About us:

Happy Electron is an international R&D company active in the field of electric energy generation and storage, partner with Arrival Ltd., a UK based technology company developing electric vehicles.

Our several projects are carried out in our offices and laboratories in London, San Francisco and Saint Petersburg in collaboration with academic leading experts in computational and experimental materials science worldwide.

About the role:

We are looking for a skilled and motivated computational material scientist to join our team in London, UK, to model and investigate novel revolutionary materials for energy storage devices.

We are seeking someone with a solid and wide knowledge of condensed matter physics and theoretical approaches and practical experience with computational methods such as Density Functional Theory, Dynamic Mean Field Theory, Molecular Dynamics, etc.

Responsibilities:

• Developing and using relevant computational methods to predict the structure and to characterise the electronic properties of strongly correlated materials and heterostructures
• Characterising and investigating screening properties of different materials and heterostructures using the relevant descriptors
• Collaborating with external academic partners performing computational studies
• Interacting with the internal and external experimental groups to support them in the products development
• Keeping up to date with relevant literature and technologies through research and conference attendance
• Acting as Subject Matter Expert (SME) in your field by providing advice and support to colleagues

Required qualifications:

• PhD in computational materials science, theoretical chemistry, theoretical physics or equivalent field
• Considerable experience with DFT and MD calculations and familiarity with different open-source and commercial codes (e.g. QE, Abinit, CASTEP, VASP etc)
• Experience with strongly correlated materials and transition metal oxide systems will be a strong plus, as well as experience with phonon dispersion calculations
• Experience in collaboration with experimental materials scientists is a strong plus
• Proven familiarity with the relevant research literature
• Ability to understand and communicate technical and advanced research material
• Comfortable in working in a team and willing to travel internationally
• Able to work independently and manage your time well

Our offer:

• A competitive salary
• 40 hour week
• 28 days holiday
• Workplace pension
• Competitive benefits