Senior Cell 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.

Senior Cell Engineer

 

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the design and development of lithium metal cells, sample trial production verification, performance evaluation, and realization of the company's product development goals

• Responsible for cell sample preparation follow-up, test communication, performance anomaly and failure analysis

• Responsible for the documentation from the development of new cell products to mass production

• Responsible for following up power cell customer projects, decomposing customer needs, communicating and discussing client technology, and managing project technical progress

 

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or above, major in material, chemistry, mechanics, etc., experience in lithium-ion battery, solid state battery is preferred

• More than 5 years of power cell project development experience, leading or participating in the development of more than one power cell project

• Familiar with the design or research and development of lithium-ion cell and solid cell

• Fluency in English

• Good team communication skills

• Project management experience or ability is preferred