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Battery materials design
You will be researching new materials for use in batteries.
Battery cell development
In response to corporate customers' requirements regarding capacity, dimensions, etc., you will be selecting suitable materials and developing battery cells to provide the required performance.
In practice, this means that you will be basing your designs on a variety of parameters, including types of battery materials, amount used and cell construction in order to achieve higher capacity.
As a cell developer, you will have the satisfaction of seeing best-selling products and knowing that they are powered by your batteries.
Core technology
You will be designing methods to clarify mechanisms for improving battery performance, improving productivity (cycle and process improvements) etc.
For example, battery capacity tends to drop in colder environments. You could be responsible for devising methods to maintain battery performance in such environments.
This job provides the satisfaction of seeing your ideas tested, proved and ultimately used to improve battery performance.
You will be researching new materials for use in batteries.
- You will be involved in the development and review of new materials for producing batteries that are more powerful, with longer life spans, greater capacity and lower cost.
- You will be writing up the spec sheets detailing the performance required to realize such materials.
- You will analyze the materials developed to confirm that they possess the performance required by our customers.
- You will confirm the performance and productivity of batteries using these materials. This work will give you the satisfaction of seeing materials you have developed result in improved Sony brand batteries.
Battery cell development
In response to corporate customers' requirements regarding capacity, dimensions, etc., you will be selecting suitable materials and developing battery cells to provide the required performance.
In practice, this means that you will be basing your designs on a variety of parameters, including types of battery materials, amount used and cell construction in order to achieve higher capacity.
As a cell developer, you will have the satisfaction of seeing best-selling products and knowing that they are powered by your batteries.
Core technology
You will be designing methods to clarify mechanisms for improving battery performance, improving productivity (cycle and process improvements) etc.
For example, battery capacity tends to drop in colder environments. You could be responsible for devising methods to maintain battery performance in such environments.
This job provides the satisfaction of seeing your ideas tested, proved and ultimately used to improve battery performance.
Electric circuit design
Electric circuit design involves both hardware and software design.
Electric circuits are required in Li-Ion battery packs to control charge/discharge and temperature, allowing users to safely utilize their high-energy density.
Electric circuit designers play an essential role in producing battery packs that provide safe, reliable, high performance even in severe environments (extreme cold or heat). You will be expected to be highly productive and show speedy results, but you will have the satisfaction of quickly seeing your work result in the release of superior products.
We require people able to manage large-scale, technologically-complex systems, such as battery modules for electric vehicles or energy storage modules, and talented electrical engineers capable of technological innovation, with the imagination and ability to design products that will amaze the world.
Control systems development
You will be engaged in both hardware design for manufacturing equipment (electric circuit design) and software design (equipment control programs).
You will enjoy the satisfaction of seeing equipment you have programmed being used to produce a wide variety of new products, and of seeing that equipment being installed in our overseas plants too.
Power supply development
Sony Energy Devices designs many kinds of power sources in addition to batteries.
Our power supply designs cover a huge range of applications, from a few watts to many kilowatts. We make chargers for digital cameras, camcorders, power tools, etc., AC adaptors for cell phones, laptops, etc., and power supplies for LCD TVs, game consoles and networks.
In practice, your work will involve designing circuits (PFC, DC/DC converter, control, and protection circuits), prototyping and evaluation, fault testing, analyzing and correcting problems, and building nearly finished products in preparation for manufacture. You will also provide support for safety standards applications and start of mass production.
The power supply business has a bright future as manufacturers look to improve efficiency in order to reduce their environmental burden. Major growth is also expected in the energy storage business, and these two businesses working together promise a significant synergetic effect.
Electric circuit design involves both hardware and software design.
Electric circuits are required in Li-Ion battery packs to control charge/discharge and temperature, allowing users to safely utilize their high-energy density.
Electric circuit designers play an essential role in producing battery packs that provide safe, reliable, high performance even in severe environments (extreme cold or heat). You will be expected to be highly productive and show speedy results, but you will have the satisfaction of quickly seeing your work result in the release of superior products.
