Redwood Materials is an American clean energy company headquartered in Sparks, Nevada, focused on securing domestic supplies of critical battery materials and providing large-scale energy storage solutions. The company recycles end-of-life batteries to recover lithium, nickel, cobalt, and copper, creating one of the largest domestic sources of these critical minerals in the United States. Its operations support the broader transition away from reliance on foreign supply chains for materials essential to electric vehicles and energy storage systems. Through its Redwood Energy division, the company designs, integrates, and deploys large-scale energy storage systems for data centers and the national grid, utilizing both new and repurposed batteries to deliver cost-effective solutions. Redwood Materials partners with major automotive, technology, and energy companies including Volkswagen Group of America, Panasonic, GM Ultium Cells, Toyota, BMW, Amazon, Volvo, and Southern Company, reflecting its central role in the emerging domestic battery supply chain. Founded by former Tesla Chief Technology Officer JB Straubel, Redwood Materials was established with the mission of building a circular economy for batteries, reducing waste, lowering the carbon footprint of energy storage, and strengthening American energy independence. The company holds ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 certifications, underscoring its commitment to occupational health, safety, and environmental management standards.
About Redwood Materials
Redwood is localizing a global battery supply chain that seamlessly integrates recovery, reuse, and recycling — keeping critical minerals in circulation and driving the energy transition. Founded in 2017, we’re delivering low-cost and large-scale energy storage and producing battery materials in the U.S. for the first time, all from batteries we already have.
Systems Design Engineer, Factory Systems Modeling
We are seeking a Systems Design Engineer to develop models for our battery refining and materials production processes. You'll apply first-principles modeling in custom software to create plant-scale models that maximize efficiency, detect equipment failures, and power soft sensors. The goal: design the world's most optimal factories through cross-functional collaboration with stakeholders and design teams.
Responsibilities will include:
- Implement complex system models integrating mechanical, thermal, chemical, and control theories in custom software
- Design and implement control algorithms that optimize plant operations
- Own and maintain controls-plant model software in the loop tests
- Navigate cross-functional engineering teams to gather requirements and deliver solutions
- Integrate live factory data into models to detect equipment anomalies
- Optimize plant efficiency through modeling support
- Apply knowledge of motors, pumps, sensors, actuators, and thermodynamic systems to accurately model plant behavior
- Design high-level control strategies informed by simulation and data analytics
Qualifications:
- M.S. in Mechanical/Chemical/Electrical Engineering, Physics, or equivalent experience
- 2+ years in Systems Design Engineering and first-principles modeling, preferably with multi-physics simulations
- Proficiency in Python and/or simulation software with functional software engineering skills
- Strong grasp of mechanical, electrical, and thermodynamic fundamentals
- Experience with complex system design
- Self-motivated, hands-on attitude with willingness to contribute at all levels
- Passion for sustainability and making the world better
The position is full-time. Compensation will be commensurate with experience.
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