Tesla Cell Materials Engineering group is looking for a highly motivated process engineer, materials scientist, chemical engineer, metallurgist or chemist to join the lab/pilot team. The path from mine to active battery materials is one of the greatest chemical engineering challenges of our time. This position will focus on the development and scale-up of several processes designed to increase the speed, efficiency, and environmental performance of battery material manufacture. Candidates will be the primary technical contact for one or more processing steps and unit operations by assisting in the day-to-day operation of integrated, lab/pilot facility.

• Primary technical resource and point-of-contact for multiple unit-operations, which include both lab and pilot activities
• Establish R&D programs, test plans, and transferring process knowledge of high-intensity unit operations so that they may be scaled safely and effectively
• Design, build, procure and commission lab/pilot scale unit operating systems
• Develop unit/process operation SOP, run day-to-day operations, direct operators/technicians, plans production campaigns and design DOE/controlled experiment studies
• Perform experimental data analysis and prepare technical presentations
• Translate process learnings to meaningful results which affiliated teams may be use as a design basis
• Collaborate with R&D, drafting, and mechanical teams to ensure unit design and process conditions meet production and material quality targets
• Ensure day-to-day process operation is safe, organized, and efficient, including assembling production plans, data collection strategies and report-out
• Participate and assist in design and scale-up by documenting process learnings
• Support equipment selection, factory-acceptance-trials, and commissioning of larger facilities

• Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Mineral Processing, Mechanical Engineering, or Materials Science with >2 years process development experience at lab/pilot-scale, or equivalent
• Quantifiable experience in one or more of the following:
• Mineral processing includes crushing, milling, physical separation processes such as gravity separation, magnetic separation, sieving etc
• Wet chemistry treatment includes elevated temperature and pressure autoclave leaching, high pressure, and atmospheric reactor, physicochemical precipitation, clarification, filtration
• Hands-on experience with building process skids, agitated tanks, pumps, piping etc
• Evidence of exceptional ability, including a strong understanding of engineering fundamentals and demonstrated ability to leverage this understanding to solve challenging technical problems
• The successful candidate will have experience in lab or pilot operations where they have not only operated the unit but can demonstrate the successful implementation of process or equipment improvement
• Detail oriented with strong record-keeping and organizational skills