We are looking for a Material Scientist to help drive FREYR’s battery material development.

FREYR Battery is on a mission to decarbonize energy and transportation systems globally by producing the world’s most sustainable battery cells. Over 50% of all carbon mitigation is dependent on batteries. The industry is experiencing exponential growth.

FREYR is well set to succeed in this extremely exciting sector. We opened our first commercial-scale battery cell factory in Mo i Rana, Norway at the end of March. We will use this plant to prove both 24M’s semi-solid technology and our various products. This technology represents a breakthrough in the industry providing new Unique Selling Points, and much-reduced cost, CO2 footprint, capex, and factory size.

We will then build gigafactories based on 24M’s technology in Mo i Rana and in Georgia USA before expanding our technology base with other partners. We have concrete plans for building an enormous 200GWh capacity, which collectively can be expected to provide an annual turnover of more than $15 billion.

Join us in this exciting, meaningful adventure. This is a challenging role where you can expect to apply everything you know and learn a lot more. For the right candidate, this opportunity is a professional dream come true.

In the role of Material Scientist you will contribute to the R&D team in Fukuoka, working on battery material development for the semi-solid battery platform licensed by 24M. You will be responsible for evaluating existing and potential materials, giving key input into how the quality and cost of our batteries can be improved.

The position reports to the Head of Laboratory and is to be based in Japan.

Main tasks include

• Responsible for owning and executing tasks related to battery material evaluation
• Semi-solid cell assembly with various battery materials at lab scale
• Analysis of material properties
• Summarizing and reporting evaluation results to relevant internal teams

Qualifications – Required

• Master’s Degree or Ph.D., in materials science and engineering, process engineering, electrochemistry, mechanical engineering, or equivalent disciplines
• Excellent understanding of battery materials and mechanical structures of battery cells
• Experience and a good understanding of design tools such as DFMEA, DOE, FTA etc.
• Hands-on experience in cell building, testing, and analysis (lab-scale or industry-scale)
• Hands-on experience in battery material characterization (physical, chemical, electrochemical, and mechanical)
• Strong presentation and communication skills
• Experience with working in quality processes and systems (8D, Six Sigma, etc.)

Qualifications - Advantageous

• Speaking/ Understanding Japanese
• Experience in lithium-ion batteries, their development and/or manufacturing in an industrial context
• Experience with industrial-level process engineering
• Experience from working in an international company
• Experience with product lifecycle management (PLM) process
• Experience with technical risk assessment and mitigation activities (FMEA), specifically PFMEA
• Able and willing to travel to FREYR factories (Mo i Rana and overseas), Innovation Hub Centers (Trondheim and Japan), equipment vendors (worldwide), customers (mainly Europe and US) and technical partners (esp. US and eastern Asia)

As a person, you are highly motivated, ambitious, and creative as well as disciplined, structured, and organized. You take initiative and personal responsibility, have proven problem-solving abilities, and thrive in a start-up environment. You also have strong social and communicative skills and are cooperative.

With us, you will learn a lot and a lot will be expected of you. Along the way, we cheer for you, help you when needed, and share the joy when you succeed. - Let's make history together!