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Date:  Mar 10, 2025
Location: 

Salzgitter, DE

Company:  PowerCo SE
Level of Experience:  Doctorate
Job Function:  Product management
Job ID:  3237

Doctoral student in innovative deposition technology for solid-state batteries (all genders)

 
With whom you will CELLebrate

The mission has started. We proudly announce that in our Battery Valley we are starting our own battery cell production and the ramp up of our worldwide headquarters for global cell manufacturing. In this, the tasks and requirements of the Product Management are varied. The unit is responsible for all activities relating to the development and industrialization of battery cells. Responsibilities range from the preparation of technology roadmaps and portfolio planning to volume and cycleplan planning and the holistic program management for global battery projects.

  
 
How you will CELLebrate
  • Developing of an innovative deposition process for solid-state batteries
  • Practical laboratory working on test benches at the university
  • Modifying and conversion of test benches
  • Coordinating of an academic partner network in Germany for material and component characterization
  • Managing of external partners in the development project (mechanical engineering, simulation, etc.)
  • Assumpting of technical responsibility to ensure individual project goals
  • Evaluating and preparing of technical decision templates

 

The final doctoral topic will be defined together with the professor (m/f/d). The prerequisite for the cooperation is the confirmation of supervision as well as a confirmed definition of topic by the professor (m/f/d) of a university or research institution entitled to award doctorates.

The doctorate will take place in cooperation with the University of Bayreuth.

 

  
 
What you need for our CELLebration
  • Good to very good academic degree with the qualification for a doctorate in mechanical engineering, process engineering, physics or a related technical/scientific field
  • Proven focus on fluid mechanics during your studies
  • Basic knowledge of materials science or batteries is an advantage
  • Enjoyment of technical work and laboratory work
  • High level of teamwork and initiative
  • Communication and cooperation skills with business partners
  • Fluency in English
  
 
What else can you bring
  • Hands-on mentality
  • High flexibility
  • Willingness to travel and commute every week or two weeks between Salzgitter/Braunschweig and the university
 
What to look forward to
  • It is a three-year doctoral program in which the doctoral students work on internal tasks of PowerCo in addition to their doctorate
  • It is an industrial doctorate
  • 35-hour week, flexible working hours
  • Interdisciplinary qualification opportunities
   
Company:  PowerCo SE
Location: 

Salzgitter, DE

Job Function:  Product management
Level of Experience:  Doctorate
Job ID:  3237
Date:  Mar 10, 2025

Are you a battery believer?

PowerCo was founded in 2022 to become a global battery champion. Headquartered in Germany, we are currently ramping up gigafactories in Salzgitter, Valencia and St. Thomas in Canada with a total volume of up to 200 GWh. We are integrating the entire value chain and building a supply chain as local as possible. With that we are driving the development of a strong, sustainable battery industry in Europe and North America.

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We believe that the best results are created in a diverse and inclusive environment. 
Therefore, all qualified applications will be considered for employment regardless of age, race, religion, gender (identity), sexual orientation, national origin or disability.

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