<div><h2>About Us</h2><p>We are Sila, a next-generation battery materials company. Our mission is to power the world’s transition to clean energy. To create this future, our team is building a better lithium-ion battery from the inside out today. We engineer and manufacture ground-breaking battery materials that significantly increase the energy density of batteries, while reducing their size and weight. The result? Smaller more powerful batteries that can unlock innovation in consumer devices and accelerate the mass adoption of electric cars to eliminate our dependence on fossil fuels. We're tackling one of the biggest challenges of our time every day, and together we're redefining what's possible. Are you ready to be a part of a team committed to changing the world?</p></div><h2>Who You Are</h2><p>Join us in solving the hardest technical challenges to enable a sustainable energy future. You are creative, proactive, rigorous, insightful and hands-on. As an intern in the Materials Development team, you will focus on the exploration and characterization of advanced material properties, and perform systematic characterization to understand material properties and performance relationships of novel energy storage materials. </p><p>We believe how we work together is as important as the great things we accomplish. Foundational to this belief is building a strong and distinctive culture – one that is collectively shaped and owned by all Silazens. Together, we’re a company that values taking pride in our work, using data and first principles to make high-quality decisions, leveraging diverse talent to help each other be better, and enjoying the journey as much as the destination.</p><h2>Responsibilities and Duties  </h2><ul><li>Lead a technical project from start to finish while incorporating guidance from your mentor, manager, and peers</li><li>Develop and execute novel analytical methods to characterize advanced material properties of anode materials</li><li>Complete technical tasks end-to-end and provide tactical support when needed to drive toward shared team success </li><li>Learn the inner workings of the technical team</li><li>Engage and foster a collaborative work environment that enables innovation and learning </li><li>Partner with members of your team to resolve project challenges and establish appropriate and timely solutions</li><li>Share project updates with critical team members at regular intervals</li></ul><h2>Knowledge and Skill Requirements </h2><ul><li>Studying toward (or recently received) a bachelor's degree or higher in chemical engineering, materials science, chemistry, or related fields</li><li>Desire to learn and use varying tools and technologies</li><li>Data handling and organization to support independent work</li><li>Excellent oral and written communication skills </li><li>Excellent documentation abilities</li></ul><h2>Physical Demands and Working Conditions</h2><ul><li>This internship will take place daily onsite in Alameda for 10-12 weeks</li><li>Required to exercise good judgment and work safety at all times, including utilization of personal protective equipment and compliance with safety procedures</li><li>Candidates must be comfortable working in a manufacturing environment</li><li>Operate equipment and tools at a bench</li><li>Wear personal protective equipment including, but not limited to, a lab coat, gloves, safety glasses, and safety shoes</li><li>Move long distances (such as from building to building) and be stationary for extended periods of time</li></ul><p>Regular Shift: Monday - Friday, 9:00am - 6:00pm</p><p>Start date is June 10, 2024</p><p>The starting base pay for this role is between $25/hr and $30/hr at the time of posting. The actual base pay depends on many factors, such as education, experience, and skills. Base pay is only one part of Sila’s competitive Total Rewards package that can include benefits, perks, and equity.  The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role may also be eligible for overtime.</p><div><h2>Working at Sila</h2><p>We believe that building a diverse team at Sila helps us amplify our individual talents. We are an equal opportunity employer and committed to creating an inclusive environment where good ideas are free to come from anyone. We are proud to celebrate diversity and all qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, national origin, or any other status protected by law.</p></div>

Revolutionary battery materials chemistry partner for leading consumer electronics and automotive OEMs, accelerating product innovation. Founded in 2011

Materials Development Engineer Intern

<p>Salary: $130,000-$160,000</p><p>Location: San Francisco, CA</p><p>Job Type: Full-time</p><p>Experience: 5+ years</p><h1>Company</h1><p>In order to keep climate change to 1.5°C, we’ll need 30% of global GDP (all of energy generation and transportation) to run on batteries by 2035.</p><p> </p><p>Zitara Technologies (YCombinator S20) builds predictive battery management software for transportation and energy customers with large deployments. Our customers operate &gt;$100M deployments of batteries in satellites, EVs, and renewable energy storage installations.</p><p> </p><p>Our team brings top researchers in physics-based battery algorithms together with seasoned software engineers to build safety-critical firmware and large scale machine learning systems. We bring with us decades of experience from companies like Tesla, Facebook, and Google.</p><h1>Role</h1><p>We’re looking for a Battery Lab Manager to drive battery test lab activity schedules, manage the test equipment, and ensure the accuracy and quality of the team’s work product. As a key member of our Lab Operations team, you will manage and inspire a team of technicians to deliver high quality test data and manage day to day tasks to accomplish overall program goals. The ideal candidate is someone who takes initiative, has an intuition for continuous improvement of lab workflow and processes, uses common sense, and takes a creative and resourceful approach to solving problems.</p><h1>Responsibilities</h1><ul><li>Build, train and manage a team of battery lab technicians and support their growth</li><li>Ensure tests are conducted safely, correctly, and efficiently to drive completion of test programs on schedule </li><li>Ensure the technical quality of all lab test results, compliance of lab activities with test standards, and that completed tests meet all customer requirements</li><li>Lab equipment capacity planning for customer test program operations</li><li>Setup, commissioning, and validation of new test equipment </li><li>Promote a culture of safety by identifying and mitigating risk</li><li>Maintain the lab equipment through the coordination of regular tool calibration, preventative maintenance, and service events</li><li>Identify and track metrics to monitor performance and highlight opportunities for continuous improvement</li><li>Maintain a high level of professionalism and cleanliness within the team and lab</li></ul><h1>Qualifications</h1><ul><li>5+ years of lab management experience (battery lab experience a plus)</li><li>Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in an engineering field (such as electrical, mechanical industrial)</li><li>Experience with safety-critical lab processes and technician training (e.g. high voltage lab experience)</li><li>Demonstrated ability to lead a team to overcome technical challenges</li><li>Experience with project management process and software (Jira, Asana, etc.)</li><li>Ability to troubleshoot issues with testing and creatively resolve unforeseen problems</li><li>Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively communicate with a variety of internal customers and support teams</li><li>Superior written and verbal communication skills</li></ul><h1>What We Offer</h1><ul><li>A full-time position, working from our office in San Francisco, CA </li><li>Competitive pay.</li><li>Health, Dental, and Vision care for you and your family.</li><li>A 401k savings plan.</li><li>“Unlimited PTO” vacation policy.</li><li>Excellent colleagues that are interested in your happiness and growth.</li></ul>

Zitara Technologies: Cloud-ready software empowering companies to optimize battery performance and enhance fleet operations.

