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At Faradion we build the right teams in the right way. We’re a bold decision-making team who want to be the best at what we do, who are committed to excellence and helping our people grow by creating specialised, focused and hardworking teams

As a Battery Development Technician, you will be responsible for assisting the science and engineering teams, within a laboratory-based environment for pilot scale battery development.

The Role
- Getting involved with the production of battery cells from start to finish, producing coatings, electrode preparation, conductivity analysis, electrode stacking, cell packaging, electrolyte filling, cell formation and testing
- Reporting critical process feedback, to assist with the optimisation of the synthesis and cell construction processes
- Regular maintenance of laboratory equipment, to ensure machinery functions correctly
- Maintaining stock levels of consumables
- Using advanced characterisation and battery testing equipment to determine key physical and chemical properties
- Examining and evaluating battery electrochemical cycling test data, as well as ex-situ diagnostic studies
- Supporting the engineering team as required.
- Maintain records on work performed including data entry and collection and analysis.
- Conducting battery cycling trials.
- Materials synthesis and characterisation.
- investigate systems faults, report, record and rectify as required.
- Presenting results to senior staff
- Maintaining, calibrating, cleaning and testing of equipment
- Conducting and supporting investigations and experiments

What’s in it for you

We are building a progressive people environment and our people are our most valuable asset. We want Faradion to be an attractive, rewarding and a fun place to work. As well as the satisfaction of knowing you’ll be working on critical projects that makea real difference to the world around us, we offer our employees a variety of additional benefits.
- Competitive salaries
- Generous annual leave allowance (25 days holiday, plus 8 days bank holidays)
- Pension scheme
- Group Life Assurance (5 X basic annual salary)
- Income protection
- Healthy extras - a comprehensive employee assistance programme
- Annual leave buying and selling scheme
- Birthday leave
- Incredible opportunities for development and career growth
- Eye care vouchers
- Exclusive discounts with leading retailers
- Employee social events
- Wellbeing ambassadors
- Casual dress