Synthetic Chemist - Battery Technology - Cambridge

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A growing scientific technology house based in Cambridge are in the process of expansion and are actively looking to strengthen their in-house research team by bringing on a Synthetic Chemist to work on novel battery technologies.

As a Synthetic Chemist, you will be charged with developing the company's next generation energy storage materials. This will include working within a multidisciplinary team of scientists and engineers to maximise the performance of battery materials and contribute to developing a deep understanding of the key structure - property relationships in functional battery materials and materials formulations.

Some other key parts to the role will include;

Synthesis and chemical analysis of organic chemistry targets.
Formulation of functional material inks and pastes and their pre-device fabrication physical characterisation.
Creative contributions to brainstorms, studies, and project meeting discussions.
Proposal and design of novel materials and recommendations to solve chemical synthetic issues.

To be considered for this role we are looking for people with strong knowledge of synthetic organic chemistry and polymers that complements a PhD in Chemistry. Any experience with battery technologies or electrochemical techniques would be a significant advantage.

In return for your hard work the company offer a highly competitive salary, a 10% signing bonus, and benefits package as well providing excellent career progression opportunities and the chance to work on leading edge technologies.

This is a 2-year fixed term contract with possibilities for future roles in within the organisation. We are ideally looking for a candidate who has recently or will soon be finishing a PhD, but we are open to candidates who have 1-to-2 years of experience in industry or as a post-doc.

For more information make an application now and a member of our team will be in touch with more details, confidentially.

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Keywords: Senior Chemist, Energy Storage Systems, Synthetic Chemistry, OLED, Materials Engineering, organometallic

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