# Staff Engineer, Cell Development - Req 1608

QuantumScape is on a mission to transform energy storage with solid-state lithium-metal battery technology. The company’s next-generation batteries are designed to enable greater energy density, faster charging and enhanced safety to support the transition away from legacy energy sources toward a lower carbon future. About the team: The Cell Development group is responsible for taking QuantumScape’s solid-state lithium-metal energy storage technology from early concept through manufacturing maturity. The team works at the intersection of materials science, electrochemistry, and process engineering, engaging directly with Failure Analysis, Metrology, Quality, and Manufacturing to turn promising ideas into reliable, scalable cells. We move fast, favor clarity over noise, and value candid feedback and close collaboration across groups. Come build with us! What we need: The Cell Development team is seeking a hands-on Staff Engineer, Cell Development, to drive development of the process for our next generation of cells and advance it through demonstration and toward a reliable product. This PMTS role serves as the recognized authority on yield and reliability for this process, owning an

- **Id**: 4271437
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/quantumscape-staff-engineer-cell-development-req-1608>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: staff
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: San Jose, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 6
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-20T07:00:00Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-20
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-13T17:56:50Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 24
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 4905
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Energy Storage

## Company

- **Id**: 58763
- **Name**: QuantumScape
- **Domain**: quantumscape.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/quantumscape>
- **Size band**: 501-1000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: SuccessFactors

## Salary

- **Min**: 136700
- **Max**: 208500
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 208500

## Technologies

- **Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy** — Optional: yes
- **Statistical Process Control** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 24

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 6
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-13T17:56:50Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 65
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 0.75
- **Age days**: 24
- **Expected fill days**: 29
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:late
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-13T19:03:22Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 208500
- **Is top pay**: no

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