Cell Development Engineer

Summary

Posted: Aug 8, 2024
Role Number:
200562371
At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish.The people here at Apple don’t just create products — they create the kind of wonder that’s revolutionized entire industries. It’s the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts. Imagine what you could do here?!

Description

As Cell Development Engineer you will :- Develop and qualify advanced lithium ion cell for portable power consumer applications. - Work with internal cross-functional teams to develop design details, process procedures and production equipment to support advance development activities. - Work with external vendor base to qualify new designs, new processes / equipment and procedures from prototype stage to production ramp.- Provide guidance to address design, performance and production process issues. - Evaluate readiness for next generation battery solutions including; materials, applicable processes, process equipment and novel cell design approaches to ensure world-class performance and reliability.

Minimum Qualifications

• Three to five years of electrode design development as well as, performance / safety characterization experience with emphasis on lithium ion.
• Minimum five years of direct battery design, process and process equipment development as well as, performance / safety characterization experience with emphasis on lithium ion or lithium polymer batteries.
• Direct experience in product, process and equipment development from initial prototype to MP stage is preferred.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with applying quality tools including statistical analysis of process and/or performance results, determination of process capabilities, execution of design of experiments and development of SOPs and related work instructions.
• Familiarity with applicable test equipment and test procedures applicable to rechargeable lithium battery products.
• Familiarity with current state of the art production processes applicable to lithium rechargeable cells.
• Experience in working with external vendors and contractors to develop and qualify battery cell designs and advanced battery technologies.
• Experience with applying quality tools and their application to production of lithium batteries including statistical analysis of performance results, process capabilities, and design of experiments.
• Familiarity with applicable patent field and patent application process.