About us
LionVolt is a deep-tech startup working on a revolutionary battery using a 3D anode architecture that will boost battery performance and bring an important contribution to achieving global net zero goals. A step change in battery performance is in high demand across our application markets, and our architecture boosts energy density and charging rates without compromising safety or lifetime.
Our multinational, highly diverse team comprises 50+ people across multiple locations. Our innovation centre is based at the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven, a leading European innovation hub, and we also operate a cell manufacturing facility in Scotland. In addition, we have recently opened a new production line for 3D anodes at the Brainport Industries Campus (BIC) in Eindhoven, further expanding our manufacturing capacity and giving us everything we need to realise our innovation.
The Head of Product Development will play a key role in leading and coordinating lithium metal cell product development activities within LionVolt at its location in Thurso (UK), with a focus on milestone delivery, technical leadership, and cross-functional execution. This is a broad lead role for someone who can operate effectively across product development, R&D, program delivery, and lithium anode cell development.
The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring that technical activities are aligned with business and customer priorities, development goals, and delivery milestones. The role requires a hands-on leader who is comfortable working in a dynamic scale-up environment and who can bring structure, ownership, and momentum across multiple disciplines. This person will be reporting directly to the CTO of LionVolt.
The Battery Scientist – Cell modelling and validation leads physics-based modeling, advanced electrochemical analysis to support next-generation 3D anode development to accelerate high-performance and safe Li metal batteries. The role combines deep theoretical modeling with hands-on cell experimentation to identify rate-limiting mechanisms, guide material and cell design decisions, and help understand cell-to-pack impact. This position plays a critical role in bridging fundamental understanding with industrial-scale validation and product deployment.
Key Responsibilities
Physics-Based Modeling & Simulation
- Work with IT to validate, test and integrate multi-physics cell design software within LionVolts existing IT infrastructure.
- Develop and validate multi-physics models across materials, electrodes, cell, and module/pack levels to predict electrothermal, electrochemical, and other degradation behaviors in Li metal
- Have a special focus on electrochemical and electrothermal models for the 3D lithium metal anode, supporting in developing a design rules
- Integrate SEI growth and aging mechanisms into cell models to predict capacity fade trends and support lifetime interpretation.
- Develop and calibrate electrochemical cell models to identify rate-limiting processes across different charge/discharge C-rates.
- Predict energy density and power density as a function of cell design as well as components/materials choices, to guide cell design trade-offs.
- Develop thermal-response models to extract thermal behaviour and intrinsic thermal properties of Li metal cells designed for various market needs, calibrate the models, and derive thermal-runaway kinetics. Propose cell-to-module/pack designs and layouts to extract heat more efficiently and optimize cell and pack performance.
- Simulate thermal runaway propagation at cell and module/pack level to support safety architecture design and thermal-safety solutions for customer
Electrochemical Characterisation & Validation
- Support in cell electrochemical testing & characterisations to validate the multi-physics models.
- Perform GITT, PITT, CV, dQ/dV, and EIS analyses to quantify diffusion coefficients, reaction kinetics, reversibility, and impedance evolution.
- Use post-mortem analysis techniques, in collaboration with University partners, to understand the root causes of various cell failures.
- Enable electrode-specific EIS, kinetic bottleneck identification across temperatures, and in operando lithium dendrite growth detection.
- Suggest performance improvements resulting in significant rate-capability gains at both room temperature and low-temperature operation.
- Translate diagnostic and modelling insights into actionable design and materials
- Collaborate closely with Anode, Electrolyte, and Cell Design teams located at our UK and Dutch locations. Travel between locations as the need may
We offer you
A challenging and international environment at the forefront of battery technology, in an international team. This is your opportunity to work on new technologies that will have an impact on tomorrow’s society. By joining us, you will be part of a motivated team of disruptive innovators and thinkers. Based on your qualification and experience, good remuneration will be provided.
Interested?
If you are interested and like more information, then please contact:
Richard van den Bosch | email: richard@lionvolt.com
If you wish to apply, then please submit your CV and include a motivational letter.