Battery Lab Manager

<p><strong>About the Job</strong></p><p>This management position will own the continued development and scale-up of Anthro's innovative polymer electrolyte technology. You will lead a small-but-mighty team to push the limits of battery performance by developing novel polymer and liquid electrolytes. You will be be a key decision maker for setting Anthro's technical strategy and an owner of one of our core technologies. You and your team will develop chemical strategies and formulations to meet requirements for a wide range of battery chemistries and customer requirements. </p><p> </p><p><strong>What you will do</strong></p><ul> <li>Lead a small team of engineers and scientists to develop novel electrolyte technologies</li> <li>Serve as internal subject matter expert for battery electrolytes</li> <li>Develop novel polymer and liquid electrolyte engineering strategies, chemistries, and formulations to target specific battery performance properties</li> <li>Conduct deep literature and industry review to identify promising chemical strategies</li> <li>Identify key capabilities gaps and design experiments to close them</li> <li>Work with a range of battery chemistries, including Si anode, Graphite, Li Metal, NMC, LCO, LFP, and others</li> <li>Design and execute thoughtful experiments, analyze data, and interpret experimental results</li> <li>Work hands-on in the lab to unstuck your team and push the technology forward</li> <li>Mentor engineers on technical and professional development</li> <li>Pro-actively identify strategic opportunities for technical developments</li> <li>Contribute to the development of Anthro’s IP roadmap and file relevant IP</li> <li>Assist with preparation and execution of government grants</li> <li>Prepare presentations and report on progress at internal meetings</li> <li>Work in-person, on-site at Anthro’s lab in San Jose</li> </ul><p><strong>Requirements</strong></p><ul> <li>3+ years industry experience focused on lithium-ion batteries</li> <li>PhD in STEM field with additional experience in an industrial R&amp;D setting related to polymers and/or batteries and/or liquid electrolytes</li> <li>Profound electrochemical knowledge</li> <li>Established R&amp;D engineer demonstrated scientific accomplishments</li> <li>Comfortable working with advanced polymer materials, liquid electrolytes, and battery systems</li> <li>An excellent communicator and team player</li> <li>Able to manage multiple workflows and projects</li> <li>Ambitious, looking to increase your responsibility in a fast growing company</li> <li>Visa sponsorship is not available</li> </ul><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Benefits</strong></p><ul> <li>Competitive salary and equity compensation commensurate with experience</li> <li>15 Vacation Days, 10+ Holidays, Sick time off</li> <li>Full medical, dental, and vision coverage for team members, 60% coverage for dependents</li> <li>401k with match</li> <li>Paid parental leave with flexible return-to-work policy</li> <li>Diverse and inclusive work environment</li> </ul>

Anthro is an advanced materials company developing solutions to some of the biggest problems facing the battery-dependent electrified future.

Technical Manager - Battery Electrolyte

<div><h2>About Us</h2><p>We are Sila, a next-generation battery materials company. Our mission is to power the world’s transition to clean energy. To create this future, our team is building a better lithium-ion battery from the inside out today. We engineer and manufacture ground-breaking battery materials that significantly increase the energy density of batteries, while reducing their size and weight. The result? Smaller more powerful batteries that can unlock innovation in consumer devices and accelerate the mass adoption of electric cars to eliminate our dependence on fossil fuels. We're tackling one of the biggest challenges of our time every day, and together we're redefining what's possible. Are you ready to be a part of a team committed to changing the world?</p></div><h2>Who You Are</h2><p>As an Equipment &amp; Controls Engineering Lead within the Manufacturing Organization, your technical expertise and management skills will be critical to the success of our existing production line and future factories. Using a combination of equipment, controls, reliability, and operations knowledge you will efficiently solve production issues at their core, as well as suggest and implement improvements to the equipment design with the help of your direct reports and other team members from across Sila. You will build effective teams through recruiting, onboarding, coaching, effective prioritization and planning, feedback, and career development. You will support your team to deliver great results, learn, and grow. You will play a significant role in our long-term success by leading capacity, performance, reliability, and safety improvements; ensuring that the manufacturing team can consistently deliver more of our product to a growing list of customers!</p><h2>Responsibilities and Duties  </h2><ul><li>Troubleshoot and provide day-to-day technical support for manufacturing equipment and controls. Get passionate about firefighting, analyzing, and addressing operational challenges</li><li>Analyze production performance, investigate upset conditions, lead RCAs, and implement corrective actions to maintain high overall equipment effectiveness (OEE)</li><li>Support and lead cross-functional teams to execute projects that improve equipment performance, reliability, safety, and scale our manufacturing work processes</li><li>Provide feedback to equipment design teams to affect future equipment and factory design</li><li>Act as a servant leader to other manufacturing and engineering team members through focused listening, consistent information sharing, mentoring and development/delivery of training</li><li>Collaborate with direct reports to develop goals, coordinate and track progress of plans, allocate roles and responsibilities, and navigate challenges and roadblocks</li><li>Help reports understand how their role and contributions are important to the Company’s success, give and receive constructive feedback, and provide input to the organization on the reports’ contributions</li></ul><h2>Knowledge and Skill Requirements </h2><ul><li>Minimum of 10 years of related production or manufacturing equipment/controls experience in the automotive, semiconductor, chemical, oil &amp; gas, pharmaceutical, battery industry or similar</li><li>Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, controls &amp; automation, electrical engineering, or similar field</li><li>Demonstrated technical understanding of complex production equipment such as pneumatic/motor driven valving, pumps, compressors, abatement technologies, and pressure/vacuum vessels</li><li>Demonstrated technical understanding of coding languages (i.e. Structured Text, C#, Python, etc), industrial control systems (i.e. PLC, SCADA, HMI’s, etc), and basic electrical engineering</li><li>Experience managing direct reports, leading project teams, and managing medium to large scale projects</li><li>Experience using key manufacturing and process safety systems/tools such as Management of Change, Process Hazard Analysis (PHA), and Root Cause Analysis (RCA)</li><li>Can effectively manage multiple responsibilities, is self-motivated and can work autonomously with minimal guidance; comfortable with ambiguity and eager to create structure</li><li>Demonstrated leadership, ability to empower others, develop employee skills/competencies, drive execution of work/projects through clear delegation and prioritization</li></ul><h2>Physical Demands and Working Conditions</h2><ul><li>Pass a respirator fit test and be able to wear respiratory protection</li><li>Wear personal protective equipment including, but not limited to, a lab coat, gloves, safety glasses, and hard toe safety shoes.</li><li>This role may require routine production support during nights and weekends</li><li>Move long distances (such as from building to building) and be stationary for extended periods of time</li></ul><p> </p><p>The starting base pay for this role is between $149,000 and $208,000 at the time of posting. The actual base pay depends on many factors, such as education, experience, and skills. Base pay is only one part of Sila’s competitive Total Rewards package that can include benefits, perks, equity, and bonuses.  The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. <span style="color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">#LI-FM1 #LI-Onsite</span></p><div><h2>Working at Sila</h2><p>We believe that building a diverse team at Sila helps us amplify our individual talents. We are an equal opportunity employer and committed to creating an inclusive environment where good ideas are free to come from anyone. We are proud to celebrate diversity and all qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, national origin, or any other status protected by law.</p></div>

