Equipment Development Engineer

SES AI Corporation is an advanced battery technology company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, focused on developing lithium-metal (Li-Metal) and lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery solutions for electric transportation and energy storage applications. The company operates three core business units: Drones, which supplies high-energy and high-power density NDAA-compliant cells for drones, urban air mobility, and robotics; ESS (Energy Storage Systems), which provides integrated hardware and software solutions for data centers and commercial and industrial customers; and Materials, which leverages AI-driven discovery to supply next-generation battery materials. Central to its operations is the Molecular Universe platform, an AI-for-Science SaaS platform that powers material discovery, battery management, and workflow automation across all business units.

Equipment Development Engineer

 

Responsibilities

• Import equipment according to the company's capacity planning requirements

• Responsible for technical input, technical confirmation, technical benchmarking, equipment manufacture, installation, commissioning, acceptance and delivery

• Responsible for tracking, coordinating and managing the project schedule of new equipment introduction; familiar with the principle and core requirements of lithium electric equipment is preferred

• Responsible for following up the construction and internal installation progress, and confirming whether the site construction meets the equipment installation requirements

• Collect and sort out related engineering data after new equipment is imported, and output related equipment management files

• Familiar with the development of lithium equipment industry and suppliers, and have relevant supplier resources and management experience

 

Qualifications

• At least 3 years relevant experience, bachelor degree or above

• Project experience in importing specific equipment, familiar with basic knowledge and principle of mechanical, electrical and other automation equipment of lithium electric equipment

• Familiar with project management process and methods, and preferred to engage in non-standard automation equipment development projects

• Proficient in CAD drawing and office software, familiar with equipment design and production

• Good teamwork skills, good communication skills, hard-working, strong sense of responsibility, working experience in lithium industry and excellent English is preferred