Battery Cell Engineer

At Apple, as part of our Battery Engineering group, you'll help craft creative battery solutions that deliver more energy in smaller spaces than ever before! You'll work across teams to transform improved hardware elements into a single, integrated design. Join us and help us innovate new battery technologies that continually outperform the previous iterations. By collaborating with other product development groups across Apple, help push the industry boundaries of what batteries can do and improve the product experience for our customers worldwide. The Battery Product Development team at Apple produces high-energy and highly reliable embedded battery systems for all product teams. Tightly integrated with Product Development, Operations, Industrial Design, and Reliability Testing groups, we own battery module development from initial system architecture through ramp.

Description

As a Battery Cell Engineer, you will participate in engineering design and qualification efforts for new lithium rechargeable cell designs from concept to completion.","responsibilities":"Develop performance specifications and cell design details required to meet application requirements and determine acceptability for production ramp.

Work with suppliers, travel as needed, support staff and management to ensure that new product designs are developed on time and on budget.

Conduct investigations, prepare related status reports for problems or issues and make recommendations as required.

Research literature and industry for advanced technologies that may be applicable for next-generation cell design and work with vendor supply base to evaluate efficacy and readiness.

Pursue development of intellectual property to protect technology developments and secure competitive position.

Preferred Qualifications

3+ years relevant research / industry experience.

Advanced degree (PhD) in Material Science, Electrochemistry, Chemical Engineering, or related.

Hands-on experience in battery assembly, teardown, testing, characterization and diagnostics.

Familiarity with applicable test procedures, international standards, and certified agency requirements applicable to rechargeable lithium battery products.

Familiarity with current innovative production processes applicable to lithium rechargeable cells.

Experience with production of lithium batteries including statistical analysis of performance results, process capabilities, and design of experiments.

Minimum Qualifications

BS degree in Material Science, Electrochemistry, Chemical Engineering, or related

Experience with battery materials and cell design development

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