Battery Materials & Electrochemistry Research Associate I

University of Alabama in Huntsville; Huntsville (AL); Hybrid; USD 28,000 - 33,000; Part time

Job summary

University of Alabama in Huntsville seeks a research associate to work on battery characterization and modeling in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. The role focuses on fabricating and electrochemically characterizing solid-electrolyte batteries and supporting lab management under Prof.

George Nelson. The candidate will collaborate with graduate students and postdoctoral researchers and contribute to data analysis, reporting, and publication-ready documentation of

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or related fields; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience with battery fabrication and testing.
• Experience with materials characterization methods including X-ray diffraction.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Synthesize and characterize battery materials.
• Fabricate and test batteries.
• Support general lab management tasks.
• Documentation and reporting of results from experiments.

Skills

Battery fabrication

Materials characterization

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering/Science

Tools

X-ray diffraction

Job description

University of Alabama in Huntsville seeks a research associate to work on battery characterization and modeling in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. The role focuses on fabricating and electrochemically characterizing solid-electrolyte batteries and supporting lab management under Prof.

George Nelson. The candidate will collaborate with graduate students and postdoctoral researchers and contribute to data analysis, reporting, and publication-ready documentation of