Northvolt has an exciting job offer for a manager material. In joining us you will play an important part from the very start in developing a new generation of large-scale European battery factories. Northvolt will play an important role in the transformation to a carbon-free society, and this is your opportunity to take part in leading those efforts and help drive us to success.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Managing Novel materials development part to end up with the successful results
• Wide experiences and know-how to lead the technologies/materials
• Responsibility for the materials from the development stage to the mass production including Quality control plan
• Leading and cooperating with the other departments and suppliers to implement new material into the projects
• Advanced Slurry mixing and evaluation: acquiring basic mixing information for successful cathode coating.
• Advanced electrode fabrication and evaluation such as electrolyte soaking, springback and adhesion test.
• Advanced cell fabrication and evaluation: especially coincell fabrication and evaluation will be essential, even though part of the work could be outsourced as needed. Still it should to be followed up and summarized by engineers.
• Electrochemical tests including EIS, Li plating, rate capability, cyclability, high temperature, and low-temperature characteristics: data organization and analysis will be very important part since it will give a clue to a selection of material and also the direction of improvement
• Setup semi auto assembly line for pouch cell
• Ramping up validation capacity for pouch and coin cell
• Management of new binder development

Qualifications and experience

• MSc or PhD in Chemical/Material/Electrical Engineering, and Chemistry
• Demonstrated expertise and success in the development of materials
• Preferably 5+ years industrial experience in R&D of materials
• Experience in scale-up of production (PP/MP)
• Experience in characterization and evaluation of materials
• Experience in design and development of batteries/cell
• Strong background from technical culture and proven engineering excellence in relevant field(s)
• Experience working with international colleagues and customers
• Must worked in multi-cultural environment

Specific skills

• Excellent English written and oral skills.
• Ability to work under high pressure and tight deadlines, excellent time management.
• Ability to work well with others in a team environment, as well as independently.
• Ability to work in a high profile and often high pressured international environment (start-up).
• Qualities that we cherish are flexibility, quality, friendliness, motivation to take on new challenges, grit and a sense of humour.
• Passionate & purpose driven.
• Responsibility for cathode active material development and optimization based on the wide range of know-how and experience
• Cooperation well with suppliers to develop the best sample and catch up new technology
• Understanding well about mass production process

Apply with CV in English or your complete LinkedIn profile.

Full time employment, fixed salary.

Planned starting date is ASAP.