Scientist

* Great Staff Benefits
- £Competitive
- Hybrid Working
Here at TPA we are very excited to be able offer the position of Scientist with a highly competitive salary and desirable staff benefits.
Based in Horsham
Who are we:
We are leading developer of clean energy technology, enabling the world's most progressive companies to decarbonise at scale and pace.
?Our technology includes electrolysers for green hydrogen. Our licensing model has seen us establish partnerships with some of the world's most progressive companies to develop clean energy systems at the scale and pace needed to decarbonise power generation,transportation, industry, and everyday living.
Focus of the role:
Key Accountabilities:

- Provide strong scientific / technical expertise in the development of our technologies from concept to product launch.
- Delivering improved materials and processes required to meet project technical objectives within agreed timescales.
- Completing background research into innovative materials and processing routes and create strategies for development.
- Creating, implementing, and supporting strategies to characterise the performance and stability of our products.
- Presenting technical progress and timing against delivery targets to the technical management and program management office.
- Transferring process developments into the cell and stack manufacturing team.
- Support processes for the development and manufacture of components used in Technologies and be a trouble-shooter providing solutions to technical challenges faced in projects.
- Support resolution of issues (technical, scientific, analytical, IP, etc) that affect, or have the potential to affect, the development of our products Technologies, component manufacturing processes, meeting "life" and "cost" targets for product development.
- Identify and analyse design problems to achieve optimal solutions that satisfy cost and technical requirements using both internal and external technical resources. Formulate new, innovative approaches to solve technical problems on a consistent basis.
- Recognise and disseminate information about emerging trends (scientific, technical, IP, etc) that impact our ability to deliver its customer projects or win business in both short and long terms.
- Support definition of new and existing materials engineering design requirements and develop specifications in accordance with manufacturing, marketing, and customer expectations and requirements.
- Communicate key information and recommendations to influence technical decisions and strategy.
- Support the company's in-house analytical characterisation and data analysis capabilities to ensure they are developed sufficiently and used and maintained effectively to meet materials characterisation requests.
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Qualification, Knowledge and Experience:
In addition to a high level of professionalism and experience of industry driven projects, working in a multidisciplinary team, the following are
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Required education and skills:

- MSc or PhD (or equivalent) in Materials Science, Chemistry, Chemical Engineering or related field.
- Scientific knowledge/understanding of some of the following: ceramics materials, electro-ceramics, solution-based processing of ceramic films and nano-structured ceramic powders, sintering of ceramics, organometallic chemistry, polymer chemistry, sol-gelsand colloids, electrochemistry.
- Experience with some of the following materials characterisation techniques: rheology, particle size distribution, surface area (BET), SEM with EDS/WDX, XRD, STA/DTA, dilatometry, XRF, ACIS/EIS, electrochemical testing, indentation and mechanical propertiestesting, SIMS, ICP-MS.
- Experience with some of the following manufacturing processes: jetting, spraying, screen printing, or other thin film deposition techniques, ink formulation, synthesis of ceramic nanoparticles, ceramics sintering.
- Demonstrate entrepreneurial, can-do attitude and adaptability to meet the goals of a fast-paced technology development environment.
Desirable skills:

- Some understanding of our technologies.
- Expertise in 6-sigma/DoE techniques.
- Experience in working with high volume chemical solutions or ceramic manufacturing.
- Demonstrable problem-solving skills.
Key personal attributes:
Analytical thinker, problem solver, team player, good communication skills, adaptable, capable of handling variable pace of work.
Internal & External Relationships:

- Working in multi-disciplinary, cross function project team providing technical expertise on the cell technology with specific focus on materials science and processing.
- Regular progress reporting to the technical management team and program management office.
- Working with external experts to develop knowledge and capability in processes and characterisation methods