Elestor has a job opportunity for a Stack Testing Operator
Do you want to power the energy transition? Are you a team player; ready to take on varied and complex challenges?
We are proud to be a fast-growing and innovative company in The Netherlands, developing breakthrough hydrogen-iron flow battery technology. Elestor offers exciting and competitive career opportunities with plenty of scope for both personal and professional development.
Postition
As a Stack Testing Operator at Elestor you will be part of the team responsible for further developing of the Hydrogen-Iron battery technology and its underlying chemistry. Specifically addressing the H2-Fe electrochemistry, your work will revolve around electrochemically testing cells and stacks in the lab and the pilot field.
This position combines desk based activities (gathering, processing, and plotting data) with hands-on work like cell assembly, operation, disassembly, and post mortem investigation, ex-situ testing, etc. Hands-on activities will account for the majority of your daily work. Other responsibilities include writing test plans and technical reports and communicating findings to relevant stakeholders.
You will be a member of the Stack R&D Team and report to the Stack Architect.
Tasks and responsibilities
- Perform stack-related lab tests and experiments, including making test plans
- Conduct post-mortem investigations on cells and stacks
- Support other team members with fulfilling their stack related activities
- Participate in team meetings and provide constructive, critical input
- Share knowledge and experience gained from electrochemical testing, cell operation, and data analysis
- Provide practical testing insights to support the development of the stack and systems roadmaps’ topics
- Suggest improvement to testing methods and facilities
- Perform characterization measurements (SEM/EDX, TEM, CV, XRD, UV-Vis, FTIR, ICP-MS, Raman spectroscopy, contact angle, tensile-strength test, etc.)
- Document and communicate relevant research results through protocols, reports, presentations
- Support the implementation of testing improvements and share practical knowledge with other departments
Profile
The ideal candidate has a good understanding of electrochemical cells and their operation, combined with hands-on experience in a lab environment. You have a proven track record of coming up with innovative, out-of-the-box solutions and ideas.
Your primary focus will be on electrochemical stack testing and generating high-quality experimental data to support technology development. Documentation and reporting are important supporting activities that help translating test results into practical insights. You enjoy working in a laboratory environment and investigating technical challenges.
You are able to structure and prioritize your activities and responsibilities, you maintain a clear focus on objectives, and help the team make technical conclusions and formulate recommendations for further development. You communicate clearly and collaborate effectively with colleagues from a variety of technical backgrounds. Through your technical expertise, structured approach, and willingness to actively contribute to testing activities, you help the team achieve ambitious development goals and successfully accomplish research projects.
Education, Skills and Experience
- Education: MBO 4+ or higher
- At least 2 years of relevant industry or lab experience
- Capability of developing professional test plans
- Experience in testing electrochemical systems is a significant advantage (e.g. battery, fuel cells, or electrolyzers)
- Eye for detail
- Experience in other chemical and electrochemical ex situ tests is an advantage
- Highly motivated, well-organised, and self-driven, with a proven ability to challenge the status quo and ask the right questions
- Hands-on, can-do mentality
- Proven ability to introduce and implement creative and innovative solutions
- Strong communication and presentation skills for interdisciplinary teams
- Passion for clean energy, green hydrogen, and electrical energy storage technologies
- Fluent in English
- Experience with working in an international company or international experience is a plus
Elestor's Mission & Relevance
Imagine a world without polluting power plants, powered purely by clean electricity…
This world is closer than you think. The sun and the wind are powerful enough, and so are the technologies to harvest their energy. However, possibilities to store renewable energy (sustainably, cost-effectively) are lacking; Long-Duration Electricity Storage (LDES) is ‘’the missing link’’ in the energy transition.
It is Elestor’s mission to cut the cost of electricity storage. We develop large-scale, cost-effective H2-FE storage technologies technologies that are carbon neutral and durable, thereby unifying the interests of the planet, people, and business profitability.
Elestor - Facts & Figures
Long Duration Electricity Storage deep tech company
- Winner of several (inter-)national awards
Ultra rapid growth path; Elestor is expanding in every direction
- Passionate team of 35 highly skilled professionals
- Closed €30M funding round in August 2022
Concrete and very fast-growing international market pull
- Agreements with clients strategically adopting the innovative storage technology in commercial settings
Technology & Roadmap
Elestor has been recognised as one of the 10 most innovative companies in the Netherlands by both the University of Amsterdam and the Dutch Chamber of Commerce. The revolutionary low-cost flow battery systems have received several (inter)national awards in recognition of the ability to reduce the cost of storing electricity to an absolute minimum. For more understanding, feel free to visit Elestor's website. Here you'll find more about the underlying fundamentals and the triple cost reduction strategy, making Elestor’s solution unique on the world stage.
Elestor is backed by a €30 million investment and is now ready to implement an ultra-rapid growth strategy to accelerate the commercialisation and operationalization of its proven hydrogen-iron-flow battery technology. The segment is expected to represent a market potential of approximately €20 billion by 2030. The international market pull is already concrete and very fast growing.
People & Growth
At Elestor you will be in the middle of genuinely unprecedented developments, made possible by an international group of researchers and engineers of remarkable talent and diversity. In future years, the company will expand literally in every direction. In anticipation of this steep growth, Elestor will look forward to meeting sincere, thoughtful, and entrepreneurial individuals feeling energized to empower necessary change: towards a 100% clean electricity supply.
Our offer
Elestor offers an open, action-oriented and exciting working environment in a diverse and international team of highly skilled professionals. The company has a flat management structure and offers many opportunities to excel and grow.
Terms of employment are competitive and include participation in a Stock Appreciation Rights (SAR) program. When we succeed, we all benefit. Especially in caring for what we share the most: a healthy planet!