Quantum Materials Chemist – Equity & Unlimited PTO

Pronoia; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Unlimited PTO

Relocation assistance

Competitive equity package

Professional development stipend

Job summary

Pronoia Energy in Torrance, California is seeking an Experimental Chemist to drive hands-on chemistry for discovery and characterization of materials for quantum energy storage. You will synthesize new materials, run reactions, and use analytical instruments to determine composition and behavior.

You will collaborate across simulation, synthesis, and cell-build teams, feeding validated materials to modelers and technicians.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in electronic materials science, condensed matter physics, chemistry, or related field.
• Hands-on synthetic or electrochemical chemistry with battery materials experience.
• Experience with broadband dielectric spectroscopy and potentiostat diagnostics; fluency in complex permittivity and related formalisms.
• Experience with BDS and related formalisms to isolate bulk relaxations from space-charge effects.
• Experience with solvent-free, catalyst-activated dynamic covalent polymer networks and confinement in porous matrices.
• Self-starter in an undefined materials function, thriving amid ambiguity and rapid iteration.

Responsibilities

• Synthesize and purify candidate materials, including electrode materials and novel solid-state compounds.
• Characterize materials using BDS, impedance, XRD, and electrochemical testing.
• Verify quantum confinement from BDS data and analyze permittivity and electric modulus to confirm macroscopic ion leakage is frozen out.
• Perform impedance data analysis to isolate long-range charge translation from localized bulk relaxation states.
• Fit dielectric data to Cole-Cole, Davidson-Cole, or other models to extract relaxation times.
• Feed validated material candidates and transport parameters into the simulation, cell-build, and testing pipeline.
• Maintain a safe, meticulous wet lab and collaborate across the materials, physics, and computational teams.
• Provide data-driven insight to inform each design iteration.

Skills

Electronic materials science

Solid-state dielectric materials

Electrochemical synthesis

Broadband dielectric spectroscopy

Impedance spectroscopy

X-ray diffraction

Battery-materials chemistry

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Education

M.S./Ph.D. in electronic materials science or related field

Tools

Broadband Dielectric Spectroscopy (BDS)

Impedance analyzers

X-ray Diffraction (XRD)

Potentiostat/Galvanostat

Dielectric data analysis

Job description

Pronoia Energy in Torrance, California is seeking an Experimental Chemist to drive hands-on chemistry for discovery and characterization of materials for quantum energy storage. You will synthesize new materials, run reactions, and use analytical instruments to determine composition and behavior.

You will collaborate across simulation, synthesis, and cell-build teams, feeding validated materials to modelers and technicians.