Real Tech, Real Purpose, Real Impact
We're looking for a sharp, hands-on QA/QC Technician to ensure our battery materials consistently meet specifications, working closely with production and R&D teams to uphold high standards. As the bridge between lab analysis and manufacturing excellence, you play a key role in detecting deviations early to maintain Sicona's product integrity and performance standards.
Who We Are
We develop next-generation silicon-carbon (Si/C) anode materials for lithium-ion batteries, designed to significantly increase energy density and improve fast-charging performance. That's the kind of breakthrough that gets us out of bed. Check out our website to find out more about our awesome work:
We're a team of engineers, researchers, operators, innovators, dreamers, doers and disruptors who believe climate action shouldn't be slow. Whether it's designing new materials in the lab or scaling them in the plant, we work together to transform battery tech and accelerate the electric mobility revolution with the fast, focused, and fearless energy that defines us.
What You'll Do
Contribute to Sicona's mission to deliver high performance battery materials at mass market scale, without costing the earth.
Perform quality control tests on production batches to verify that physical, chemical, and performance characteristics meet defined specifications
Identify and investigate deviations from product specifications, communicating findings to relevant parties teams.
Conduct material characterisation experiments in accordance with SOPs.
Coordinate 3rd party QA/QC testing with external laboratories
Analyse data and generate reports
Develop and refine SOPs in collaboration with scientists.
Support material synthesis as required.
Assist with daily R&D operations and project work as required
What You'll Need to Succeed:
Bachelor's degree in chemistry, material sciences, or a related physical science
A "figure-it-out" mindset: quick-thinking, solutions-first and adaptable under pressure.
A collaborator's spirit and an independent streak: know when to lead, when to ask for help, and when to just get it done.
Sharp analytical skills and a knack for translating complex data into clear, actionable insights
A drive to learn, improve, and strive for high impact innovation.
Whether it's a spec deviation or a trend in the data, you bring clarity to complexity. You communicate with precision, making sure every quality observation leads to a targeted, practical response
Even Better If You Have
Understanding of unitary rates (conversion from mols to grams, etc.), good volumetric technique (serial dilutions, titrations, etc.), and materials handling (powder handling, quantitative transfer, balance use, etc.).
Experience with working in a lab and with analytical techniques and instruments (e.g., x-ray diffraction, particle size distribution analysis, tapped density measurement, inorganic chemical analysis such as atomic absorption spectroscopy or inductively-coupled plasma mass spectroscopy, BET surface area analysis, and electron microscopy)
This Is More Than Just a Job
You'll level up. Work alongside the brightest minds in clean tech and grow fast.
You'll make it real. Help scale cutting-edge battery materials from lab to production. This is hands on lab work.
Culture with personality. Zero egos, all drive—just good people solving hard problems in a team that backs each other.
We channel the cheetah-honey badger. Fast, nimble, and fearless. Equal parts strategic and scrappy.
Wollongong has great schools, beaches, rainforests, cycle routes, surfing, restaurants, theatres, and just a train ride away from Sydney
We're not here to do things the way they've always been done. We're here to push boundaries, scale impact, and solve hard problems together. We're fast, we're fearless, and we're doing it together – One Team, One Dream, One Sicona.
If you're ready to grow, innovate, and get things done - without the fluff - apply now.
Sicona - Be bold. Be real. Be the cheetah-honey badger.
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