Posted March 25, 2024

Various positions | QuantumScape | California, USA

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Senior Supply Manager

In this role, you will:

* Build and own supplier relationships crucial to our operation: Communicate forecasts, lead regular cross-functional discussions, manage material orders, and troubleshoot quality issues

* Act as the internal expert in the material category that you manage: Become the “go-to-person” for internal customers, able to provide key insights into the market and key players

* Manage critical material inventory across multiple storage locations and leverage data to create and maintain inventory policy

* Work closely with industry-leading scientists and engineers to source new material to support exciting, rapidly changing development work

* Ensure our supply chain resilience through identifying and qualifying new suppliers that can support us through our rapid growth

* Think outside the box – problem solve through ambiguous situations

* Work 100% onsite

QuantumScape is seeking a motivated Quality Engineer Intern for our Quality Engineering team. You will be playing a vital role in ensuring that clean/dry rooms are compliant with clean room compliance protocols and standards, contributing to particle study and providing short term and long term solutions in mitigation of particle accumulation in the clean room environments, ensuring that documentation are controlled through the document control process, monitoring critical to quality specifications and ensure excursions and/or variations are being addressed through 8D process.

Senior Data Automation Engineer

Lead and support the integration of the MES system with external systems and automated equipment including process equipment, process control systems, data storage warehouses, and analytical analysis software. Harmonization and coordination of efforts between other teams such as Manufacturing, Facilities Engineering, Maintenance, Manufacturing Services, R&D, IS, and EHS. Support Manufacturing and Operations by providing strategic direction and tactical support. Tackle day-to-day issues, while providing guidance, coordination, and mentoring to a team of engineers.

Industrial Engineer Intern

We are seeking a talented and self-motivated engineering intern to join our Planning/Industrial Engineering team on-site at San Jose office. The selected candidate will work closely with our cross-functional teams to support various projects aimed at ramping up our cutting-edge battery production line. The candidate should be able to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment with all levels of stakeholders.

Facilities Engineer Intern

QuantumScape developed the industry’s first anode-less cell design, which delivers high energy density while lowering material costs and simplifying manufacturing. Our innovative battery cell technology can store energy more efficiently and reliably than today’s lithium-ion batteries.

We are seeking a motivated intern to join our facility engineering team. You will work on a small team to assist with the central utility plant monitoring, troubleshooting and procedure development. The position requires a background in mechanical system concepts, as well as the interpersonal skills to engage and assist technicians and engineers within QuantumScape.

Senior Manager, Solid-State Battery Development

Lead critical projects of QuantumScape’s all-solid-state battery (ASSB) development, including
Develop large area all-solid-state battery stacks, maintaining up-to-date overall process flow
Manage materials/tool vendors, assist with budgeting and purchasing
Scale-up planning
Establish and track project timeline, craft the procedures used to guide projects from kick-off through successful completion
Be the point of contact for all things related to project execution. Help the team and suppliers stay organized and aligned throughout each project’s lifecycle
Facilitate communication across multiple projects among different teams, including R&D teams, process teams, senior management, internal customers, and external contractors and service providers.
Be onsite for day-to-day interactions with engineers and technicians, and be in the trench with the team to deliver the products

Associate Battery R&D Engineer

Optimize cathode and electrolyte materials stable at high voltage, and integrate them into a robust and scalable electrochemical device
Assist in the analysis and interpretation of experimental data to identify trends and draw conclusions related to material performance
Perform failure analyses to understand requirements and physical specifications
Collaborate with chemists, materials scientists, process engineers, and technicians in a fast-paced, multidisciplinary environment
Deliver high-quality technical reports to colleagues

Sr. Mechanical Packaging Engineer

We are seeking a proficient and experienced Mechanical Engineer specializing in Lithium-Ion Battery Packaging and Design Engineering to join our innovative team. The selected candidate will be responsible for the mechanical design, packaging, and optimization of lithium-ion battery systems.

Responsibilities:

Lead the mechanical design and packaging of lithium-ion battery systems, focusing on optimizing performance, safety, and reliability.
Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to integrate battery systems into various applications, ensuring design compatibility and efficiency.
Perform feasibility studies and design analysis to enhance battery system performance and structural integrity.
Utilize CAD software and simulation tools to conduct stress analysis, thermal management, and packaging optimization.
Provide technical guidance and support for continuous improvement in battery system design and manufacturing processes.
Conduct testing, validation, and troubleshooting to address mechanical challenges in battery system design.

Senior Machine Learning Engineer

As a member of the Metrology Software team, you will lead the effort to apply machine learning to high-throughput measurement applications and play a key role in enabling mass production of next generation EV batteries. Come join us in a position that sits at the intersection of engineering, manufacturing, and data science!

