Senior Applications Engineer

QuantumScape Corporation

$103K — $157K *
Energy & Utilities
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Masters +3 years of industry experience or PhD in materials or chemistry-related area with professional experience in customer and vendor environments.
  • Extensive experience and understanding of lithium-ion cell technology and architecture, materials, and components.
  • Experience in solid-state battery technology is a plus.
  • Ability to manage and mitigate risks effectively.
  • Strong conflict resolution skills.

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate with R&D and manufacturing teams to create and maintain customer plans and specifications.
  • Communicate technical information to stakeholders effectively.
  • Deliver technical presentations to customers.
  • Conduct internal meetings and follow-ups throughout project development.
  • Provide timely project updates and reports to customers and internal teams.

Benefits

  • Offers employee paid healthcare.
  • Includes an Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).
  • Generous RSU/Equity package as part of compensation plan.
Full Job Description
You will utilize your extensive experience and understanding of lithium-ion cell technology and architecture, materials, and components to collaborate with a multidisciplinary team and be accountable for aspects of customer information management.

What you''ll do:
  • Coordinate with internal cell R&D teams and cell manufacturing teams to create customer plans, track, and maintain cell specifications and roadmaps, release schedules, program milestones and deliverables, etc.
  • Communicate technical customer information to internal stakeholders.
  • Coordinate and deliver technical presentations to customers.
  • Conducts internal meetings, calls, follow-ups and other communications with stakeholders and management throughout the business project development and implementation stages to ensure deliverables to customers.
  • Provide timely responses and project reports to internal teams and customers.


Skills you'll need:
  • Excellent interpersonal communication and presentation skills.
  • A constant risk management mindset.
  • Ability to create a sense of community amongst members of the project teams.
  • Good knowledge of techniques for planning, monitoring, and controlling programs.
  • Conflict resolution skills.
  • Masters +3 years of industry experience or PhD in materials or chemistry-related area with professional experience in customer and vendor environments.
  • Extensive experience and understanding of lithium-ion cell technology and architecture, materials and components and ideally experience in solid-state battery technology.
  • Application of scientific programming (e.g., Python) and statistical methods to analyze large datasets
  • Possess outstanding communication skills both verbal and written form. These are vital because the position is cross-functional in nature and demands frequent interactions and deliberations with other departments, customers.


ONSITE: This position is required to work onsite 4 days per week to meet the minimum essential duties and requirements of this position. As an on-site R&D and manufacturing operations organization, in-person face to face interaction is essential to building authentic relationships, trust, teamwork, and collaboration.

Compensation & Benefits: Expected salary range for this role is from $103,100 to $157,300 and a final salary will be determined by the candidate's experience, educational background and internal equity. QuantumScape also offers an annual bonus and a generous RSU/Equity package as part of its compensation plan. In addition, we do offer a tremendous benefits plan including employee paid health care, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), and other benefits.

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