We require people able to manage large-scale, technologically-complex systems, such as battery modules for electric vehicles or energy storage modules, and talented electrical engineers capable of technological innovation, with the imagination and ability to design products that will amaze the world.
Control systems development
You will be engaged in both hardware design for manufacturing equipment (electric circuit design) and software design (equipment control programs).
You will enjoy the satisfaction of seeing equipment you have programmed being used to produce a wide variety of new products, and of seeing that equipment being installed in our overseas plants too.
Power supply development
Sony Energy Devices designs many kinds of power sources in addition to batteries.
Our power supply designs cover a huge range of applications, from a few watts to many kilowatts. We make chargers for digital cameras, camcorders, power tools, etc., AC adaptors for cell phones, laptops, etc., and power supplies for LCD TVs, game consoles and networks.
In practice, your work will involve designing circuits (PFC, DC/DC converter, control, and protection circuits), prototyping and evaluation, fault testing, analyzing and correcting problems, and building nearly finished products in preparation for manufacture. You will also provide support for safety standards applications and start of mass production.
The power supply business has a bright future as manufacturers look to improve efficiency in order to reduce their environmental burden. Major growth is also expected in the energy storage business, and these two businesses working together promise a significant synergetic effect.
Mechanical design
Designing the cases for battery packs using Li-ion batteries. These are made in many sizes for applications including notebook PCs, portable audio devices, cell phones, camcorders, digital cameras, game consoles and power tools. You will also be designing the cases for our new and rapidly gaining world-recognition energy storage modules.
Until now, we have focused on developing technology to make battery packs smaller, lighter and thinner. From now on, we will also need to design for medium to large energy storage systems, a field in which large growth is expected.
Production facility design
You will not only design the equipment for manufacturing our products, you will also be responsible for initial setup, technology development, improvement and modification of such equipment.
As product sizes and other specifications change, we can foresee there will be a need to alter some of our manufacturing processes. You will be responsible for designing equipment and production lines, incorporating the new technology needed to make each product. In other words, you will form the link connecting the concept to the reality.
The real satisfaction in manufacturing facility design lies in the hands-on planning and design of more effective production processes, and in seeing the final product emerge from the line you have built.
Designing the cases for battery packs using Li-ion batteries. These are made in many sizes for applications including notebook PCs, portable audio devices, cell phones, camcorders, digital cameras, game consoles and power tools. You will also be designing the cases for our new and rapidly gaining world-recognition energy storage modules.
Until now, we have focused on developing technology to make battery packs smaller, lighter and thinner. From now on, we will also need to design for medium to large energy storage systems, a field in which large growth is expected.
Production facility design
You will not only design the equipment for manufacturing our products, you will also be responsible for initial setup, technology development, improvement and modification of such equipment.
As product sizes and other specifications change, we can foresee there will be a need to alter some of our manufacturing processes. You will be responsible for designing equipment and production lines, incorporating the new technology needed to make each product. In other words, you will form the link connecting the concept to the reality.
The real satisfaction in manufacturing facility design lies in the hands-on planning and design of more effective production processes, and in seeing the final product emerge from the line you have built.
Sales & marketing
You will be working with sales companies in the Sony Group, in Japan and abroad, to market our products. As part of this process, you will be required to study and analyze the markets and our competitors' products, and to make maximum use of the Sony Group's global sales network, with the goals of increasing sales and strengthening our brand.
You will be the vital link between our world leading battery design and development engineers and our customers, with their diverse battery requirements. To fulfill this role, you will need high level communication and coordinating skills. You will also need excellent language ability, since you will be dealing with customers, sales companies and manufacturing plants in many countries.
You will be working with sales companies in the Sony Group, in Japan and abroad, to market our products. As part of this process, you will be required to study and analyze the markets and our competitors' products, and to make maximum use of the Sony Group's global sales network, with the goals of increasing sales and strengthening our brand.
You will be the vital link between our world leading battery design and development engineers and our customers, with their diverse battery requirements. To fulfill this role, you will need high level communication and coordinating skills. You will also need excellent language ability, since you will be dealing with customers, sales companies and manufacturing plants in many countries.
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