Senior Member of Technical Staff, Metrology

What you will do:

· Lead collaborative efforts to convert low-throughput, manually operated inspection solutions (optical, x-ray, ultrasound, and other advanced methods) into integrated and automated measurements solutions in high-throughput settings.

· Lead high-throughput measurement system development, procurement, and deployment/integration.

· Manage the complete lifecycle of metrology projects, including gathering requirements, identifying and validating solutions, performing or assisting with installations, planning improvements and maintenance.

· Collaborate with internal and external integrators to define, develop, and deploy in-line metrology systems.

· Collaborate across metrology, process, software and automation teams to deliver integrated solutions that meet throughput and performance requirements.

· Lead efforts in sample and measurement hardware fixture design.

R&D Technician

Are you passionate about research and excited about new technologies? Are you eager to improve materials that might make a better future? We are looking for a conscientious and hardworking R&D battery materials technician to join our Electrolyte Development Team to help support our groundbreaking experiments.

Integration Engineer, Cathode

Develop non-destructive failure detection method for all-solid state batteries
Design reliability stress testing to ensure reliability and confidence level hit the targets
Facilitate failure analysis to understand root cause and drive resolutions to failures
Establish component spec based on cell reliability and failure modes study
Generate Weibull simulation of critical failure modes
Perform under pressure in fast-paced environment

Cell Test Technician

Responsibilities:

· Complete electrical testing following guidance from engineers.

· Operate different cameras to capture images of our devices.

· Close out outstanding actions items requested by engineers.

· Communicate results with engineers in timely manner with agreed report format.

· Report, document and resolve all issues during operations.

· Ensure strict alignment to cleanroom and dryroom protocols and 5S standards.

· Implement and improve laboratory space to enhance workflow efficiency.

Hardware Design Engineer Intern

Responsibilities

· Problem identification and troubleshooting a variety of mechanical engineering problems with supervision and collaborate onsite with various teams

· Define, coordinate, perform, and document engineering test reports with supervision

· Develop, design, or modify mechanical engineering layouts/schematics and/or detailed drawings/specifications

· Work with a team to root cause and address problem statements viewing equipment in person

· Communicate test results and run design reviews to the broader engineering team.

· Collaborate with other engineers and technicians to help with build issues.

· May be responsible for the design, development and implementation of custom mechanical tooling, fixturing, and associated processes to enable the handling, assembly and/or disassembly of parts, components, sub-assemblies and final assemblies throughout the product life cycle

· Solves complex engineering problems; takes a new perspective on existing solutions; exercises judgment based on the analysis of multiple sources of information.

Metrology Engineer Intern

As a member of the metrology team, you will help us optimize various imaging systems while learning the fundamentals of imaging and data analysis. Come join us in a role that sits at the intersection of materials, manufacturing, machine vision, and data science.

Cathode R&D Intern

Your responsibilities will include understanding the limits of our material system and developing solutions to overcome those limits. You will learn how different materials impact battery performance. This role is inherently hands-on, in lab and requires a strong understanding of data analysis and experimental expertise.

Your Role:

Carry out experiments to identify materials for high energy density batteries in our SJ labs
Optimize electrode and electrolyte materials to be stable at high voltage
Assist in the analysis and interpretation of experimental data to identify trends and draw conclusions related to material performance
Collaborate with chemists, materials scientists, process engineers, and technicians in a fast-paced, multidisciplinary environment
Deliver high-quality technical reports to colleagues

Analytical Cell Projects Intern

Work with our teammates to conduct hands-on experimental tests to characterize physical and chemical properties of a variety of gas, liquid, and solid phase samples.
Understand acquired data with professional interpretation and analysis.
Develop Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) of relevant testing operations when necessary.
Collaborate with teammates and/or internal customers for other in-house analytical tests when necessary.

Materials Process Intern

Collaborate with other team members in a wide range of activities, including, but not limited to data collection and analysis, execution or sample preparation for: high Temperature process, failure analysis, material, surface, electrochemical, mechanical characterizations onsite at our San Jose labs
Support development and documentation of procedures and processes needed
Support methods development, documentation and execution for validation and verification efforts
Write technical reports and documentations, present findings to internal and external audiences, as necessary.

Associate Process Engineer, Cathode

We are looking for a Process Engineer to be an integral part of our team, contributing significantly to the advancement of all-solid state battery technology.

In this role, you will fine-tune process variables to design R&D process, work with other engineers and technicians for implementation, and facilitate in stabilizing the process and improving efficiency. You will become an integral part of our dynamic team, where you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of energy storage technology.