R&D Manager TDT

Korea, Republic of - UBM Cheonan

Research & Development

에 게시 25-07-2025

About Umicore

Reducing harmful vehicle emissions. Giving new life to used metals. Powering the cars of the future. As a global materials and technology group, we apply our specialist knowledge to offer materials and solutions that are essential to everyday life. We aim to be a clear world leader in materials for clean mobility and recycling and have turned our sustainability approach into an even greater competitive advantage. With ambitions like this, imagine what you could do?

About UBM

We are all on the move. Umicore’s Battery materials give people autonomy and connectivity. We are a pioneer in battery materials that give added range and performance to electric vehicles. Our materials also ensure longer battery life for portable electronics. To enable our customers to produce even better performing batteries we cannot stand still. We need to find new ways to do things, discover new solutions and develop new ideas. Which is where you come in.

What you will be doing

1. Lead and manage cathode research projects in all tactical aspects:

• definition of project scope and perimeter according to BCM strategies
• implement technology roadmap and technology deliverables
• coordinate and collaborate competence projects with cross-functional team
• continuously assess need for talents, people competences, CAPEX definition to meet project objectives

2. Build a profound and broad knowledge and expertise in cathode active materials and product to:

• make the expertise available within other R&D projects.
• acquire knowledge and intelligences on new technologies and generate ideas for new developments
• pro-actively share expertise and communicate on reports/results

3. Team building: develop people in your charge

• Identify and define personalized training and development needs for each team-members
• Provide equal opportunity for trainings and development, then select based on capability
• Sustain use of PEM, MSA, EHS, PSM, 5S, KPI systems within people in your charge
• Build safety & team-mindset in accordance with Zero-Harm objective

Who we are looking for

1. Functional requirements

• University master degree with at least 7 years’ experience in the field of battery materials or University PhD, with at least 2 years’ experience, in the field of materials, inorganic chemistry, physics, engineering, fundamental computation, quantum mechanics
• Languages: sufficient English level for efficient communication
• Plus: agile with large dataset using Python, SQL, PowerBI programming or any other mass data processing software (Minitab, “R”), is a strong plus.

2. Personal skills

• Good people relationship skills, ability to build networks of contacts inside company
• Ability to analyse numerical data, to assess & summarize information and share knowledge and expertise with others
• High level of consciousness: focus on data quality
• Creative in science and technology
• Results driven: reach target, critical path to reach target, resource efficiency and focus
• Project management skills
• Ability to work autonomously and to take initiatives
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• High understanding of multicultural organization and respect different cultures
• Good understanding of matrix organization

What we offer

We aim to lead the way. Not just for our customers, but for our employees too. That is why we strive to create a collaborative environment in which we can all succeed, and a culture through which we can all share ideas, develop our expertise and advance our careers. We engage in building an inclusive work culture that offers equal opportunities for all employees irrespective of their diverse backgrounds. As you would expect from a world-leading organisation, we will also reward your contribution with a competitive salary and benefits. With all this and more, imagine what you could do?

If our battery materials can boost the range of e-cars,

IMAGINE WHAT YOU COULD DO?