Program Manager

Natron Energy is the world's leading developer and supplier of high power, long life, and low cost Prussian Blue Sodium Ion battery solutions for critical power and industrial applications, including data center UPS systems and electrically-powered materials handling equipment.

Natron Energy seeks a Program Manager to lead the New Product Introduction, Mass Production (MP), Contract Manufacturing and processes for fully integrated battery systems, based Natron Energy’s proprietary cell technology. The Program Manager will work closely with, and coordinate activities of, Product Engineering, Operation, Technology, and Contract Manufactures, to lead the new product development and introduction, factory ramp up, and contract manufacturer management. Activities to be coordinated include developing overall program plan and driving execution to meet customer delivery targets and company goals. Strong candidates have prior program management experience in the field of batteries or other electronic hardware systems resulting in >1 million units shipped. The person for this position has a positive attitude, collaborates well, and does what it takes to get the job done. 

Natron Energy (natron.energy) is the future of energy storage. Natron Energy’s battery products solve operations performance and reliability problems for the world’s biggest electricity customers. Natron Energy’s initial products target markets exceeding $25B including data centers, oil & gas, EV fast charging, and commercial aviation. Natron Energy has additional products in development for >$50B markets including commercial and residential grid storage. Its products are based on sodium-ion cells containing Prussian blue electrodes that deliver unique power, cycle life, and safety: full discharge and recharge in just minutes and up to 50,000 deep discharge cycles from a nonflammable, fault tolerant system. Natron Energy’s current production is sold out for the next 12 months. The company has signed over $225M/year in master sales agreements and LOIs, and scale-up to mass production is now underway. Natron Energy has raised over $155M in venture capital investment to date, as well as $35M in non-dilutive funding to support its supply chain scale up. The company has a strong leadership team that includes world-class C and VP level strategy, sales, operations, and technology executives.

 

·       Founded in 2012 as a Stanford spin out

·       Now selling the world’s first UL certified Na-ion product in $9B data center market, with $700k shipped and $1.5M booked

·       First product (battery tray for in-rack power) is fully de-risked and sold out through Q1 2023

·       Second product (ultra high-power battery rack services) launched in 2022

 

Natron Energy solves the problems created by lead acid and lithium-ion technology:

A smaller footprint for high power leaves more space to generate revenue

Fast recharge results in higher system uptime

Tens-of-thousands of charge-discharge cycles enables real-time peak saving of volatile electrical loads

Predictable degradation without surprise failures

The only battery that cannot start a fire

Customers gain confidence and save on fire mitigation costs

 

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