Battery Anode Materials Customer & Application Development Engineer

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What role you will play in our team

The Customer & Applications Development Engineer will help drive adoption of ExxonMobil commercial and developmental Li-ion battery anode products in the Electric Vehicle Value Chain by engaging technical market interfaces and leading application development for ExxonMobil carbon anode products. Regular interaction with various market sources and developing insights for ExxonMobil product competitive advantage will be a significant component of the role. Finally, the role will deliver technical support at customer locations as needed to ensure ExxonMobil products perform as marketed. The position is based at ExxonMobil’s Main Campus in Spring, Texas.

What you will do

• Represent ExxonMobil in interactions with customers, business and development partners, brand owners, OEMs, industry associations / forums, and select academia.
• Address potential customer inquiries and articulate values of performance products
• Work with customers to identify sources of value for ExxonMobil products in customer systems; understand relationship between customer specs and their Anode Material / Cell performance targets.
• Lead the technical interface for product testing / trials at Value Chain customers
• Ensure Value Chain requirements for anode products processing and performance is met via feedback and close interaction with product development
• Develop advantaged market solutions to ensure maximum value capturing (ViU Focus) of the new developments in close cooperation with Sales and Marketing
• Design and execute independent workplans to achieve customer and Sales/Marketing objectives.

About you

Minimum Skills and Qualifications

• B.S., M.S. or Ph.D. in Materials Science, Electrochemistry or Chemical Engineering
• 10+ years working experience in commercial scale cell and/or battery assembly and testing.
• Experience in design and development of batteries/cell (ideally lithium-ion cells).
• Development and testing experience of anode and battery materials via fabrication of coin, pouch cells, cell testing, and electrochemical data analysis.
• Experience with leading automobile battery makers and/or OEMs.preferred.
• Familiarity with lithium-ion battery materials supply chain players.
• Hands-on experience with developing technical specifications for components and assemblies.

Preferred Knowledge and Skills

• Strong understanding of carbon anode materials and their attributes’ impact on performance in li-ion battery systems
• Demonstrated knowledge of lithium-ion battery components, construction, testing & operation, and the resulting impacts on anode performance. Expertise and success in design and development of components and assemblies for lithium-ion batteries.
• Ability to influence without authority and leverage resources from multiple organizations.
• Effective at collaboration and networking; Results oriented with bias for action.

Your benefits

An ExxonMobil career is one designed to last. Our commitment to you runs deep: our employees grow personally and professionally, with benefits built on our core categories of health, security, finance, and life.

We offer you:

• Pension Plan: Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you. The basic benefit is a monthly annuity to be paid to you in retirement for the rest of your life.

• Savings Plan: You can contribute between 6% and 20% of your pay and are encouraged to enroll right away. If you contribute at least 6% to your savings plan, the Company will contribute a 7% match.

• Workplace Flexibility: We have several programs such as “Flex your Day”, providing ad-hoc flexibility around when and where you work, as well as longer-term programs such as leaves of absence and part-time work.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.

• Culture of Health: Programs and resources to support your wellbeing.

• Employee Health Advisory Program: Provides confidential professional counseling for you and your family, including tools and resources promoting mental health and resiliency at no additional cost to you.

• Disability Plan: Income replacement for when you cannot work due to illness or injury occurring on or off the job. Enrollment is automatic and at no cost to you.

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• Please note benefits may be changed from time to time without notice, subject to applicable law.

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