Lead Mechanical Cell Engineer for Metal-Air Fuel Cells

Voya Energy; Hayward (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

100% employer paid medical, dental, và

401(k) plan

Job summary

Voya Energy in Hayward, CA is seeking a lead engineer to design, build, and validate high-power metal-air fuel cells for next‑gen generators. You will work with material scientists to optimize cathode, anode, membrane, and electrolyte architectures, and own mechanical CAD for stack components.

You’ll prototype bench-scale flow cells, iterate hardware like bipolar plates and flow fields, and collaborate with product teams to scale innovations from lab to pilot and production.

Qualifications

• Track record of developing novel electrochemical cell architectures and building the physical stack hardware.
• Proficiency in CAD-based mechanical design and DFM; comfortable moving from drawing to prototype to test stand yourself.
• Mechanical background with exposure to electrochemistry preferred.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams, preferably for system or device development.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and validate a high-power metal-air fuel cell for Voya’s generator.
• Work with material scientists to select and optimize cathode, anode, membrane/separator, and electrolyte materials as well as form-factor.
• Develop and iterate novel current collector, separator/membrane, and electrode architectures to improve cell power, efficiency, and durability.
• Develop manufacturing procedures for novel architectures.
• Work with subscale and stack teams to identify scale-up limitations and implement innovative solutions.
• Work with subscale and stack teams to develop operational strategies that improve cell power, efficiency, and durability.
• Rapidly prototype bench-scale electrochemical flow cells to test new chemistries, architectures, materials, and stack configurations before committing to pilot-scale builds.
• Design and iterate cell & stack hardware, including bipolar plates, flow fields, manifolds, end plates, gaskets, and compression/clamping systems to improve cell power, efficiency, and durability.
• Own mechanical design and tolerancing of cell and stack components in CAD (SolidWorks or equivalent).
• Work with Voya's product development team to scale and demonstrate cells from bench to pilot and production-intent systems.

Skills

Electrochemical cell design

CAD-based mechanical design

DFM

Cross-functional collaboration

Startup mindset

Materials selection

Prototyping hardware

Tools

SolidWorks

Job description

Voya Energy in Hayward, CA is seeking a lead engineer to design, build, and validate high-power metal-air fuel cells for next‑gen generators. You will work with material scientists to optimize cathode, anode, membrane, and electrolyte architectures, and own mechanical CAD for stack components.

You’ll prototype bench-scale flow cells, iterate hardware like bipolar plates and flow fields, and collaborate with product teams to scale innovations from lab to pilot and production.