Silicon anode materials for lithium-ion batteries, scaling to industrial plants
Sila Nanotechnologies develops a silicon anode material that replaces graphite in lithium-ion cells, now pushing from R&D into industrial-scale production. Its stack pairs plant-floor controls (DCS, EtherCAT, Modbus, ISA-88, Seeq, CMMS) with a modern data layer (Snowflake, dbt, Airflow) and RAG-based tooling, while senior- and staff-heavy engineering hiring alongside environmental and finance roles points to a plant startup phase.
Notable leadership hires: Account Director
Sila Nanotechnologies is a battery materials company headquartered in Alameda, California, founded in 2011 and privately held. It produces a silicon-based anode material designed to raise the energy density of lithium-ion batteries while fitting into existing cell manufacturing processes. The company sells to consumer electronics and automotive OEMs and works with battery cell manufacturers on commercial production. It employs 201–500 people and is hiring in the United States and Japan.
Sila uses Python, Snowflake, dbt, Apache Airflow, React, TypeScript, FastAPI, Terraform and Datadog, plus industrial tools like DCS, Seeq, EtherCAT, Modbus, ISA-88, SolidWorks and Sage X3 for ERP.
Sila Nanotechnologies is headquartered in Alameda, California, and is currently hiring in the United States and Japan.
Active work includes manufacturing-scale reactor design, environmental program implementation, consumer electronics customer programs, failure analysis on prototype cells, and RAG-based AI features.
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