Equipment & Controls Engineering Lead

<div><h2>About Us</h2><p>We are Sila, a next-generation battery materials company. Our mission is to power the world’s transition to clean energy. To create this future, our team is building a better lithium-ion battery from the inside out today. We engineer and manufacture ground-breaking battery materials that significantly increase the energy density of batteries, while reducing their size and weight. The result? Smaller more powerful batteries that can unlock innovation in consumer devices and accelerate the mass adoption of electric cars to eliminate our dependence on fossil fuels. We're tackling one of the biggest challenges of our time every day, and together we're redefining what's possible. Are you ready to be a part of a team committed to changing the world?</p></div><h2>Who You Are</h2><p>As a Technician in the Battery Operations group, you will be a part of the team that converts Sila materials into lithium-ion battery concepts by assembling and testing prototype batteries. You are an attentive, diligent, and curious associate who will help create and demonstrate the next generation of battery materials. You are someone who takes ownership of your work, strives for perfection and is passionate about achieving team goals and objectives.</p><h2>Responsibilities and Duties  </h2><ul><li>Prepare and characterize chemical mixtures and other materials to be used in lithium-ion batteries</li><li>Assemble lithium-ion batteries and test them on battery cyclers </li><li>Fabricate mechanical fixtures, undertake tool preventative maintenance, and perform cable management</li><li>Follow standard operating procedures while still continuously looking for ways to improve processes and operations</li><li>Accurately record work and keep data updated in an online database</li><li>Manage inventory and maintain a tidy and effective work area</li><li>Work collaboratively with other Technicians, Research Associates, and Engineers</li><li>Effectively communicate results to troubleshoot, correct, and prevent issues</li><li>Once fully trained and qualified, work 12 hour shift rotation schedule to support 12 hr/7 day operations</li><li>Work overtime hours if requested and approved by Supervisor</li></ul><h2>Knowledge and Skill Requirements </h2><ul><li>Ability to work carefully and safely with materials and equipment</li><li>Like to work as part of a team while also capable of solving routine problems alone</li><li>History of consistently completing tasks efficiently and to a high standard</li><li>Knowledge of basic laboratory equipment and computer operation</li><li>Logical thought process and desire to learn; “can-do” attitude</li><li>Experience in ISO-9001 facilities, lithium ion R&amp;D labs, or other electrochemical cell R&amp;D labs would be nice</li></ul><h2>Physical Demands and Working Conditions</h2><ul><li>Able to adapt work schedule as needed by the team to achieve operations targets</li><li>Repetitive use of hands - delicate to forceful handling of material</li><li>Able to lift, push or pull up to 20 lbs</li><li>Able to work in a laboratory using glove boxes and fume hoods</li><li>Be able to pass a respirator fit test and wear respiratory protection every day</li><li>Wear personal protective equipment including, but not limited to, a lab coat, gloves, and safety glasses</li></ul><p>Training Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:00am - 3:30pm</p><p>Regular Schedule: Back-End Day Shift: Every other Wednesday, Thursday - Saturday, 6:00am - 6:15pm</p><p>The starting base pay for this role is between $30.00hr and $36.00/hr at the time of posting. The actual base pay depends on many factors, such as education, experience, and skills. Base pay is only one part of Sila’s competitive Total Rewards package that can include benefits, perks, and equity.  The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role may also be eligible for overtime.</p><div><h2>Working at Sila</h2><p>We believe that building a diverse team at Sila helps us amplify our individual talents. We are an equal opportunity employer and committed to creating an inclusive environment where good ideas are free to come from anyone. We are proud to celebrate diversity and all qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, national origin, or any other status protected by law.</p></div>

Battery Operations Technician

<div><h2>About Us</h2><p>We are Sila, a next-generation battery materials company. Our mission is to power the world’s transition to clean energy. To create this future, our team is building a better lithium-ion battery from the inside out today. We engineer and manufacture ground-breaking battery materials that significantly increase the energy density of batteries, while reducing their size and weight. The result? Smaller more powerful batteries that can unlock innovation in consumer devices and accelerate the mass adoption of electric cars to eliminate our dependence on fossil fuels. We're tackling one of the biggest challenges of our time every day, and together we're redefining what's possible. Are you ready to be a part of a team committed to changing the world?</p></div><h2>Who You Are</h2><p>As an intern on the Environment, Health, Safety and Security (EHS&amp;S) team, you will be working to help ensure regulatory compliance across all EHS&amp;S programs, and working closely with others to improve existing programs. You are someone who has a sense of curiosity and isn’t afraid to get involved in a wide range of activities, including hazardous waste management, high-consequence activities, and industrial hygiene work. Your main job will be to learn and gain experience working within a dynamic group of EHS&amp;S professionals while we power the world’s transition to clean energy!</p><h2>Responsibilities and Duties  </h2><ul><li>Complete regular compliance checks across various programs, including fire safety, isolation of hazardous energy, working at heights, emergency response, and compressed gases. </li><li>Support the management of hazardous waste management, including participating in waste pickups, manifest generation and general record keeping.</li><li>Participate in monthly recordkeeping, including OSHA reporting, air permit records, and other compliance needs. </li><li>Help improve and create EHS&amp;S collateral materials, including existing training, toolbox talks and EHS&amp;S communications.</li></ul><h2>Knowledge and Skill Requirements </h2><ul><li>Understanding of EHS&amp;S topics, including general environmental, health and safety information.</li><li>Background in science, or working towards a completion of an EHS&amp;S related degree</li><li>Experience working with computers and computer systems, such as Microsoft or Google suite</li></ul><h2>Physical Demands and Working Conditions</h2><ul><li>Wear personal protective equipment including, but not limited to, a lab coat, gloves, safety glasses, and steel toe safety shoes</li><li>Move items up to 35 lbs </li><li>Move items up to 50 lbs with the assistance of lift equipment and carts</li><li>Move long distances (such as from building to building) and be stationary for extended periods of time</li><li>Reach low shelves or items on the floor</li><li>Enter spaces narrower than 3 feet</li><li>Climb stairs or over containment walls</li><li>Precise and repetitive handling of a range of material quantities</li><li>Operate a computer and other office equipment, such as a laptop, copier/printer, etc in a fixed location</li></ul><p>Regular Shift: Monday - Friday, 9:00am - 6:00pm</p><p>Start date is June 10, 2024</p><p>The starting base pay for this role is between $25.00/hr and $34.00/hr at the time of posting. The actual base pay depends on many factors, such as education, experience, and skills. Base pay is only one part of Sila’s competitive Total Rewards package that can include benefits, perks, and equity.  The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role may also be eligible for overtime.</p><div><h2>Working at Sila</h2><p>We believe that building a diverse team at Sila helps us amplify our individual talents. We are an equal opportunity employer and committed to creating an inclusive environment where good ideas are free to come from anyone. We are proud to celebrate diversity and all qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, national origin, or any other status protected by law.</p></div>

