Northvolt has an exciting job offer for a Staff engineer cell design to join our Västerås team.

In joining us you will play an important part from the very start in developing a new generation of large-scale European battery factories. Northvolt will play an important role in the transformation to a carbon-free society, and this is your opportunity to take part in leading those efforts and help drive us to success.

Job scope

As a Staff engineer cell design you will be responsible for project leader of cell development for a specific customer.

Key responsibilities

Leading cell development project in cell design team
Setting up the development strategy and DOEs
Co-develop the process concept
Responsible for design freeze and BOM cost
Technical counter-part of customer and execution customer project
Technical lead for internal development with internal stakeholder

Requirements

Qualifications and experience

PhD or MSc in chemical engineering/Electrochemistry/chemistry/material science and engineering
More than 5 years experiences on the automotive business
More than 12 years of practical experience from Li-ion battery cell development
Extensive experience on cell design and development of Li-ion cells
Extensive experience on large-scale battery fabrication and validation
Experience on Li-ion battery manufacturing and mass production
Working experience with OEM project for Li-ion battery cell/module business
Extensive experience on managing the technical team for customer project
Strong background from technical culture and proven engineering excellence

Specific skills

Excellent English written and oral skills.
Strong technical leadership.
Ability to work under high pressure and tight deadlines, excellent time management.
Ability to work well with others in a team environment, as well as independently.
Passionate & purpose driven.

Personal success factors

Ability to work well with others in a team environment, as well as independently
Leadership to lead development organization and ability to manage timeline and target
Strong managing skill to lead the team members for a technical and relationship matter
Achieve both customer sample milestone and requirement specification
Ability to work in a high profile and often high-pressure international environment
Problem solving skills with appropriate tools

Apply with CV in English or your complete LinkedIn profile.

Full time employment, fixed salary.

Planned starting date is ASAP.