Manager, Engineering Sciences Batteries

From a collaborative culture to teammates who will always be by your side find a career that will grow with you. Deliver your impact at Secretariat.

Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship.

ABOUT THE FIRM

Secretariat professionals are trusted in the highest-stakes legal risk and regulatory matters around the world.

When you join Secretariat you become part of a rapidly growing elite team of bright minds and passionate problem-solvers. Your skills and expertise will be utilized on day one working with the worlds most renowned law firms leading corporations and influential institutions to answer complex questions that shape critical financial economic and strategic business decisions.

Our globally integrated teams are united by the ambition energy and commitment they bring to every challenge. We inspire and empower an open collaborative culture that embraces ongoing professional development recognition diversity and most importantly you.

Make your impact at Secretariat.

As part of our expanding Global Engineering and Scientific consulting team you will work at the forefront of todays most complex engineering challenges. You will be engaged in analyzing failures of a myriad of products from a variety of industries from automotive construction consumer products consumer electronics and medical devices to name a few. Secretariat leverages our diverse technical expertise and industry knowledge of a variety of structures and products to provide clients with world-class value to identify solutions that drive performance and safety.

This position is available in our Naperville office.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Plan and conduct technical investigations involving batteries and other engineered products.
• Design and coordinate laboratory testing and failure analysis including battery disassembly imaging materials characterization and electrochemical testing as appropriate to the investigation.
• Interpret test results and other evidence evaluate potential failure mechanisms and identify additional information or testing needed to support technical conclusions.
• Prepare technical reports and present findings to clients attorneys and technical audiences.
• Evaluate technical reports test data and other evidence identifying relevant assumptions limitations and questions requiring further analysis.
• Manage project tasks schedules and budgets while collaborating with specialists across engineering disciplines.
• Develop relationships with clients and colleagues guide junior staff and contribute to the growth of the practice.
• Travel as needed for inspections testing meetings and other project work.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Ph.D. in chemical engineering materials science chemistry physics or a related technical field.
• Hands-on experience testing or characterizing batteries battery materials or battery systems.
• Professional experience in research and development product evaluation technical investigations or failure analysis.
• Familiarity with relevant testing and characterization methods which may include electrochemical cycling impedance measurements CT imaging microscopy or spectroscopy.
• Strong analytical judgment and the ability to work independently manage priorities and advance projects with incomplete information.
• Excellent technical writing skills and the ability to explain complex analyses to readers outside the candidates specialty.
• Interest in working across a range of engineering matters and learning new technical subjects.
• Experience managing projects or guiding the work of other scientists and engineers.

Experience in consulting litigation support intellectual property matters or expert report preparation is a plus. Professional licensure is also a plus.

There are a lot of fine consulting firms out there. But when everything is on the line it takes a unique combination of skill and savvy to succeed under pressure.

Our culture and people are driven by passion pride and performance. Passion for the clients we serve the work we deliver and the communities we live in. Pride in our cohesive team recognized for excellence and trusted to perform in the most challenging situations. And our track record of outstanding performance across all of our disciplines speaks for itself.

Our people are motivated to be the best in everything they do from our approach to making the complex simple to the way we mentor our up-and-coming talent to become trusted experts early in their careers.

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