Environment, Health, Safety and Security Intern

<div><h2>About Us</h2><p>We are Sila, a next-generation battery materials company. Our mission is to power the world’s transition to clean energy. To create this future, our team is building a better lithium-ion battery from the inside out today. We engineer and manufacture ground-breaking battery materials that significantly increase the energy density of batteries, while reducing their size and weight. The result? Smaller more powerful batteries that can unlock innovation in consumer devices and accelerate the mass adoption of electric cars to eliminate our dependence on fossil fuels. We're tackling one of the biggest challenges of our time every day, and together we're redefining what's possible. Are you ready to be a part of a team committed to changing the world?</p></div><h2>Who You Are</h2><p>As a Managing Engineer - Equipment &amp; Controls within the Manufacturing Organization, your technical expertise and management skills will be critical to the success of our existing production line and future factories. Using a combination of equipment, controls, reliability, and operations knowledge you will efficiently solve production issues at their core, as well as suggest and implement improvements to the equipment design with the help of your direct reports and other team members from across Sila. You will build effective teams through recruiting, onboarding, coaching, effective prioritization and planning, feedback, and career development. You will support your team to deliver great results, learn, and grow. You will play a significant role in our long-term success by leading capacity, performance, reliability, and safety improvements; ensuring that the manufacturing team can consistently deliver more of our product to a growing list of customers!</p><h2>Responsibilities and Duties  </h2><ul><li>Troubleshoot and provide day-to-day technical support for manufacturing equipment and controls. Get passionate about firefighting, analyzing, and addressing operational challenges</li><li>Analyze production performance, investigate upset conditions, lead RCAs, and implement corrective actions to maintain high overall equipment effectiveness (OEE)</li><li>Support and lead cross-functional teams to execute projects that improve equipment performance, reliability, safety, and scale our manufacturing work processes</li><li>Provide feedback to equipment design teams to affect future equipment and factory design</li><li>Act as a servant leader to other manufacturing and engineering team members through focused listening, consistent information sharing, mentoring and development/delivery of training</li><li>Collaborate with direct reports to develop goals, coordinate and track progress of plans, allocate roles and responsibilities, and navigate challenges and roadblocks</li><li>Help reports understand how their role and contributions are important to the Company’s success, give and receive constructive feedback, and provide input to the organization on the reports’ contributions</li></ul><h2>Knowledge and Skill Requirements </h2><ul><li>Minimum of 10 years of related production or manufacturing equipment/controls experience in the automotive, semiconductor, chemical, oil &amp; gas, pharmaceutical, battery industry or similar</li><li>Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, controls &amp; automation, electrical engineering, or similar field</li><li>Demonstrated technical understanding of complex production equipment such as pneumatic/motor driven valving, pumps, compressors, abatement technologies, and pressure/vacuum vessels</li><li>Demonstrated technical understanding of coding languages (i.e. Structured Text, C#, Python, etc), industrial control systems (i.e. PLC, SCADA, HMI’s, etc), and basic electrical engineering</li><li>Experience managing direct reports, leading project teams, and managing medium to large scale projects</li><li>Experience using key manufacturing and process safety systems/tools such as Management of Change, Process Hazard Analysis (PHA), and Root Cause Analysis (RCA)</li><li>Can effectively manage multiple responsibilities, is self-motivated and can work autonomously with minimal guidance; comfortable with ambiguity and eager to create structure</li><li>Demonstrated leadership, ability to empower others, develop employee skills/competencies, drive execution of work/projects through clear delegation and prioritization</li></ul><h2>Physical Demands and Working Conditions</h2><ul><li>Pass a respirator fit test and be able to wear respiratory protection</li><li>Wear personal protective equipment including, but not limited to, a lab coat, gloves, safety glasses, and hard toe safety shoes.</li><li>This role may require routine production support during nights and weekends</li><li>Move long distances (such as from building to building) and be stationary for extended periods of time</li></ul><p> </p><p>The starting base pay for this role is between $149,000 and $208,000 at the time of posting. The actual base pay depends on many factors, such as education, experience, and skills. Base pay is only one part of Sila’s competitive Total Rewards package that can include benefits, perks, equity, and bonuses.  The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. <span style="color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">#LI-FM1 #LI-Onsite</span></p><div><h2>Working at Sila</h2><p>We believe that building a diverse team at Sila helps us amplify our individual talents. We are an equal opportunity employer and committed to creating an inclusive environment where good ideas are free to come from anyone. We are proud to celebrate diversity and all qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, national origin, or any other status protected by law.</p></div>

Managing Engineer, Equipment & Controls

<div><h2>About Us</h2><p>We are Sila, a next-generation battery materials company. Our mission is to power the world’s transition to clean energy. To create this future, our team is building a better lithium-ion battery from the inside out today. We engineer and manufacture ground-breaking battery materials that significantly increase the energy density of batteries, while reducing their size and weight. The result? Smaller more powerful batteries that can unlock innovation in consumer devices and accelerate the mass adoption of electric cars to eliminate our dependence on fossil fuels. We're tackling one of the biggest challenges of our time every day, and together we're redefining what's possible. Are you ready to be a part of a team committed to changing the world?</p></div><h2>Who You Are</h2><p>You are creative, proactive, rigorous, insightful and hands-on. You are passionate about contributing to the global transition to renewable energy by developing scalable energy storage nanomaterials and using them in devices.  You are able to draw from your fundamental knowledge from coursework and hands-on research experience and apply it to the characterization and testing of novel energy storage materials.  Further, you are able to perform systematic experiments to understand the relationships between the materials you make and their performance in real-world energy storage devices and communicate that understanding to others.  In this internship you’ll make connections in the fast growing energy materials field and get a flavor of the benefits that a scientific career at Sila has to offer. </p><h2>Responsibilities and Duties  </h2><ul><li>Conduct experiments to evaluate the performance and characteristics of battery materials, including electrode materials, electrolytes, and separators.</li><li>Investigate cell design and performance trade-offs across various formats, such as single-layer pouch, multi-layer pouch, and cylindrical cells.</li><li>Identify material and cell degradation mechanisms through teardowns, electrochemical data analysis, and materials characterization, and propose effective countermeasures.</li><li>Thoroughly document and present results, with conclusions and recommendations, to engineering mentors, management and other stakeholders.</li></ul><h2>Knowledge and Skill Requirements </h2><ul><li>Ability to make a minimum six month commitment (June - December) to working and developing skills at Sila.</li><li>Studying toward (or recently received) a degree in chemical engineering, materials science, chemistry, or related field.</li><li>Exceptional analytical and documentation skills.</li><li>Ability to learn new skills and ask for help when needed.</li><li>Capable of working independently with direction.</li></ul><h2>Physical Demands and Working Conditions</h2><ul><li>Wear personal protective equipment including, but not limited to, a lab coat, gloves, safety glasses, and steel toe safety shoes</li><li>Operate analytical equipment at a bench.</li><li>Move long distances (such as from building to building) and be stationary for extended periods of time</li><li>Operate a computer and other office equipment, such as a laptop, copier/printer, etc in a fixed location</li></ul><p>Start date is June 10, 2024</p><p>The starting base pay for this role is between $25/hr and $40/hr at the time of posting. The actual base pay depends on many factors, such as education, experience, and skills. Base pay is only one part of Sila’s competitive Total Rewards package that can include benefits, perks, and equity.  The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role may also be eligible for overtime. <span style="color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">#LI-FM1 #LI-Onsite</span></p><div><h2>Working at Sila</h2><p>We believe that building a diverse team at Sila helps us amplify our individual talents. We are an equal opportunity employer and committed to creating an inclusive environment where good ideas are free to come from anyone. We are proud to celebrate diversity and all qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, national origin, or any other status protected by law.</p></div>

