Battery Development Scientist (Solid-State / Li-ion)

Our client is a Singapore-based sustainable battery technology startup building safer, greener and more circular energy storage for consumer electronics, logistics and large-scale applications. Its R&D team is expanding into solid- and semi-solid-state battery technologies to speed up commercialisation. What You'll Do Research and develop solid-/semi-solid-state and next-generation battery chemistries Design and synthesise new electrode, electrolyte and separator materials Assemble and test coin, pouch, cylindrical and custom cell formats Run electrochemical characterisation (CV, EIS, GCD, cycle life, rate performance) and study degradation and interfacial behaviour Optimise cell design parameters (electrode loading, N/P ratio, electrolyte/cathode ratio) and benchmark against commercial Li-ion Scale lab results into manufacturable processes and prototypes Contribute to patents, and present prototypes at conferences and industry events Uphold lab safety and compliance with relevant battery standards (ISO, UL, EU) Must-Have Requirements (Non-Negotiable) PhD in Materials Science, Electrochemistry, Chemical Engineering or a related field Hands-on experience with Li-ion batteries Experience with solid or semi-solid electrolytes for Li-ion batteries Industrial experience in battery R&D, development or manufacturing (not only academic) Core Key Skills Electrochemical cell assembly and testing Glovebox handling and wet-chemical synthesis Analytical techniques such as XRD, SEM/TEM, XPS, Raman and ICP-MS Strong grounding in electrochemical theory and kinetics Published battery research Clear communication and comfort working in a multidisciplinary team Nice to Have Computational modelling or machine learning for materials discovery Experience scaling lab processes to pilot or production Patent filing experience