Staff Engineer, Battery Carbon Materials

About the role

Lyten is leading an industrial revolution through Lyten 3D Graphene™, a breakthrough supermaterial unlocking a new generation of products — from lithium–sulfur batteries and energy storage systems to concrete admixtures, lightweight composites, and next‑generation sensors that are revolutionizing industries. Together, these innovations are making a massive global improvement and driving real‑world impact across energy, mobility, construction, and defense. At Lyten, we believe the most meaningful careers begin with purpose — and with people who want to make a difference. We’re not just developing advanced supermaterials — we’re about to change the world as we know it, reshaping how energy is stored, how products are built, and how progress is made. We’re entering an exciting growth phase, scaling production across the U.S. and Europe and expanding our team of engineers, scientists, and innovators. Apply now to join our team and be part of something bigger than yourself — where collaboration, creativity, and purpose come together to build the technologies that will define the next century.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute technical strategies for the design, optimization, and evaluation of advanced carbon materials for energy-storage applications.
• Develop mechanistic understanding of lithium wetting, lithium intercalation, and related transport and interfacial behavior in carbon materials, including graphene-based materials, graphite, and hard carbons.
• Establish mechanistic understanding of how carbon structure, morphology, pore architecture, surface chemistry, defects, crystallinity, particle-size distribution, and processing affect electrochemical behavior.
• Investigate carbon-electrolyte interactions across electrode environments, including swelling, wetting, ion transport, interfacial reactions, stability, and cycle life.
• Translate structure-property-performance relationships into clear material specifications and actionable targets for synthesis and process development.
• Formulate hypotheses and design efficient experiments that distinguish competing mechanisms, maximize learning, and support rapid technical decisions.
• Lead electrochemical evaluation of candidate materials using appropriate electrode-level, coin-cell, and pouch-cell methods, and interpret results in the context of material properties and cell design.
• Partner closely with process, characterization, and manufacturing teams to iterate rapidly on material and process solutions.
• Proactively identify promising scientific directions, new analytical approaches, and emerging technologies that can improve material or cell performance.
• Communicate technical findings clearly to both technical and leadership audiences through concise reports, presentations, and recommendations.
• Mentor scientists, engineers, and technicians and contribute to a culture of scientific rigor, urgency, collaboration, and continuous learning.

Requirements

• Doctorate degree on a battery topic AND 3+ years of experience in a relevant field… OR Master's degree in a relevant field (e.g., materials science, electrochemistry, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and chemical engineering) AND 5+ years of experience in a relevant field …OR Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (e.g., chemistry (electrical), materials science, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and chemical engineering) AND