Innovation Chemical Team Leader

**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-Opel 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 France (New Aquitaine), and we are building gigafactories in Hauts de France, Germany and Italy.

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.

**Accelerating sustainable mobility for all.**

**Job description**:
Lead a team of Chemical Engineers and Technicians to research, assess and propose advanced concepts and materials to improve various aspects of an EV cell at chemistry level, relevant with the company roadmap and objectives.

**Your Main Missions will be**:
Management
- Leads and manages internal and external projects, contracts, while collaborating with internal teams (R&D, Industrialization, Projects, Simulation,) to ensure the success of one’s missions.
- Leads and manages collaborations with suppliers, customers and strategic partners.
- Considers employee wellbeing as a priority to achieve team and project targets. - Responsible for reporting his group activities to the hierarchy and other departments.
- Responsible for yearly review with the team, their work time repartition versus projects/topics, their safety at work.
- Uses common management techniques to ensure efficiency and creativity within the team.

Technical expertise
- Overseas the LFMP cell electrochemistry technological brick.
- Proposes new concepts, processes, and materials to improve various aspects of an EV cell at chemistry level, relevant with the company roadmap and objectives.
- Applies agile approaches to answer quickly to internal and external customers.
- Contributes to the company roadmap.
- Is aware of and analyzes solutions from competitors.
- Knows the state of the art on his/her topic of expertise.
- Participates to national and international meetings.
- Supports Intellectual Property monitoring and proposes innovative patentable concepts.
- Supports or leads RFQ/RFI of equipment and/or components.
- Leads and manages collaborations with suppliers, customers and strategic partners.

**Profile**:
**Know How**
- Excellent understanding of the LFMP technology
- Excellent understanding of battery related technologies
- Excellent understanding of current technological locks and limits
- Excellent understanding of electrochemistry applied to battery
- Manufacturing processes of LFMP cell
- Various analytical methods commonly used in the field of LFMP battery

**Experience**
- Minimum 10 years experience in similar job at automotive or battery manufacturer.
- International experience (China, Japan, Korea, Germany, USA) in R&D and/or Production for LFMP battery

**Qualifications**
- PhD in Chemistry/Electrochemistry/Material Science
- Fluent in English
**Why join us?**
**Our Advantages and Perks**: new premises, parking spaces reserved for carpoolers, possibility of recharging your electric car on reserved spaces in our parking lot.

You will also benefit from access to our Sports & Culture association, conferences, and also sports, holidays and culture subsidy.