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Staff Cathode Engineer
Redwood Materials INC · 🇺🇸 McCarran, NV
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 33 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 3 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Redwood Materials INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles2 certified filings for “Associate Cathode Design Engineer” (Materials Engineers) in NV: $108k–$119k, median $114k. Most were filed at wage level I (100%) — 1 lottery entry, ≈15% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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The US Department of Labor certified 33 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 3 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
About Redwood Materials Redwood Materials was founded in 2017 by JB Straubel, co-founder and former CTO of Tesla, on a simple but radical idea: the critical minerals powering the energy transition already exist. They just need to come back. Today Redwood is the largest lithium-ion battery recycler in North America — recovering, refining, and redeploying critical minerals from end-of-life batteries back into the supply chain. On the energy side, Redwood has deployed the largest second-life battery project in the world, delivering power to AI data centers in months rather than years using proprietary energy architecture engineered entirely in-house. The company is profitable, the market it operates in is projected to grow 20 to 50 times over the next decade, and Redwood is the only company with the supply chain, the technology, and the operational scale to lead it. Position Summary As a Staff Cathode Design Engineer, you will play a leading role in the development, scale-up, and manufacturing of Cathode Active Materials (CAM), including identifying, designing, and optimizing core production technologies. These technologies are critical to scaling cost-effective, high-performing processes that meet rigorous customer specifications and quality standards. In this role, you will lead complex technical initiatives, partner closely with cross-functional teams, and establish design parameters to drive the future of our CAM technology roadmap. Success in this position requires advanced technical expertise, strong project leadership, exceptional data analysis, and the ability to manage high-impact, competing priorities in a fast-paced environment while upholding strict quality and safety standards. Essential Duties and Responsibilities • Lead Process & Scale-Up Engineering: Provide senior-level technical expertise (including mass and energy balances, process flowsheets, and advanced process simulations) to identify, design, scale, and implement process technologies for CAM manufacturing. • Design & Execution of Experiments: Direct and conduct advanced Design of Experiments (DOE) to guide scale-up, define precise process parameter tolerances, enhance material performance, and lower manufacturing costs. • Vendor & Equipment Engineering: Lead interactions with equipment suppliers across conceptual design, system specs, detailed engineering, procurement, installation, and site acceptance testing. • Technology Roadmap & IP Creation: Drive the development of the technology roadmap to align with long-term business strategy and customer requirements. Generate intellectual property (IP) and collaborate with legal teams to draft and file patent applications. • Stakeholder & Business Leadership: Serve as a technical authority and advisor for commercial teams, business development, senior management, and key external partners. • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Lead multi-disciplinary engineering and operations teams to solve complex, systemic process challenges and successfully translate lab/pilot findings to commercial scale. Desired Skills/Qualifications: • Education: Advanced degree (MS or PHD) in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, or a related engineering discipline. • Experience: 5+ years of industrial experience in process development, scale-up, process engineering, and technical management within chemical processing or inorganic materials. • Technical Mastery: Deep technical expertise in inorganic materials production, powder synthesis, and chemical engineering fundamentals. • Process Modeling: Proven ability to perform complex process design calculations, mass/energy balances, process flow diagram (PFD/P&ID) development, and process simulation modeling. • Leadership & Influence: Strong track record of leading cross-function