Battery Analyst - R&D

We are building a state-of-the-art facility and a world-class team of technologists for R&D into next-generation battery cells, and we are now looking for a Battery Analyst to make it happen. Are you an enthusiastic learner who takes ownership and is eager to collaborate to achieve great results? Then you should join our team, together we enable the future of energy.

Volvo Cars is one of the most well-known and respected car brands in the world. Northvolt is a leading supplier of sustainable, high-quality battery cells and systems, dedicated to delivering the world’s greenest lithium-ion battery.

Together, we have formed a joint venture, NOVO Energy, to power the next generation of pure electric Volvo and Polestar cars.

Few industries offer as great opportunity for career growth and personal development as the new European battery industry. In working for this joint venture, you'll not only develop skills that are highly sought after in the global automotive and industrial sector, but you are also contributing to a climate-neutral way of life for future generations.

What You’ll Do

You will own the operating posture of Novo Energy's R&D battery test lab, from hardware to software and the workflow to carry out battery tests including developing data analysis standards and tools for automated battery cell analysis.

You will get the opportunity to follow new knowledge of academia and industry trends, new technologies and emerging testing methodologies, in order to implement them in our lab. You will develop new test cases and improved cycling methodologies to match our growing understanding of Volvo's vehicle design space. You will also collaborate with other engineers and scientists to develop and deploy new, customized electrochemical test methods like dilatometry, DEMS, or high-throughput EIS.

You will own the uptime for our cell testers. You will make case studies to find changes in software, hardware, or operation, that improve the uptime, you will also be responsible to implement those. You will contribute to design improvements for our cycling lab, fault tracing, and troubleshooting, both test equipment and the batteries themselves.

Last but not least you will contribute to growing the entire team by sharing knowledge in collaborative data analysis using modern data science tooling.

Your Background

You are a goal-oriented, curious, and persistent person that enjoys solving problems at their root causes. You are known for your analytical thinking and understanding of technical correlations.

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A relevant university degree in Chemistry or Data Science (or a degree in a related engineering field.)

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Extensive familiarity with DC electronics, including test & measurement hardware and EE lab best practices.

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Experience with electrical test and troubleshooting equipment, for example: DMMs, function generators, and oscilloscopes.

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Programming experience in C, Python, or a similar high-level language.

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Data storage, processing, and computing technologies.

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English written and oral skills.




Volvo Cars is one of the most well-known and respected car brands in the world. Northvolt is a leading supplier of sustainable, high-quality battery cells and systems, dedicated to delivering the world’s greenest lithium-ion battery. Together, we have formed a joint venture, NOVO Energy, to power the next generation of pure electric Volvo and Polestar cars.

Our Gigafactory in Gothenburg will be one of the largest cell production facilities in Europe, with a potential annual cell production capacity of up to 50 gigawatt hours (GWh) - thereby enabling a supply of batteries for approximately half a million Volvo and Polestar cars per year. Our state-of-the-art R&D facility will gather leading expertise from all over the world, to create the next generation battery cells.

You can read more about this joint venture in these press releases, here and here.