Staff Engineer, Mechanical Design — Solid-State Battery Systems

Quantumscape; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 137,000 - 209,000; Full time

Job summary

QuantumScape is seeking a Staff Engineer, Mechanical Design to join the Cell Engineering and Manufacturing Development team. You will design and scale solid-state lithium-metal battery cell structures, encasings, components, and assembly tools for high-volume production.

You’ll lead design with cross-functional teams, apply thermal and mechanical simulations, and validate performance, reliability, and safety.

Qualifications

• 10 years experience with a Bachelor's degree, or minimum of 8 years experience with a Master's degree
• Proven experience driving mechanical design projects across the product life cycle, concept through production
• Expertise with CAD tools ex: AutoDesk Inventor, SolidWorks, Catia
• Expertise with mechanical & thermal simulation packages ex: ANSYS, ABAQUS, Comsol
• Prior experience or knowledge of lithium‑ion batteries is preferred

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, and implementation of new solid-state Li‑metal battery designs for manufacturing scale‑up with cross functional teams
• Utilize thermal and mechanical simulation to drive the detailed mechanical design of cell architecture to meet customer mechanical, thermal, and pack level integration requirements
• Identify, specify, and set requirements with suppliers for cell components, assembly tools and manufacturing solutions for scale‑up
• Develop methodologies and experiments to validate key cell design performance, reliability, and safety criteria
• Collaborate with cell build process teams, equipment design teams, safety, quality, metrology, and production teams to execute on critical path projects

Skills

Mechanical design

Cross-functional collaboration

Project leadership

Thermal simulation

Education

BS or higher in Mechanical Engineering

MS in Mechanical Engineering (preferred)

Tools

AutoDesk Inventor

SolidWorks

Catia

ANSYS

ABAQUS

Comsol

Job description

QuantumScape is seeking a Staff Engineer, Mechanical Design to join the Cell Engineering and Manufacturing Development team. You will design and scale solid-state lithium-metal battery cell structures, encasings, components, and assembly tools for high-volume production.

You’ll lead design with cross-functional teams, apply thermal and mechanical simulations, and validate performance, reliability, and safety.