Role Number: 200466721

• BS +10 years of relevant industry experience in physics-based modeling of thermo-electrochemical and mechanical performance/safety characterization of lithium cells.
• Strong understanding of battery materials, chemistry, and manufacturing processes.
• Experience in cell aging mechanism identification, characterization, and modeling.
• Strong background using standard experimental techniques or developing new testing techniques to enable high accuracy of modeling.
• Ability to drive effectively with other specialists and teams to build and validate high-fidelity, high-accuracy models with test data and cell design/manufacture documentation.
• Knowledge of various, the latest testing techniques and standard processes.
• Expertise in numerical methods of optimization, statistical analysis and data evaluation, visualization.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and implement advanced electrochemical models for Li-ion batteries.
• Proficiency in programming and simulation tools such as MATLAB, Simulink, and COMSOL.
• Experience in numerical methods of PDEs and ODEs.
• Proven ability to mentor the team as well as drive technical development roadmap.
• Ability to own and drive large-scale development projects as an individual contributor.
• Previous experience in leading a small engineering team is a plus.
• Strong leadership and project management skills.

- Develop and lead a team of engineers to develop and implement advanced electrochemical models for Li-ion batteries. - Collaborate with multi-functional teams to integrate models into battery design and development processes. - Develop and maintain simulation tools for predicting battery performance, aging, and failure modes. - Conduct research and stay up to date on new technologies and approaches for battery modeling and simulation. - Use simulation results to guide design decisions and optimize battery performance, reliability, and safety. - Develop and implement test plans to validate model accuracy and improve model fidelity. - Communicate technical concepts and results to internal and external stakeholders. - Mathematical modeling of the electrochemical behavior of lithium-ion cells using reduced order models such as single particle model, P2D model as well as 3D detailed Comsol and coupled multi-physics models. - Work on modeling capabilities development to enable simulation-driven design guidance in the early cell architecture phase. - Support battery modeling work for all product lines: iPhone, Watch, Mac, iPad, Audio. - Work with Cell Engineering, Cell design, and BMU teams to provide support for all NPI programs. - Conduct literature review to identify topics of interest for internal research and development. - Collaborate with universities and external labs to develop new techniques and explore new research areas to drive future technologies.

B.S.+ 10 years of relevant experience. Ph.D. preferred.

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