE As the Senior Reporting Analyst, you will be responsible for preparing quarterly and annual financial statements and ensuring compliance with GAAP and Company policies. As the Company grows, you will partner with the CFO and Controller to develop and improve the Company’s controls, policies and procedures. RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES  Assist in the preparation and completion of the Company’s annual financial statement audit, including the preparation of the front financials, disclosures, audit schedules, and required support. Drive timely resolution to auditor questions and requests. Research technical accounting matters to ensure compliance with Company policy and GAAP in various areas including revenue recognition, fixed assets, inventory valuation/costing, manufacturing start-up activities, joint development and collaboration activities, government grants, leases, investments, intangible assets, stock compensation, consolidation, and other...

WHO YOU ARE As Director Marketing you will lead the effort to develop and implement strategies and plans for positioning, brand awareness, and communications. You will look at this both for the company as a whole in addition to our product portfolio. You'll work closely with the Sila leadership team, and with our public relations and creative design firms. From brand and positioning to website, marketing collateral, and social media, you'll help us shape our presence in the marketplace. RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES  Evaluating and developing our marketing strategy and marketing plan. Planning, directing, and coordinating marketing efforts. Communicating the marketing plan. Building brand awareness and positioning. Coordinating marketing projects from start to finish. Organizing company conferences, trade shows, and major events. Overseeing social media marketing strategy and content marketing. Manage Public Relations & Creative Design...

WHO YOU ARE As a Payroll Manager, you will lead Sila’s day to day payroll operations and drive projects to improve the efficiency, accuracy and timely completion of all payroll processes. As the Company grows, you will work closely with the People and Finance/Accounting teams to maintain the Company’s payroll processing systems and procedures, respond to all payroll-related matters, and keep accurate records. You are someone who has strong analytical and organizational skills, with extensive knowledge and experience in payroll processing. RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES  Ensure accurate and timely processing of all regular and off-cycle payroll tasks in accordance with Company policy, federal, state and local laws.  Manage and resolve all issues related to payroll. Respond to urgent requests and inquiries from employees. Facilitate employee comprehension of payroll and benefit procedures, while maintaining the confidentiality of all payroll transactions and...

WHO YOU ARE As an Industrial Engineer on the Manufacturing team, you are an experienced, hands-on engineer with an aptitude for designing and improving manufacturing layouts and processes to meet production and quality targets. You help improve and streamline Sila’s existing manufacturing lines. You also work on the front-end design and construction of integrated systems for our next-generation battery material factories. Working alongside Equipment, Manufacturing, and Process engineers and technicians, you will orchestrate factory layouts and storage to optimize material flow, eliminate waste, and maximize efficiency. You have excellent communication skills and are able to collaborate seamlessly with internal teammates and external vendors to build and optimize Sila’s future production facilities.  RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES  Analyze production schedules, engineering specifications, process flows, and other information from existing manufacturing lines to gain a...

WHO YOU ARE You’re a multidisciplinary, hands-on engineer who thrives on pursuing technical truth. You’re energized by devising new methods of observing and measuring subtle physical phenomena. You know what a reliable signal looks like and you know how to find one in a noisy system. You have strong multidisciplinary engineering intuition, which will be indispensable in this role: you’ll be addressing the interrelated chemical, electrical, and mechanical phenomena in batteries. Microns matter in our field, so experience in precision assembly design will also be critical. Your technical background will help you understand how to untangle complex problems, collaborate successfully with electrochemists & battery engineers, and solve the unique problems of bringing new battery materials to market. You’re reliable and pragmatic; you deliver projects on time. You know what it means for others to rely on your work, so you are thorough and bring a daily sense of urgency to your...

WHO YOU ARE As an Industrial Maintenance Mechanic on the Manufacturing team, you are diligent and mechanically-adept to help build and maintain our equipment and infrastructure. You will contribute with on-shift equipment and facility maintenance, repair, and on-the-spot troubleshooting support. You  will have experience performing preventative maintenance on various types of equipment and providing a safe, rapid response to equipment downtime in a manufacturing environment. RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES Maintain and service existing tools (perform PMs) and infrastructure to support manufacturing operations Use and improve standard operating procedures and equipment best practices Use knowledge of vacuum, electrical, PLC, pneumatic, and mechanical systems to troubleshoot and repair equipment Able to change compressed gas cylinders, inert and flammable Install and test plumbing in vacuum and high-pressure gas systems Perform basic wiring and...

WHO YOU ARE You are a creative, diligent, rigorous, insightful and hands-on technical contributor. You understand the synthesis and production of novel, advanced materials. You will design and develop chemical and physical processes to manufacture materials needed for Li-ion batteries. You will be on a team, surrounded by individuals with diverse backgrounds, but a similar goal. We start with first principles, develop new materials, design & qualify processes for pilot scale development & commercial production, and continually support and improve our manufacturing capability. You will enjoy closely collaborating with a core team of Process, Equipment, and Manufacturing representatives on complex multi-phase, multi-year projects. RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES  Understand specific materials synthesis, characterization, and handling methods for novel particulate materials. Provide expertise to the team for success in day-to-day operations containing these...

WHO YOU ARE You’re an experienced, hands-on engineer with a desire to help deploy the next generation of lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles. In your work at Sila, you’ll be the point person on one of our key customer programs, leading the effort to integrate our material into automotive cell designs and qualify automotive cells for commercialization. You’ll work across technical teams and with business partners to design experiments, analyze data, and create robust plans to meet our customer program milestones. You’ll be a team-oriented technical leader working to usher in the future of electric vehicles. RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES  Design, carry out, and analyze experiments to test the performance of cells made using Sila’s materials against automotive cell qualification standards Develop and execute project plans to qualify Sila material in automotive scale cell builds and analyze results to improve performance for future builds Effectively...

WHO YOU ARE You are a creative, diligent, rigorous, insightful and hands-on technical contributor. You understand chemical plant design -- and particularly enjoy working on the utilities and facilities side of the design. You will design and develop chemical and physical processes to manufacture materials needed for Li-ion batteries. You will be on a team, surrounded by individuals with diverse backgrounds, but a similar goal. We start with first principles, develop new materials, design & qualify processes for pilot scale development & commercial production, and continually support and improve our manufacturing capability. You will enjoy closely collaborating with a core team of Process, Equipment, and Manufacturing representatives on complex multi-phase, multi-year projects. RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES  Understand specific design methodologies surrounding process utilities and other supporting “offsites” such as absorption towers, pressure swing adsorbers,...

WHO YOU ARE You are a creative, diligent, rigorous, insightful and hands-on technical contributor. You understand particulate and powder handling, from rheology to pneumatic transport. You will design and develop chemical and physical processes to manufacture materials needed for Li-ion batteries. You will be on a team, surrounded by individuals with diverse backgrounds, but a similar goal. We start with first principles, develop new materials, design & qualify processes for pilot scale development & commercial production, and continually support and improve our manufacturing capability. You will enjoy closely collaborating with a core team of Process, Equipment, and Manufacturing representatives on complex multi-phase, multi-year projects. RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES  Understand specific design methodologies surrounding material handling of powders and particulates. This includes specific knowledge surrounding particle flow and rheology, fluidization...