Facebook Battery Engineer 

China, Shanghai 

899835478

Develop Li-ion cells for consumer electronics applications working with a cross-functional team of mechanical, electrical, reliability and safety engineers

Develop specifications and qualification methods for cell performance and reliability

Conduct testing, evaluation, and failure analysis of cells during new product development, reliability testing, and potential field returns

Evaluate cell manufacturing technologies, supplier capabilities for design, testing and qualifications

Evaluate emerging cell technologies, suitability for consumer electronics applications, and timelines for commercial introduction

Provide build support during early NPI builds to ensure that the process can meet the design intent

Good understanding of Design for Manufacturability (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA), statistical tolerance analysis techniques, functional dimensioning, and GD&T

Evaluate new vendors to aid with supplier qualification

Work with vendors to mass produce cells in a cost-effective way

Work with in region thermal, validation and reliability teams to support testing at contract manufacturers and third party labs

Travel to audit vendors for supplier capability to enable new battery technologies

Domestic and/or international travel to suppliers in Asia and test labs in the US

MS in Material Science, Electrochemistry, or Chemical Engineering or equivalent experience

3+ years of direct experience in Li-ion battery development including components such as electrodes, electrolytes, separators, additives etc

Experience in battery characterization to meet application performance requirements and regulatory compliance

Experience in cell manufacturing with both winding and/or stacking technologies

Knowledge of process statistics such as SPC controls, quality metrics, and experience in setting up design of experiments

Experience working with offshore partners

Experience communicating with and working collaboratively with Product Design engineers and other hardware/software cross-functional functions

MS in Material Science, Electrochemistry, or Chemical Engineering or equivalent experience

3+ years of direct experience in Li-ion battery development including components such as electrodes, electrolytes, separators, additives etc

Knowledge of electrochemistry as it relates to Li-ion batteries in a production environment

Experience in battery characterization to meet application performance requirements and regulatory compliance

Knowledge of process statistics and experience in setting up design of experiments

Strong communication skills (written and verbal)