Senior Scientist

**Here at TPA we are very excited to be able offer the position of** **Senior Scientist**with a highly competitive salary and desirable staff benefits.**

**Location: Horsham, West Sussex**

**Permanent**

**Purpose of the Job**:
Support the development of novel cell stack designs with detailed understanding of the Ceres’ SOC technology materials, processing and design function. Evaluate technical risks associated with the changes; propose and plan mitigation activities. In addition,work with the SOC development team to continue to generate novel IP around the cell design.

**Qualification, Knowledge and Experience**:
Required:

- PhD or Master’s degree in SOC technology or closely related field.
- At least 5 years’ experience in SOC development or closely related field, preferably in an industrial environment.
- Scientific knowledge and understanding of functional ceramic materials and processing, SOC design, optimisation and failure mechanisms.
- Understanding and experience with electrochemical testing relevant to SOC technology.
- Understanding and experience with common materials characterisation techniques including SEM with EDS/WDX, XRD, ACIS/EIS.
- Experience of delivering technical projects to tight deadlines.

Highly desirable:

- Experience in working with high volume ceramic manufacturing.
- Expertise in 6-sigma/DoE techniques.
- Experience and understanding of technology development or New Product Introduction processes
- Proven innovator in the field
- Demonstrable problem-solving skills

**Internal & External Relationships**:

- Acting as a technical lead in Work Packages in cross-functional project teams.
- Regular contact for training, development and quality assessment with the Process Team Lead.
- Regular progress reporting to the project technical and program management team.
- Working closely with internal technical experts across departments and with external collaborators.
- Part of the Energy Materials Department responsible for core technology innovation and understanding.