Product Engineer Battery Additives

Job Title:Product Engineer (Battery Electrode Materials / Coatings)Location: Somerset, NJ (Onsite)Type: Contract-to-HireHours: 8:00 AM–5:00 PM or 9:00 AM–6:00 PM (Flexible)Pay: $28–$36/hr DOEOverview A specialty materials company focused on advanced battery materials and nanotechnology. The company develops and manufactures materials used in lithium-ion and next-generation battery technologies.Ideal for candidates with academic research (batteries / chemistry oriented), internships, co-ops, or industry experience involving formulation development, powder processing, slurry preparation, coatings, materials characterization, and process scale-up.What You'll Do

• Design, develop, and support manufacturing of battery electrode materials and formulations.
• Formulate and process active materials, conductive carbons, and binder systems.
• Prepare and optimize powders, dispersions/slurries, and coated films.
• Characterize materials to evaluate quality, morphology, and performance.
• Support development of both established and next-generation battery materials intended for commercialization.
• Document experimental results and collaborate with R&D, manufacturing, and customer-facing teams.

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Materials Science or a related field
• Hands-on experience with powders, slurries, dispersions, coatings, films, formulations, or materials processing.
• Knowledge of wet chemistry, solid-state chemistry, or materials characterization techniques.
• Strong laboratory, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Experience

• Electrode processing, including slurry formulation, mixing, rheology, coating, drying, calendering, tape casting, or doctor blade techniques.
• Battery materials such as cathodes, anodes, conductive additives, electrolytes, or binder systems.
• Materials characterization techniques including particle size analysis, BET, SEM, XRD, DSC/TGA, or similar methods.
• Experience with scale-up, process development, and manufacturing environments.

Relevant Industry Backgrounds that translate: Candidates from battery materials, specialty chemicals, paints & coatings, inks, adhesives & sealants, polymers, ceramics, catalysts, nanomaterials, composites, semiconductors, electronic materials, conductive inks, carbon materials, fuel cells, solar materials, cosmetics, food science, additive manufacturing, mining/mineral processing, powder metallurgy, or other powder-, slurry-, dispersion-, or coating-based manufacturing environments are encouraged to apply.

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