Senior Application Engineer

QuantumScape; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

QuantumScape in San Jose, CA is seeking a Senior Applications Engineer to leverage extensive lithium-ion cell technology experience to collaborate with a multidisciplinary team and oversee customer information management.

You will coordinate with internal R&D and manufacturing teams to track cell specifications and schedules, translate technical data to stakeholders, and deliver presentations to customers, ensuring project milestones are met.

Qualifications

• Masters +3 years of industry experience or PhD in materials or chemistry-related area with professional experience in customer and vendor environments.
• Extensive experience and understanding of lithium-ion cell technology and architecture, materials and components and ideally experience in solid-state battery technology.
• Application of scientific programming (e.g., Python) and statistical methods to analyze large datasets
• Possess outstanding communication skills both verbal and written form. These are vital because the position is cross-functional in nature and demands frequent interactions and deliberations with other departments, customers.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with internal cell R&D teams and cell manufacturing teams to create customer plans, track, and maintain cell specifications and roadmaps, release schedules, program milestones and deliverables, etc.
• Communicate technical customer information to internal stakeholders.
• Coordinate and deliver technical presentations to customers.
• Conducts internal meetings, calls, follow-ups and other communications with stakeholders and management throughout the business project development and implementation stages to ensure deliverables to customers.
• Provide timely responses and project reports to internal teams and customers.

Skills

Excellent interpersonal communication

Presentation skills

Risk management mindset

Team community building

Planning and control

Conflict resolution

Education

Masters +3 years in materials/chemistry

PhD in materials or chemistry

Job description

Title: Senior Applications Engineer

You will utilize your extensive experience and understanding of lithium-ion cell technology and architecture, materials, and components to collaborate with a multidisciplinary team and be accountable for aspects of customer information management.

In this role you will:

• Coordinate with internal cell R&D teams and cell manufacturing teams to create customer plans, track, and maintain cell specifications and roadmaps, release schedules, program milestones and deliverables, etc.
• Communicate technical customer information to internal stakeholders.
• Coordinate and deliver technical presentations to customers.
• Conducts internal meetings, calls, follow-ups and other communications with stakeholders and management throughout the business project development and implementation stages to ensure deliverables to customers.
• Provide timely responses and project reports to internal teams and customers.

Skills:

• Excellent interpersonal communication and presentation skills.
• A constant risk management mindset.
• Ability to create a sense of community amongst members of the project teams.
• Good knowledge of techniques for planning, monitoring, and controlling programs.
• Conflict resolution skills.

Qualifications:

• Masters +3 years of industry experience or PhD in materials or chemistry-related area with professional experience in customer and vendor environments.
• Extensive experience and understanding of lithium-ion cell technology and architecture, materials and components and ideally experience in solid-state battery technology.
• Application of scientific programming (e.g., Python) and statistical methods to analyze large datasets
• Possess outstanding communication skills both verbal and written form. These are vital because the position is cross-functional in nature and demands frequent interactions and deliberations with other departments, customers.