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Facebook Battery Engineer 
China, Shanghai 
899835478

17.07.2024
Battery Engineer Responsibilities
  • 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
Minimum Qualifications
  • 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
Preferred Qualifications
  • 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)
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