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. NEI is seeking skilled individuals with a Bachelor’s degree or higher and a background in Materials Science & Engineering and/or Electrochemistry, and experience in one of the following areas:

• Synthesis and Processing of battery electrode materials: Lithium-ion or Sodium-ion battery electrode and solid electrolyte materials – inorganic materials, solid state chemistry, electrode formulation
• Lithium/Lithium-ion cell fabrication
• Electrochemical testing

The individual’s primary responsibility will be to augment existing product development programs and initiate new ones. In addition, the position entails working with NEI’s customers to address application-specific materials requirements through synthesis and electrochemical testing. 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*:

• Hands-on experience with inorganic, organic, or hybrid materials
• Synthesis of materials
• 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 at least a Bachelor’s degree. Experience in the chemical or materials industry is preferred, but not required, for this position.