Material Scientist

Job Responsibilities

• Assisting the Government in research, development, applicable vendor history, and identifying/correcting current technical issues associated with Submarine Batteries.
• Assisting the Government in identification and review of Lithium (and other battery chemistries) Cells/Modules and string safety concerns as they apply to Navy applications with an emphasis on Submarine application.
• Safety concerns include, but are not limited to, topics such as thermal runaway, outgassing, venting and arc flash.
• Participating in Battery dissections, which requires an expertise in recognizing various historical failure modes in grids, negative/positive active material, separators, seals and electrolyte.
• Assisting the Government by advising in Battery market research, monitoring, and reporting, staying abreast of emerging companies and have awareness of consolidations, company stability/market share and raw supply issues that may impact Battery Manufacturing Capability.
• Providing production engineering analysis of NGSB and PRM Cells and providing engineering recommendations to improve production capability in manufacturing of NGSB, PRM, Lead Acid, Lithium-Ion, NiZn, and other type of batteries.
• Assisting with Engineering Investigations (EIs) on Battery dissections, Nickel Zinc, Lithium-Ion, Lead Acid, and other battery related tasks.
• Assisting with Next Generation Submarine Battery development data analysis of Lithium Battery Cells and NiZn Battery cells.
• Assisting with Next Generation Submarine Battery Cells dissections (Lithium, Nickel Zinc, Lead Acid) and other battery related tasks.
• Providing quality assurance services for vendor's Next Generation Submarine Battery Cells (NiZn, Lithium, Lead Acid), PRM Cells, new production qualification testing support, Quality process documents reviews, and other manufacturing specifications process documents reviews and standards in compliance with ISO 90012000 or equivalent during the annual Quality Audits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and two (2) years experience; Master's degree and zero (0) years experience.
• Required degree in Material Science or related technical area.
• Must be able to communicate effectively with all levels of personnel, and work well independently and as part of a team.
• Interim secret clearance required to start with the ability to obtain a secret clearance.