Job Description
Job Title:Product Engineer (Battery Electrode Materials / Coatings)
Location: Somerset, NJ (Onsite)
Type: Contract-to-Hire
Hours: 8:00 AM–5:00 PM or 9:00 AM–6:00 PM (Flexible)
Pay: $28–$36/hr DOE
Overview
A specialty materials company focused on advanced battery materials and nanotechnology. The company develops and manufactures materials used in lithium-ion and next-generation battery technologies.
Ideal for candidates with academic research (batteries / chemistry oriented), internships, co-ops, or industry experience involving formulation development, powder processing, slurry preparation, coatings, materials characterization, and process scale-up.
What You'll Do
- Design, develop, and support manufacturing of battery electrode materials and formulations.
- Formulate and process active materials, conductive carbons, and binder systems.
- Prepare and optimize powders, dispersions/slurries, and coated films.
- Characterize materials to evaluate quality, morphology, and performance.
- Support development of both established and next-generation battery materials intended for commercialization.
- Document experimental results and collaborate with R&D, manufacturing, and customer-facing teams.
Qualifications
- BS/MS in Materials Science or a related field
- Hands-on experience with powders, slurries, dispersions, coatings, films, formulations, or materials processing.
- Knowledge of wet chemistry, solid-state chemistry, or materials characterization techniques.
- Strong laboratory, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
Preferred Experience
- Electrode processing, including slurry formulation, mixing, rheology, coating, drying, calendering, tape casting, or doctor blade techniques.
- Battery materials such as cathodes, anodes, conductive additives, electrolytes, or binder systems.
- Materials characterization techniques including particle size analysis, BET, SEM, XRD, DSC/TGA, or similar methods.
- Experience with scale-up, process development, and manufacturing environments.
Relevant Industry Backgrounds that translate:
Candidates from battery materials, specialty chemicals, paints & coatings, inks, adhesives & sealants, polymers, ceramics, catalysts, nanomaterials, composites, semiconductors, electronic materials, conductive inks, carbon materials, fuel cells, solar materials, cosmetics, food science, additive manufacturing, mining/mineral processing, powder metallurgy, or other powder-, slurry-, dispersion-, or coating-based manufacturing environments are encouraged to apply.
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Numbers & Facts
| Location | Franklin Township, NJ |
| Industry | Biotechnology/Pharmaceuticals |
| Salary | $28–$36 Per Hour |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Website | https://www.jouleinc.com/ |
About Company
With extensive scientific, clinical, and healthcare industry experience, Joulé recruiters excel at placing talent across core specialty areas:
- Scientific staffing for hard-to-find skills
Working across every scientific discipline, Joulé places biologists, chemists, scientists, technicians and other specialists.
- Clinical lifecycle recruiting
From research to regulations, safety to statistics, Joulé helps clients manage every stage of the clinical development lifecycle.
- Equipment calibration, maintenance and validation
Laboratory and facility support comes with a total quality commitment backed by ISO 9001:2008 certification.
- National healthcare recruitment
Trust Joulé’s extensive experience in physician, advanced practice provider and executive direct placement search.