Cell Development Research Internship

<div><h2>About Us</h2><p>We are Sila, a next-generation battery materials company. Our mission is to power the world’s transition to clean energy. To create this future, our team is building a better lithium-ion battery from the inside out today. We engineer and manufacture ground-breaking battery materials that significantly increase the energy density of batteries, while reducing their size and weight. The result? Smaller more powerful batteries that can unlock innovation in consumer devices and accelerate the mass adoption of electric cars to eliminate our dependence on fossil fuels. We're tackling one of the biggest challenges of our time every day, and together we're redefining what's possible. Are you ready to be a part of a team committed to changing the world?</p></div><h2>Who You Are</h2><p>You are creative, proactive, rigorous, insightful and hands-on. You are passionate about contributing to the global transition to renewable energy by developing scalable energy storage nanomaterials and using them in devices. You are able to draw from your fundamental knowledge from coursework and hands-on research experience and apply it to the production and characterization of novel energy storage materials. Further, you are able to perform systematic experiments to understand the relationships between the materials you make and their performance in real-world energy storage devices and communicate that understanding to others. In this internship you’ll make connections in the fast growing energy materials field and get a flavor of the benefits that a scientific career at Sila has to offer.</p><h2>Responsibilities and Duties  </h2><ul><li>Working on specific process development projects with the engineering team developing novel nanostructured materials and products</li><li>Performing material syntheses and workup, and fabricating product prototypes under guidance of senior engineers</li><li>Designing, running, and analyzing experiments to characterize the chemical and morphological properties of nanomaterials and product prototypes</li><li>Thorough documentation and presentation of results, with conclusions and recommendations, to deliver to engineering mentors, management and other stakeholders</li><li>Development and execution of novel analytical methods to characterize product prototypes</li></ul><h2>Knowledge and Skill Requirements </h2><ul><li>Ability to make a six month commitment (June - December) to working and developing skills at Sila.</li><li>Studying toward a degree in chemical engineering, materials science, chemistry, or related field</li><li>Exceptional analytical and documentation skills</li><li>Ability to learn new skills and ask for help when needed</li><li>Capable of working independently with direction</li></ul><h2>Physical Demands and Working Conditions</h2><ul><li>Wear personal protective equipment including, but not limited to, a lab coat, gloves, safety glasses, and steel toe safety shoes</li><li>Operate analytical equipment at a bench</li><li>Move long distances (such as from building to building) and be stationary for extended periods of time</li><li>Operate a computer and other office equipment, such as a laptop, copier/printer, etc in a fixed location</li></ul><p>Start date is June 10, 2024</p><p>The starting base pay for this role is between $25/hr and $40/hr at the time of posting. The actual base pay depends on many factors, such as education, experience, and skills. Base pay is only one part of Sila’s competitive Total Rewards package that can include benefits, perks, and equity.  The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role may also be eligible for overtime. <span style="color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">#LI-FM1 #LI-Onsite</span></p><div><h2>Working at Sila</h2><p>We believe that building a diverse team at Sila helps us amplify our individual talents. We are an equal opportunity employer and committed to creating an inclusive environment where good ideas are free to come from anyone. We are proud to celebrate diversity and all qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to gender, race, sexual orientation, religion, age, disability, national origin, or any other status protected by law.</p></div>

Concept Development Research Internship

<p><strong>The Company</strong></p><p>In order to keep climate change to 1.5°C, we’ll need 30% of global GDP (all of energy generation and transportation) to run on batteries by 2035.</p><p>Zitara Technologies (YCombinator S20) builds predictive battery management software for transportation and energy customers with large deployments. Their customers operate &gt;$100M deployments of batteries in satellites, EVs, and renewable energy storage installations.</p><p>Our team brings top researchers in physics-based battery algorithms together with seasoned software engineers to build safety-critical firmware and large scale machine learning systems. We bring with us decades of experience from Toyota, Exponent, Proterra, Tesla, Gogoro, Google, and Facebook. </p><p><strong>The Role</strong></p><p>We're looking for a Senior Battery Test Engineer to work closely and lead initiatives with our customer success, R&amp;D, engineering, and operations team members to collect and systematize test requirements aimed at producing quality data to train high fidelity battery models and algorithms. This involves designing and implementing the lab and its processes to execute those tests, understanding and tackling engineering challenges in battery test processes, and maintaining and proactively improving lab capacity, efficiency, and safety. The ideal candidate will be someone who takes initiative, has an intuition for continuous improvement of lab workflow and processes, uses common sense, and takes a creative and resourceful approach to solving problems.</p><p><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p><ul><li>Provide technical leadership for battery testing initiatives</li><li>Collect test requirements from cross-functional stakeholders to design and validate battery test programs and procedures</li><li>Lead test and equipment related troubleshooting and diagnostic activities</li><li>Lead development and improvement of procedures and test methods to ensure highest levels of safety are met</li><li>Develop, maintain and iterate on lab standard operating procedures </li><li>Manage, maintain, and research upgrades to our lab hardware (battery cyclers, thermal chambers, and electronics) and supplies/consumables</li><li>Electrical and/or mechanical design, assembly, and documentation of battery test fixtures</li><li>Validate the end result of the lab work, working with other team members to determine pass/fail criteria</li><li>Clearly communicate technical matters, schedule considerations, deliverables, and needs</li><li>Manage and streamline customer onboarding from the perspective of laboratory testing</li></ul><p><strong>Minimum Qualifications</strong></p><ul><li>BS in Electrical Engineering or related field</li><li>5+ years experience in electrical engineering, metrology, battery testing or applications roles</li><li>Experience in providing technical leadership in the battery test engineering or related space</li><li>Strong analytical and problem-solving skills</li><li>Proactive communication and follow-up</li><li>Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail</li><li>Clear and effective written and interpersonal communication skills</li><li>Strong practical experience with data management in Excel and vendor-specific data tools</li><li>Working knowledge of lab automation practices in National Instruments/LabView, Mathworks, or another software system</li><li>Familiarity with project management tools such as JIRA</li><li>Experience with basic fabrication tools (soldering, hand tools, small power tools, etc.)</li><li>Experience with basic electrical test tools (power supplies, multimeters, battery testers, etc.)</li><li>High attention to detail and self-motivation</li><li>Team-oriented attitude</li></ul><p><strong>Preferred Additional Qualifications</strong></p><ul><li>Familiarity with battery technology and functional parameters</li><li>Experience with use of battery test equipment, including Arbin and Neware cyclers, thermal chambers, and data acquisition systems</li><li>Electrical and/or mechanical CAD proficiency</li><li>Electrical safety and high voltage lab experience</li><li>Knowledge of Python for test automation and/or data analysis</li><li>Experience with lab system IT including networking and data access tools</li></ul><p><strong>What We Offer</strong></p><ul><li>Full-time position, standard hours subject to time zones</li><li>Competitive compensation, equity incentive, and benefits package</li><li>Casual work culture</li><li>Excellent colleagues that are interested in your happiness and growth</li></ul>

