Senior Battery Cell Design Lead — Pouch & Prismatic

Lyten, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 141,000 - 212,000; Full time

Job summary

Lyten, Inc. is seeking a Staff Battery Engineer in the United States to lead pouch and prismatic cell design from concept through pilot production and manufacturing scale-up. You will drive material choices, analyze large datasets, and mentor junior engineers while ensuring manufacturability and scale.

The role requires a PhD with 3+ years in battery design, deep expertise in pouch cells, and strong data analysis skills with R, Python, JMP, or Minitab. Bonus and equity are offered.

Qualifications

• PhD in a relevant field with 3+ years of industry battery cell design experience.
• Extensive hands-on pouch cell design and development experience.
• Prismatic cell know‑how preferred.
• Proven track record transitioning R&D to pilot/mass production.
• Strong data analysis skills (R, Python, JMP, Minitab).

Responsibilities

• Drive decision making in material selection, electrode design, stack configuration, N/P balancing and safety trade‑offs.
• Analyze large multi‑variant experiment datasets with advanced tools to derive design‑performance correlations.
• Lead pouch/prismatic cell design and development projects from concept to production‑ready products.
• Drive design for manufacturability (DFM) and design for assembly (DFA) initiatives.
• Collaborate with product + business teams to translate product requirements into battery performance targets and qualification plans.
• Work closely with manufacturing and automation teams to ensure scalability, yield, and transfer to pilot / production lines.
• Write technical reports, modeling insights, and decision frameworks for executive and customer visibility.
• Interface with cross‑functional teams including Materials, Process, Quality, and Manufacturing.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership across projects.

Skills

Pouch cell design

Prismatic cell design

Cell safety

Data analytics

Degradation modeling

Mentor engineers

Cross-functional collaboration

Manufacturing processes

R

Python

JMP

Minitab

Education

PhD in battery engineering

Tools

R

Python

JMP

Minitab

Job description

Lyten, Inc. is seeking a Staff Battery Engineer in the United States to lead pouch and prismatic cell design from concept through pilot production and manufacturing scale-up. You will drive material choices, analyze large datasets, and mentor junior engineers while ensuring manufacturability and scale.

The role requires a PhD with 3+ years in battery design, deep expertise in pouch cells, and strong data analysis skills with R, Python, JMP, or Minitab. Bonus and equity are offered.