Regular Shift: Monday - Friday, 9:00am - 6:00pm

Key Responsibilities

- Conduct experiments on specialized component integration for battery cell design, analyze experimental data, and work with engineers to optimize component selection and cell performance.
- Perform specialized battery cell testing, ensuring tests are initiated, monitored, and completed according to engineering specifications to generate high-quality performance datasets.
- Conduct systematic cell teardowns in inert environments (gloveboxes). Inspect internal cell components, document observations, and provide detailed findings to support failure analysis and root-cause investigations.
- Maintain accurate and comprehensive records in Sila's centralized data management systems, including experimental results, teardown observations, and chemical inventory.
- Support multiple high-impact R&D; projects by executing laboratory tasks as directed by the engineering team, ensuring timely achievement of research milestones.
- Operate, maintain, and troubleshoot team-specific testing equipment and analytical instrumentation, including chromatography systems.
- Receive, inventory, label, store, and track battery materials and specialized chemicals in accordance with safety regulations and environmental requirements.
- Maintain a safe, clean, and organized laboratory environment through routine upkeep of shared workspaces, ensuring efficient operations and seamless handoffs across teams.

Requirements





- Are you a detail-oriented professional who enjoys the technical precision required to validate and improve new energy technologies? As a Research Associate on the Battery Performance team, you will be a key part of our daily operations, handling the intake of specialized chemical inventory and performing the physical testing and test analysis of our battery cells. We are looking for a teammate who takes pride in technical execution and understands that great research depends on meticulous testing and highly organized documentation and tracking. You are a team-oriented person who thrives in a shared workspace and is committed to the careful documentation that helps our team to quickly iterate through materials.
- This contractor role is for 1 year with the possibility of extension based on employee performance.
- BS in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, or a related scientific discipline. Candidates with an Associate’s degree and relevant research training will also be considered.
- 1+ years in a lab environment;

experience in a battery research or testing laboratory is preferred.

- Ability to follow complex SOPs and engineer commands while maintaining high data quality.
- Experience with electronic documentation systems for tracking materials or test results.
- Exposure to or experience operating analytical equipment, specifically chromatography is a significant plus.
- Strong organizational skills and the ability to pivot between tasks without losing data integrity.

📌 Research Associate, Battery Performance (Canada)
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📍 Canada