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Element has an opportunity for an Electrical Engineer to join our rapidly expanding team. As a member of the operations team, the Engineer position performs a variety of routine and non-routine testing assignments within the department assigned and insures timely and accurate test results under minimal direct supervision.
Element Atlanta–Gainesville is a dedicated battery testing laboratory providing accredited safety, performance, cycling, abuse, and regulatory testing for all major lithium, nickel, alkaline, and emerging battery chemistries. Serving automotive, aerospace, medical device, consumer electronics, wearables, and industrial markets, the laboratory helps manufacturers ensure the safety, reliability, and performance of battery-powered products.
If you are not currently authorized to work in the US without sponsorship, Element Materials Technology will not consider your job application. Any candidate must be lawfully eligible to work in the US as a US Citizen or Permanent Resident of the United States.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for leading and ownership of assigned customer testing projects across the full range of testing disciplines within the local test lab, and potentially other Element testing locations
- Oversees and guides problem solving of complicated technical challenges across all areas of testing
- Supports business development opportunities with technical consultation and advice with new or existing customers
- Be accountable for accurate and timely release of testing data to customers including sign-offs of quality control data as acceptable
- Be confident in making both formal and informal presentations on conventional and/or routine testing to a wide range of stakeholders
- Carry out crucial examination and implementation of testing concepts and data
- Utilize an assortment of skill, methods, procedures and materials in advanced testing analysis
- Be adept at drawing on internal knowledge as well as industry and/or academic resources in reaching testing conclusions
- Tasked with actively seeking ways to disseminate (identifies opportunities to share) critical testing knowledge, acumen and protocols by supporting development and maintenance of organized SOP’s, training, and digital tools
Skills / Qualifications
- Have 0 - 5 years pertinent post degree engineering experience, or advanced academic/professional qualifications
- Possess a Bachelor of Science degree in a science or testing related field
- Possess a high level of expertise related to scope, core theories, concepts, terminologies and boundaries of chosen engineering discipline
- Possesses a demonstrated ability to apply academic knowledge within the context of Element’s business
- Can analyze and compile testing data from the tests performed
- Ability to interpret, review, and construct various types of instructions, including Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)
- Proficient in balancing job priorities, testing deadlines, and work time to achieve targets and goals while handling multiple competing priorities
- Takes initiative to plan work and set task deadlines
- Working knowledge of laboratory safety
- Strong computer skills and proficiency in Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, Outlook)
- Well-developed oral and written communication skills to meet a variety of communication needs
- Ability to interact professionally with employees, vendors, and customers
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Diversity StatementAt Element, we always take pride in putting our people first. We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes diversity and inclusion as fundamental to our Vision of becoming “the world’s most trusted testing partner”.
All suitably qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective work related criteria and without regard for the following: age, disability, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, race, religion, responsibility of dependents, sexual orientation, or gender identity or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws.
Skills Required
- 0–5 years of pertinent post-degree engineering experience, or advanced academic/professional qualifications
- Bachelor of Science degree in a science or testing-related field
- Expertise in the scope, theories, concepts, terminology, and boundaries of the chosen engineering discipline
- Ability to apply academic knowledge within a business context
- Ability to analyze and compile testing data
- Ability to interpret, review, and construct instructions, including Standard Operating Procedures
- Ability to balance priorities, testing deadlines, work time, and competing priorities
- Initiative to plan work and set task deadlines
- Working knowledge of laboratory safety
- Strong computer skills and proficiency in Microsoft applications, including Word, Excel, and Outlook
- Well-developed oral and written communication skills
- Ability to interact professionally with employees, vendors, and customers
Element Materials Technology Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Element Materials Technology and has not been reviewed or approved by Element Materials Technology.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO, floating holidays, and paid volunteer time are highlighted, with flexibility to use time off in many teams. This breadth of options adds practical value beyond base pay.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Employee Assistance Program support, recognition programs, and “Smarter Working” flexibility are featured as part of the package. These offerings support day-to-day wellbeing and work–life fit.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Compensation is considered competitive in certain roles and markets, with location-based variation enabling stronger packages for some. This creates opportunities to land better-aligned offers when role and site match well.
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What We Do
The Element Materials Technology Group is one of the world’s leading global providers of testing, inspection, and certification services for a diverse range of products, materials, and technologies in advanced industrial supply chains where failure in use is not an option. Headquartered in London, UK, Element’s c.9,000 scientists, engineers, and technologists, work across a global network of over 270+ locations, support customers from early R&D, through complex regulatory approvals, and into production ensuring their products are safe and sustainable, and achieve market access. In 2021, Element set out its new, industry leading environmental commitments, adopting science-based targets and committing to net zero emissions across its entire global business by 2035. These environmental commitments follow Element’s achievement of the highest ESG ranking in the testing, inspection and certification industry from Sustainalytics, a global leader in ESG research and data.
