Senior Applications Engineer — Onsite, Equity & Impact

QuantumScape; United States; On-site; USD 103,000 - 157,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee health care

Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

RSU/Equity package

Job summary

QuantumScape is seeking an experienced professional to coordinate with internal cell R&D and manufacturing teams to manage customer plans, track specifications and roadmaps, release schedules and milestones. The role requires strong communication, risk management, and cross-functional collaboration, with on-site work four days per week.

Compensation includes a salary range of $103,100 to $157,300, plus annual bonus and an RSU/Equity package.

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.
• Cross-functional collaboration with internal stakeholders and 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.
• 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

Interpersonal communication

Presentation skills

Risk management

Program planning & control

Conflict resolution

Python programming

Data analysis

Customer & vendor collaboration

Education

Master's degree in materials science or chemistry

PhD in materials science or chemistry

Tools

Python

Job description

QuantumScape is seeking an experienced professional to coordinate with internal cell R&D and manufacturing teams to manage customer plans, track specifications and roadmaps, release schedules and milestones. The role requires strong communication, risk management, and cross-functional collaboration, with on-site work four days per week.

Compensation includes a salary range of $103,100 to $157,300, plus annual bonus and an RSU/Equity package.