Position: Senior Advanced R&D Engineer
This position is intended to convey to the new, independent company, to be named Solstice Advanced Materials when the separation occurs. This is expected to occur in late 2025 or early 2026.
At Advanced Materials, we are committed to offering the highest value-add specialty solutions in the advanced materials sector. Our goal is to solve our customers' most complex challenges through a robust and innovative product portfolio and, by doing so, deliver exceptional value to our stakeholders.
We have identified actionable strategies to grow by expanding into new products and markets and through strategic acquisitions, while keeping our top operating margins. Joining our team means becoming part of an organization that leverages its long-standing reputation to capture growth trends by investing in innovation, manufacturing enhancements, and maintaining deep customer relationships.
We foster a collaborative and inclusive work environment that values contributions and supports professional development. With a focus on innovation and sustainability, the team is dedicated to delivering value together.
Job description:
- Build up lab capability of material application evaluation in Li-Battery.
- Identify the failure model of current collector / electrode / battery performance and guide product design team on formulation and process optimization and guide customer by value proposition.
- Process design on coated aluminum foil.
- Identify battery partner and work on downstream evaluation process.
- Work with global team on multiple partner cooperation. Well Cross-functions communications on projects.
- Collect information of competitors, end users and industries, monitor competitors’ activities and make analysis/proposals for counteraction.
Qualifications:
- Master degree or above in Electrochemistry, Polymer materials, Material science and technology or related.
- Minimum 5 years of industry solid experience in battery development, especially on electrode development / current collector development / battery performance analysis. Be very familiar with battery assembly process from carbon-coated film to battery, key performance evaluation and manufacturing equipment, failure mold analysis etc.
- Strong knowledge of raw material correlation with battery performance and making process.
- Battery packaging material development experience is a value added.
- Multicultural background
- Good internal and external technology presentation skills. Good communication skills with internal and external customers. Ability to work with inside cross-functional teams.
- Fluent oral English would be better but not a must
About Solstice Advanced Materials
Solstice Advanced Materials is a leading global specialty materials company that advances science for smarter outcomes. Solstice offers high-performance solutions that enable critical industries and applications, including refrigerants, semiconductor manufacturing, data center cooling, nuclear power, protective fibers, healthcare packaging and more. Solstice is recognized for developing next-generation materials through some of the industry's most renowned brands such as Solstice®, Genetron®, Aclar®, Spectra®, Fluka™, and Hydranal™. Partnering with over 3,000 customers across more than 120 countries and territories and supported by a robust portfolio of over 5,700 patents, Solstice’s approximately 4,000 employees worldwide drive innovation in materials science. For more information, visit Advanced Materials.
Skills Required
- Master degree or above in Electrochemistry, Polymer materials, Materials Science and Technology or related
- Minimum 5 years industry experience in battery development, especially electrode development, current collector development, and battery performance analysis
- Familiarity with battery assembly process from carbon-coated film to full battery, key performance evaluation, manufacturing equipment, and failure mode analysis
- Strong knowledge of raw material correlation with battery performance and manufacturing process
- Battery packaging material development experience
- Multicultural background
- Good technical presentation and communication skills with internal and external customers; ability to work with cross-functional teams
- Fluent oral English
What We Do
Solstice, part of Kin + Carta, is a modern software engineering firm that helps Fortune 500 companies seize new opportunities through world-changing digital solutions. As strategists and consultants, we help organizations evolve their digital strategy to solve mission-critical problems. As designers and developers, we build incredible hardware and software solutions that transcend a standalone product and transform an organization’s relationship with its customers. As instructors and coaches, we help companies transform from the inside out by adopting a high-speed culture of innovation. We’re strategists, researchers, designers, and engineers hell-bent on changing the way the world does business. We’re headquartered in Chicago and have delivery offices in New York, London, and Buenos Aires. For more information about Solstice, visit solstice.com