Senior Battery Test Engineer 

<p><strong>The Company</strong></p><p>In order to keep climate change to 1.5°C, we’ll need 30% of global GDP (all of energy generation and transportation) to run on batteries by 2035.</p><p>Zitara Technologies (YCombinator S20) builds predictive battery management software for transportation and energy customers with large deployments. Their customers operate &gt;$100M deployments of batteries in satellites, EVs, and renewable energy storage installations.</p><p>Our team brings top researchers in physics-based battery algorithms together with seasoned software engineers to build safety-critical firmware and large scale machine learning systems. We bring with us decades of experience from Toyota, Exponent, Proterra, Tesla, Gogoro, Google, and Facebook. </p><p><strong>The Role</strong></p><p>We're looking for a Battery Test Engineer to work closely with our customer success, R&amp;D, engineering, and operations team members to develop, collect, and systematize test requirements aimed at producing quality data to train high fidelity battery models and algorithms. This involves designing and implementing the lab and its processes to execute those tests, understanding and tackling engineering challenges in battery test processes, and maintaining and proactively maximizing lab capacity, efficiency, safety, and utilzation. The ideal candidate will be someone who takes initiative, has an intuition for continuous improvement of lab workflow and processes, uses common sense, and takes a creative and resourceful approach to solving problems.</p><p><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p><ul><li>Collect test requirements from cross-functional stakeholders- To design and validate battery test scripts, followed by executing tests. </li><li>Test- and equipment- related troubleshooting and diagnostic activities</li><li>Development and improvement of procedures and test methods to ensure highest levels of productivity and safety are met</li><li>Develop, maintain and iterate on lab standard operating procedures </li><li>Manage, maintain, and research upgrades to our lab hardware (battery cyclers, thermal chambers, and electronics) and supplies/consumables</li><li>Electrical and/or mechanical design, assembly, and documentation of battery test fixtures</li><li>Validate the end result of battery tests, working with other team members to determine pass/fail criteria</li><li>Clearly communicate technical matters, schedule considerations, deliverables, and needs</li><li>Manage and streamline customer onboarding from the perspective of laboratory testing</li></ul><p><strong>Minimum Qualifications</strong></p><ul><li>BS in Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or other related field. </li><li>2+ years experience in electrical engineering, metrology, battery testing or applications roles</li><li>Familiarity with battery technology, Lithium-Ion and others. </li><li>Experience with basic fabrication tools (soldering, hand tools, small power tools, etc.)</li><li>Experience with basic electrical test tools (power supplies, multimeters, battery testers, etc.)</li><li>Strong analytical and problem-solving skills</li><li>Proactive communication and follow-up</li><li>Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail</li><li>Clear and effective written and interpersonal communication skills</li><li>Strong practical experience with data management in Excel and vendor-specific data tools</li><li>Working knowledge of lab automation practices in National Instruments/LabView, Mathworks, or another software system</li><li>Familiarity with project management tools such as JIRA or Asana</li><li>Strong self-motivation and team-oriented attitude</li></ul><p><strong>Preferred Additional Qualifications</strong></p><ul><li>Experience and Familiarity with use of battery test equipment, including Arbin, Maccor, and Neware cyclers, thermal chambers, and data acquisition systems</li><li>Electrical safety and HV (High Voltage) lab experience </li><li>Knowledge of Python for test automation and/or data analysis</li><li>Electrochemistry and Battery Internals/Operation knowledge</li><li>Experience with lab system IT including networking and data access tools</li></ul><p><strong>What We Offer</strong></p><ul><li>Full-time position, standard hours subject to time zones</li><li>Competitive compensation, equity incentive, and benefits package</li><li>Casual work culture</li><li>Excellent colleagues that are interested in your happiness and growth</li></ul>

Battery Test Engineer

<p><strong>The Company</strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In order to keep climate change to 1.5&deg;C, we&rsquo;ll need 30% of global GDP (all of energy generation and transportation) to run on batteries by 2035.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Zitara Technologies (YCombinator S20) builds predictive battery management software for transportation and energy customers with large deployments. Their customers operate &gt;$100M deployments of batteries in satellites, EVs, and renewable energy storage installations.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Our team brings top researchers in physics-based battery algorithms together with seasoned software engineers to build safety-critical firmware and large scale machine learning systems. We bring with us decades of experience from Toyota, Exponent, Proterra, Tesla, Gogoro, Google, and Facebook.&nbsp;</span></p>
<p><strong>The Role</strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We're looking for a Senior Battery Test Engineer to work closely and lead initiatives with our customer success, R&amp;D, engineering, and operations team members to collect and systematize test requirements aimed at producing quality data to train high fidelity battery models and algorithms. This involves designing and implementing the lab and its processes to execute those tests, understanding and tackling engineering challenges in battery test processes, and maintaining and proactively improving lab capacity, efficiency, and safety. The ideal candidate will be someone who takes initiative, has an intuition for continuous improvement of lab workflow and processes, uses common sense, and takes a creative and resourceful approach to solving problems.</span></p>
<p><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Provide technical leadership for battery testing initiatives</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Collect test requirements from cross-functional stakeholders to design and validate battery test programs and procedures</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lead test and equipment related troubleshooting and diagnostic activities</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lead development and improvement of procedures and test methods to ensure highest levels of safety are met</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Develop, maintain and iterate on lab standard operating procedures&nbsp;</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Manage, maintain, and research upgrades to our lab hardware (battery cyclers, thermal chambers, and electronics) and supplies/consumables</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Electrical and/or mechanical design, assembly, and documentation of battery test fixtures</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Validate the end result of the lab work, working with other team members to determine pass/fail criteria</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Clearly communicate technical matters, schedule considerations, deliverables, and needs</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Manage and streamline customer onboarding from the perspective of laboratory testing</span></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Minimum Qualifications</strong></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">BS in Electrical Engineering or related field</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">5+ years experience in electrical engineering, metrology, battery testing or applications roles</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Experience in providing technical leadership in the battery test engineering or related space</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Strong analytical and problem-solving skills</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Proactive communication and follow-up</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Clear and effective written and interpersonal communication skills</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Strong practical experience with data management in Excel and vendor-specific data tools</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Working knowledge of lab automation practices in National Instruments/LabView, Mathworks, or another software system</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Familiarity with project management tools such as JIRA</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Experience with basic fabrication tools (soldering, hand tools, small power tools, etc.)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Experience with basic electrical test tools (power supplies, multimeters, battery testers, etc.)</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">High attention to detail and self-motivation</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Team-oriented attitude</span></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Preferred Additional Qualifications</strong></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Familiarity with battery technology and functional parameters</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Experience with use of battery test equipment, including Arbin and Neware cyclers, thermal chambers, and data acquisition systems</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Electrical and/or mechanical CAD proficiency</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Electrical safety and high voltage lab experience</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Knowledge of Python for test automation and/or data analysis</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Experience with lab system IT including networking and data access tools</span></li>
</ul>
<p><strong>What We Offer</strong></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Full-time position, standard hours subject to time zones</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Competitive compensation, equity incentive, and benefits package</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Casual work culture</span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Excellent colleagues that are interested in your happiness and growth</span></li>
</ul>

