Job Description:

NEI Corporation develops, manufactures and supplies Specialty Materials for diverse industrial applications. The company employs a multi-disciplinary group of motivated scientists and engineers, and is looking for qualified individuals to join the team. The company is seeking highly technical individuals with a strong background in Electrochemistry and/or Materials Science, and experience in one of the following areas:

• Solid electrolytes
• Chemistry of Lithium-ion battery electrode materials
• Lithium/Lithium-ion cell fabrication and testing

The individual’s primary responsibility will be to augment existing product development programs, and initiate new ones. In addition, the position will entail working with NEI’s customers to address application-specific materials requirements. The product development specialist is expected to have had hands-on experience. The successful candidate will need to apply Materials Science & Engineering principles to develop and implement new materials. In addition to technical skills, the individual should be able to work autonomously yet be a team player, be detail-oriented, creative, and communicate well with colleagues and customers.

Examples of Skills Needed*:

• Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy
• Hands-on experience with inorganic, organic, or hybrid materials
• Synthesis of materials
• In-depth knowledge of recent advances in Materials Science
• Experience with cell fabrication and electrochemical testing
• Applications development experience

*Note that for this position, only a subset of these skills may be required

Education and Experience Requirements:

Candidates meeting the requirements for this position may come from a wide variety of technical fields such as Electrochemistry, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry or Materials Science and Engineering with either a PhD or MS degree. Two to five years industrial experience, chemical or materials industry is preferred for this position.