Principal Expert

**Join us and be a pioneer for a green transport revolution.**
**Automotive Cells Company (ACC) is one of Europe’s newest and most exciting high-tech companies. Backed by Saft-Total, Stellantis and Mercedes-Benz,** ACC is set to **power the future of the automotive industry** by innovating in battery technology.

We aim to produce sustainable, affordable, high-capacity, longer-life batteries as a** cleaner alternative to current energy sources**. We have created an R&D center and new state-of-the art facility in Nouvelle Aquitaine, France, and we are building gigafactories in Germany and Italy, in addition to the one already built in Hauts de France.

We need a range of **skilled and agile people** to bring our vision to life, especially in the areas of industrialization, mechanical design, testing/prototyping and any other function of a new-born company. If you’re looking to take your career further than you imagined, if you’re passionate about creating cleaner transport, we’d like to hear from you.

Our core Values are : Pioneering Spirit, Fast & Agile, Excellence, Greener & Cleaner

**Accelerating sustainable mobility for all.**

**Job description**:
The Expert embodies a high level of knowledge on Product Chemistry technical strategic field.
- He/She contributes to ACC results & performance by bringing his/her experience and supporting new technologies ramp up.
- He/She takes actively part to technical roadmap definition within his/her expertise field
- He/She is committed in problem solving and accountable for operational duties.
- He/She provides internal training on topics related.
- He/She represents ACC externally though campus management, technical groups and external initiatives

**Cross functional role**:

- He/ She works with all organizations within ACC

**I.Internal roles**:
Is in charge of the main technical and strategical decisions in his field, roadmap’s building & implementation in his field. Is the reference in his field of expertise across the company.

**Contribution to company results**:

- Provides technical orientations and make tests / technical synthesis
- Participates in reviews and technical choices for strategic projects ; suggests how products and technologies should evolve.
- Validates best technical & economical choices for projects, and pilots innovating developments
- Validates actions plans & analysis to solve market quality crisis and weak points in development
- Converts customer requirements and market trends into technical specifications
- Formalizes the state-of-the-art in his field and recommends improvement actions (standards, processes, lessons-learned implementation)

**Technologies & skills development**:

- Is the reference in his field of expertise across the company.
- Defines mid-term / long term strategic technologies and skills required for their optimization.
- Ensures the protection of innovative technical solutions, being member of IP committee. KPI: Patents filling, inventions disclosures, proven records of innovation.
- Participates in implementation of creative approaches and participates in innovative projects.
- Develops cooperation and synergy with suppliers and customers.
- Mentoring : Teaches and carries out Internal training courses, is responsible to produce technical content (ex: ACC Expertise Days). Identifies, trains and develops a network of specialists in his technical field in ACC. Trains and develops Experts & Senior Experts in his technical field in ACC.
- Upgrade continuously his knowledge & know-how.

**II.External roles**:
**Catching mid-term & long technical trends**
- Carries out benchmarking with competitors
- Collaborates with suppliers on priority innovations
- Updates permanently his expertise through active participation to different external events : symposiums, conferences, congresses, scientific organizations (including interns management)
- Has regular meeting/visit to research in external labs, centers of excellence, universities.
- Contributes actively to partnerships with universities & schools : delivers “pitch” to students, teaches classes, participates to forums. Contributes actively to partnerships with universities & schools : delivers “pitch” to students, teaches classes, participates to forums.

**Profile**:
**Knowledge / Know how**:

- _ _Technical background (depending on technical strategic field : battery chemistry, battery mechanics, battery safety, battery system,)

**Experience (domain, number of years)**:

- 25 years of experience in its technical field of expertise

**Qualifications (diplomas, )**:

- PhD or equivalent mandatory
- English mandatory

**Key behaviours**:

- Leads expertise growth - Sharing experience and knowledge - Mentoring

**Some extra skills which make the difference**:

- Experience in battery industry

**Why join us?**
**Our Advantages and Perks**: new premises, parking spaces reserved for carpoolers, possibility of recharging your electric car on reserved spac