Are you passionate about fighting climate change? Do you want to work on creating a world where everyone can breathe clean air? Do you want to have an opportunity to shape a growing company?
Who We Are
At Breathe, we believe an electrified future is key to achieving this, which is why we are building battery technology to help brands do more with the power they have.
Our physics-based battery management software helps some of the world's largest and most iconic automotive and consumer electronics brands deliver products with faster charging, longer life and zero compromise on safety. Put simply, we make batteries better. And we want you to join us.
What We Will Give You
As a growing start up you will join a talented and cohesive team who everyday go to work to do more with the power we have. Why? Because we dream of a world where everyone can breathe clean air. You will have the opportunity to have a big say in how the company is run and where we are going.
You will become an agent of change and help us push the industry forward by helping make the complex simple and in return you have an opportunity to grow your career with us as we scale.
We're genuine people who want to do good and are driven by passion, coffee and a mutual love of dogs - and yes, our office in London is dog friendly and we would love to add more dogs to our pack.
Sounding great right?
Being a start-up, we know it isn't always 9-5 but we do know that family and a good work life balance are key to innovation, so we offer flexible/hybrid working to try to accommodate your needs, - Not based in London? don't worry let's chat.
We believe in keeping energy levels high and we have a constant supply of office snacks to help you with that.
We offer Share options, an ethical pension scheme and we know downtime is key to keeping the mind sharp, so we offer 34 days holiday per annum inclusive of Bank Holidays that we want you to take.
As well as the ability to learn from and with a room full of experts working at the cutting edge of the industry, we will provide the support and training to develop your skills, be that via courses, conferences or other learning opportunities / materials.
What You Will Be Doing
This is an exciting time to join Breathe. Having proven the value of our products in both the automotive and consumer electronics spaces, we are scaling our Battery Team. You will work with some of the brightest minds in the battery space to turn the latest research into tangible improvements in battery performance. You will analyse cells and communicate the results to our team to enable them to deliver software to some of the largest and best-known auto and device manufacturers in the world. Simultaneously, you'll help build new practices and processes to enable us to do this increasingly efficiently as we scale the business.
Your day to day
- Perform chemical and electrochemical experiments in a glovebox and a fume hood
- Instrument test cells for electrochemical characterisation
- Set up, conduct and monitor electrochemical tests on instrumented cells
- Document experimental processes and report test results
- Develop new experimental methods for battery model parametrisation
Your background
- Master's degree in chemistry, engineering, or other relevant subject or equivalent
- Hands-on experience in chemical and electrochemical experiments in a glovebox
- Knowledge of cell chemistry and working mechanisms of lithium-ion batteries
- Ability to design and conduct experiments to study a scientific question
- Proven experience of working collaboratively with other teams in a kind and conscientious manner
We want to add the best talent to our incredible team, and we want to find you tomorrow. We will do our best to process your application as quickly as possible and come back to you within 2 weeks as we appreciate communication is key. But we aren't perfect so do reach out to us for an update.
At Breathe, we believe that having diverse perspectives within our team is an essential part of innovating quickly, thinking from first principles, and expanding our expertise. Ultimately, enabling us to deliver better products to our customers.
We aim to attract, nurture, and retain diverse individuals. Because that's how we do our best work. And because that's the kind of world we want to live in.
We welcome and encourage applications from all qualified candidates and are happy to provide the accommodations you need within our recruitment process to enable you to demonstrate your skills. Just let us know what you need.
So, what are you waiting for? Come join us!