Your Role at CabotCabot Corporation has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Engineer to join the Process Technology team within our Battery Materials business. This position will be a hybrid role based in Billerica Technical Center in Massachusetts
Cabot's Battery Materials business develops materials that help improve battery performance, stability, and safety. Its portfolio includes conductive carbons, carbon nanotubes, carbon nanostructures, conductive carbon dispersions, fumed metal oxides, and aerogel solutions that support efficient charge transfer, cycle life, durability, and thermal management in lithium-ion and other advanced battery systems.
In this role, you will lead complex engineering programs that improve process capability, enable new product development, support scale-up, and strengthen manufacturing readiness. You will develop practical solutions, generate technical insight, and deliver measurable business impact through independent leadership and cross-functional collaboration.
The Senior Engineer serves as a technical leader, applying deep engineering expertise to solve complex process and product-development challenges. This role requires close partnership with Manufacturing, Product Management, Marketing, Operations, Intellectual Property, customers, vendors, toll manufacturers, and other Technology teams to execute strategic initiatives.
This role is based at the Billerica, MA location, but is eligible to participate in the current Hybrid Working Arrangement program (Monday/Friday remote and Tuesday-Thursday in office).How You Will Make an ImpactThe Process Technology team supports innovation, optimization, and commercialization for Cabot's battery materials platforms. In this role, your responsibilities will include:
- Lead projects of moderate to high complexity from concept through pilot, implementation, and commercialization.
- Define objectives, technical strategies, and experimental plans aligned with business priorities, customer requirements, and manufacturing needs.
- Partner with Manufacturing, Operations, Product Line, Marketing, and other stakeholders to improve robustness, product performance, cost position, sustainability, and readiness for deployment.
- Work with external partners, equipment vendors, toll manufacturers, and customers to support material evaluations, process trials, scale-up, and commercialization activities.
- Design and execute experiments that improve understanding of conductive additives, dispersions, fumed metal oxides, aerogel, and related materials technologies.
- Analyze process and material performance data using statistical and engineering methods to identify improvements and support decisions.
- Apply engineering fundamentals, modeling, and theoretical analysis to accelerate development and reduce technical risk.
- Support process design, pilot operations, technology transfer, and manufacturing implementation for new and improved products.
- Lead technical investigations and root-cause analyses to resolve complex process, quality, and manufacturing challenges.
- Develop technical documentation, reports, and presentations that clearly communicate findings, recommendations, risks, and project outcomes to management, technical teams, and business stakeholders.
- Stay informed on advances in battery materials, electrification, and manufacturing technologies, and identify opportunities to apply them to Cabot's business.
- Identify intellectual property opportunities related to materials, processes, applications, and equipment, and support preparation of patent applications and invention disclosures.
- Mentor engineers, researchers, and project teams while strengthening organizational capability in scale-up and technology development.
- Follow all SH&E procedures, standards, and regulations while promoting safe, responsible, and sustainable development and manufacturing practices.
What You Will Bring to Cabot:
Education/Experience:
- Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline with 2+ years of relevant industrial or applied research experience; OR
- Master's degree in chemical engineering, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline with 6+ years of relevant industrial or applied research experience; OR
- Bachelor's degree in chemical engineering, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline with 10+ years of relevant industrial or applied research experience.
- Experience with particle technologies, carbon materials, high-temperature processes, catalysis, combustion, gas-solid reactors, gasification or related materials-processing technologies is preferred.
- Demonstrated experience leading complex processes, products, scale-up, or manufacturing improvement projects.
- Experience designing and conducting experimental programs that translate results into practical improvements in capability, performance, quality, or manufacturability.
- Strong understanding of engineering fundamentals, troubleshooting, experimental design, and statistical data analysis.
- Experience supporting pilot operations, manufacturing implementation, or customer-facing technical evaluations is highly desirable.
- Ability to communicate technical concepts and recommendations effectively to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience working with external partners, vendors, toll manufacturers, or customers in development, scale-up, battery materials, or manufacturing support is preferred.
- Experience with process modeling, reaction engineering, statistical methods, or related technical tools is preferred.
How We'll Support Your Success:
- The pay range for this role is from $128,300-$186,100. The actual compensation offered to the successful candidate will depend on the candidate's skill, qualifications, experience and location. In addition, all positions are eligible for health benefits on the first day of employment, 401K savings plans, vision, dental and annual bonus based on company performance.
- Dynamic, Flexible, Hard Working, Team Environment - We are busy, collaborative, growing, and we are doing meaningful work.
- Growth - We are committed to providing training, coaching and support to enable your growth.
- Meaningful Work that is Valued - The work we do is visible and is helping to achieve Cabot's purpose which is to "Create materials that improve daily life and enable a more sustainable future".
- Benefits, Vacation, Etc. - We offer a competitive package of benefits. Benefits begin on first day of employment
- Feedback - We are committed to giving and receiving feedback in a direct and open fashion.
- Support - You are part of a team and deserve to feel encouraged and supported. You will be part of a team that cares about you personally and professionally. Our success depends on your success
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