Senior Battery Test Engineer

<p><strong>The Company</strong></p><p>In order to keep climate change to 1.5°C, we’ll need 30% of global GDP (all of energy generation and transportation) to run on batteries by 2035.</p><p>Zitara Technologies (YCombinator S20) builds predictive battery management software for transportation and energy customers with large deployments. Their customers operate &gt;$100M deployments of batteries in satellites, EVs, and renewable energy storage installations.</p><p>Our team brings top researchers in physics-based battery algorithms together with seasoned software engineers to build safety-critical firmware and large scale machine learning systems. We bring with us decades of experience from Toyota, Exponent, Proterra, Tesla, Gogoro, Google, and Facebook. </p><p><strong>The Role</strong></p><p>We're looking for a lab technician to work closely with our modeling and engineering team members to fully understand and execute the entire physical process of battery testing. The ideal candidate will be someone who takes initiative, has an intuition for continuous improvement of lab workflow and processes, uses common sense, and takes a creative and resourceful approach to solving problems.</p><p><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p><ul><li><p>Test setup, instrumentation, data collection, and documentation</p></li><li><p>Maintain and research upgrades to lab equipment (battery cyclers, thermal chambers, and electronics)</p></li><li><p>Lab safety and workflow practices</p></li><li><p>Organization, tidiness, and safety compliance of lab spaces</p></li><li><p>Mechanical and electrical design, fabrication, assembly, and documentation of test fixtures</p></li><li><p>Communicate technical matters, schedule considerations, deliverables, and needs to cross functional groups</p></li></ul><p><strong>Minimum Qualifications</strong></p><ul><li><p>Capable of performing required battery lab tasks</p></li><li><p>Clear and effective written and interpersonal communication skills</p></li><li><p>Working knowledge of basic software, spreadsheets, etc.</p></li><li><p>Experience with basic fabrication tools (soldering, hand tools, small power tools, etc.)</p></li><li><p>Experience with basic electrical test tools (power supplies, multimeters, battery testers, etc.)</p></li><li><p>High attention to detail and self-motivation</p></li></ul><p><strong>Preferred Additional Qualifications</strong></p><ul><li><p>Mechanical and/or Electrical CAD proficiency</p></li><li><p>Basic understanding of measurements and conversion for basic scientific units as well as electrical units</p></li><li><p>Running, crimping, and organizing wires and wiring harnesses</p></li><li><p>Electrical safety and/or high voltage lab experience</p></li><li><p>Basic knowledge of python, writing scripts, networking, etc.</p></li></ul><p><strong>What We Offer</strong></p><ul><li><p>Full-time, in-person position, standard hours subject to time zones</p></li><li><p>Competitive compensation, equity incentive, and benefits package</p></li><li><p>Casual work culture</p></li><li><p>Excellent colleagues that are interested in your happiness and growth</p></li><li>Salary range $75,000 to $90,000 annual base </li></ul>

Battery Lab Technician

<h2><strong>The Role</strong></h2><p><span style="font-weight:400;">We are looking for experienced, generalist battery systems engineers to drive the successful integration of Zitara’s battery design and management software into customer applications.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400;">At Zitara, battery systems engineers are our “power users”. They can leverage their battery industry expertise to develop technical solutions that maximize the value of Zitara software in customer batteries, and do so across a diverse set of energy storage applications. The role combines both internally- and externally-facing responsibilities, where you will drive technical decision-making on customer programs, and aid in overall product planning and development as a customer advocate and key subject-matter expert within Zitara.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400;">The battery systems engineer, who will work with a variety of internal and external stakeholders with varying levels of subject-matter expertise, must have both robust technical skills and strong emotional intelligence. The ideal candidate will have direct technical experience with battery systems, such as battery hardware or software engineering, battery cell development, or battery-related technical project management.</span></p><h2><strong>Responsibilities</strong></h2><p><span style="font-weight:400;">Common battery systems engineering responsibilities at Zitara are given below. Specific responsibilities for individual engineers may be geared toward their particular technical strengths and battery systems experience.</span><span style="font-weight:400;"><br></span></p><ul><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Drive the successful integration of Zitara software in customer battery systems:</span></li><ul><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Design battery test and instrumentation strategies.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Perform analyses on battery data collected in both the lab and field.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Create battery system simulations using Zitara design tools.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Integrate Zitara software into new compute platforms embedded within customer battery systems.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Help customers optimize battery design choices.</span></li></ul><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Guide and mentor customers as they adopt Zitara products, helping them maximize the value of Zitara software when integrated in their applications.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Write externally-facing technical documentation, and provide direct technical support to customers when they encounter difficulty.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Support Zitara non-battery-expert engineering staff in making technical product development and operational decisions requiring battery expertise.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Develop an in-depth understanding of customer needs across the industry, and drive Zitara product development by identifying product gaps and advocating on behalf of our customers internally.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Author technical materials for public consumption, such as white papers and blog entries, that demonstrate Zitara’s capabilities and technical leadership.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Directly participate in Zitara’s product planning and development process.</span><span style="font-weight:400;"><br></span></li></ul><h2><strong>Minimum Qualifications</strong></h2><ul><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Bachelors' in technical subject or equivalent proficiency.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Technical experience with lithium ion battery systems, such as:</span></li><ul><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Battery hardware engineering.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Battery software engineering.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Battery test engineering.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Battery algorithms design.</span></li></ul><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Project management skills.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Clear and effective communication abilities.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Willingness to travel to meet customers in-person.</span><span style="font-weight:400;"><br></span></li></ul><h2><strong>Preferred Additional Qualifications</strong></h2><ul><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Comfortable programming in Python and/or C.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Practical experience in customer-facing roles.</span><span style="font-weight:400;"><br></span></li></ul><h2><strong>What We Offer</strong></h2><ul><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">A full-time position, working three days per week from our office in San Francisco, CA, and up to two days per week remotely (optional).</span></li></ul><ul><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Competitive pay.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Health, Dental, and Vision care for you and your family.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">A 401k savings plan.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">“Unlimited PTO” vacation policy.</span></li><li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Excellent colleagues that are interested in your happiness and growth.</span></li></ul>

