Senior Scientist - London, United Kingdom - Cranleigh Scientific

Cranleigh Scientific
Cranleigh Scientific
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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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A highly innovative start-up business operating within the energy storage market is currently recruiting for a Senior Scientist to join its R&D team, based in Central London.

As Senior Scientist, you will take ownership of projects - designing, planning,and conducting experiments to evaluate the electrochemical performance of the company's fuel cell technology.


This role would suit a PhD qualified Materials Scientist/Chemist, possessing either academic or industrial R&D experience - working on next-generation cell components (electrodes, catalysts, membranes, electrolytes).


Senior Scientist responsibilities

  • Design, plan and conduct experiments to evaluate the electrochemical performance of fuel cell technology.
  • Working collaboratively with the R&D team to develop and test the next generation of cell components (porous electrodes, catalystcoated electrodes, membranes, electrolyte, etc.).
  • Develop methods to identify failure modes and optimise strategies to minimise degradation.
  • Report on progress and findings both internally and to partners/collaborators.
  • Work with external experts in the field to develop knowledge in various characterisation methodologies and diagnostic tools.

Senior Scientist requirements

  • PhD qualification in Materials Science, Chemistry or Electrochemistry.
  • Proven experience operating within an R&D laboratory this can be postdoctoral research or industrial exposure.
  • Demonstrated experience in electrochemical analyses (membrane electrode assembly tests, cyclic voltammetry, EIS, threeelectrodes configuration, etc.).
  • Experience in postmortem analysis of various PEM fuel cell MEAs components (membrane, diffusion layer, catalyst, etc) or equivalent electrochemical structures through physicochemical methods (SEM, Xray based methods, etc.).
  • Excellent spoken and written knowledge of English
  • Ability to work well under strict time constraints.
Senior Scientist/Energy Storage/PEM/Fuel Cells/Chemistry/Materials Science
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