Senior Applications Engineer (Battery Systems)

<h1>Company</h1><p>In order to keep climate change to 1.5°C, we’ll need 30% of global GDP (all of energy generation and transportation) to run on batteries by 2035.</p><p>Zitara Technologies (YCombinator S20) builds predictive battery management software for transportation and energy customers with large deployments. Our customers operate &gt;$100M deployments of batteries in satellites, EVs, and renewable energy storage installations.</p><p>Our team brings top researchers in physics-based battery algorithms together with seasoned software engineers to build safety-critical firmware and large scale machine learning systems. We bring with us decades of experience from companies like Tesla, Facebook, and Google.</p><h1>Role</h1><p>Zitara has one of the most comprehensive battery performance datasets in the world, consisting of terabytes of electrical and thermal battery data from fleets of devices in the field and battery systems in our lab. Zitara builds thousands of battery models on top of these datasets, and these models enable our customers to use their batteries more safely and efficiently. </p><p>As a member of the Web / Services Team, you will help our customers monitor and analyze "fleet" data of all of their deployed batteries.</p><p>Note, this role includes on-call duty currently set at 1 week, 6 times per year.</p><h1>Responsibilities</h1><ul><li><p>Build Zitara’s internal API infrastructure and tooling to collect battery data to be analyzed and turned into business intelligence and web dashboards</p></li><li><p>Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement scalable solutions that manage complex, highly structured data sets with domain specific requirements</p></li><li>Provide mentorship and technical guidance to more junior engineers on the team</li></ul><h1>Qualifications</h1><ul><li>Fluency in Python</li><li><p>5+ years of experience building software in large scale distributed systems</p></li><li><p>Strong understanding of HTTP services, background workers, relational databases (PostgreSQL), and S3</p></li><li><p>Familiarity with the full life cycle of software development, from design and implementation, to testing and deployment, to monitoring and alerting</p></li><li><p>A love for our planet and a desire to contribute to solutions that address the climate crisis</p></li></ul><h3><strong>Preferred Additional Qualifications</strong></h3><ul><li>Experience managing cloud-based infrastructure such as AWS</li><li><p>Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker</p></li><li><p>Experience with high-traffic IoT applications, including managing rate limiting and traffic shaping</p></li><li>Understanding fundamentals of cryptography, experience with cryptography in an IoT application</li></ul><p> </p><h1>What We Offer</h1><ul><li><p>Salary Range $160,000 to $210,000 annual base </p></li><li><p>Health, Dental, and Vision care for you and your family</p></li><li><p>401K savings plan</p></li><li><p>Unlimited vacation policy</p></li><li><p>An altruistic company mission</p></li><li><p>Excellent colleagues that are interested in your happiness and growth</p></li></ul><p> </p>

Senior Software Engineer | Web and IoT

<h3>About the Job</h3><p>As Senior Scientist, you’re helping lead our charge to develop advanced polymer electrolytes for lithium-ion batteries and beyond. You will work with Anthro leadership to design and implement novel polymer engineering techniques for a wide range of battery applications. As an early team member, you will proactively shape the scientific and strategic vision of Anthro.<br></p><p><br></p><h3>What you will do</h3><ul> <li>Design and conduct thoughtful experiments, analyze data, and interpret experimental results</li> <li>Develop polymer materials and electrolyte formulations for a wide range of battery applications</li> <li>Work with engineers to translate scientific discoveries into production-ready prototypes</li> <li>Contribute to the development of Anthro’s IP roadmap</li> <li>Assist with preparation and execution of government grants</li> <li>Prepare presentations and report on progress at internal meetings</li> <li>Work in-person, on-site at Anthro’s lab in San Jose</li> </ul><p><strong>Requirements</strong></p><ul> <li>PhD in STEM field and/or extensive (5+ years) in industrial R&amp;D setting related to polymers and/or batteries</li> <li>A hands-on researcher with demonstrated scientific accomplishments</li> <li>Comfortable working with advanced polymer materials and battery systems</li> <li>An excellent communicator and team player</li> <li>Able to manage multiple workflows and projects</li> <li>Ambitious, looking to increase your responsibility in a fast growing company</li> <li>Visa sponsorship is not available</li> </ul><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>Benefits</strong></p><ul> <li>Competitive salary and equity compensation commensurate with experience</li> <li>Generous paid time off and sick days in addition to Holidays</li> <li>Medical, dental, and vision coverage for team members and dependents </li> <li>Diverse and inclusive work environment</li> </ul>

Senior Battery Scientist

<p><strong>About the Job</strong> </p><p>As Senior Battery Engineer, you’ll work with the Product Team bringing Anthro’s technology into customer products and services; making safer batteries a reality. A successful Senior Battery Engineer is driven, organized and detail oriented; communicates with ease to technical and non-technical teams; thrives in a fast-paced, ambiguous, startup environment; shows technical expertise in battery cell engineering, materials science, test engineering and product development; leads through positive relationships: and displays grace in a rapidly evolving company.  You’ll be directly responsible for improving Anthro products to meet customer specifications, communicating with external 3rd parties, managing work programs with customers, and taking Anthro’s technology from the lab to the hands of our customers.  </p><p><strong>What you will do </strong></p><ul> <li>Serve as a lead contributor to internal or externally facing projects and manage reporting and communication for multiple projects  </li> <li>Develop new battery test protocols and experimental methods to test hypotheses and draw clear conclusions  </li> <li>Collaborate with teams across the company to develop test plans, execute on those plans, and improve Anthro’s product to meet customer specifications.  </li> <li>Communicate with external parties/vendors  </li> <li>Perform complex data analysis using data collected across all R&amp;D teams  </li> </ul><p><strong>Requirements</strong></p><ul> <li>BS or MS in STEM field and 4-7 years of experience in battery R&amp;D or battery manufacturing  </li> <li>Demonstrated experience as an independent project contributor </li> <li>High performance in matrixed work environment </li> <li>Excellent program management and communication skills  </li> <li>Exceptional ability to establish relationships amongst technical and non-technical teams internally and externally </li> <li>Data-driven, motivated, enthusiastic and willing to take action </li> <li>A hands-on researcher with demonstrated scientific accomplishments in battery cell design, product, manufacturing, quality control, test engineering and/or materials design </li> <li>Ability to develop new processes and train team members </li> <li>Visa sponsorship is not available. </li> </ul><p><strong>Benefits</strong></p><ul> <li>Competitive salary and equity compensation commensurate with experience </li> <li>Generous paid time off and sick days in addition to Holidays </li> <li>Medical, dental, and vision coverage for team members and dependents </li> <li>Diverse and inclusive work environment </li> </ul>

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