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Job Description
The Pilot Line Manager at Blue Current oversees the production of high-energy, safe silicon solid-state batteries by managing manufacturing teams, developing battery components, and ensuring quality and safety in a fast-paced, innovative environment focused on advancing energy storage technology.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage manufacturing technician team for battery cell production from raw materials to quality check
- Support prototype cell manufacturing, sample production, and process development
- Produce battery components such as powders, electrodes, and assemblies
- Create manufacturing plans and schedules for prototype batteries and samples
- Manage raw material and component inventory and procurement
- Characterize cell materials using analytical techniques and interpret results
- Identify process and equipment improvements in collaboration with process engineering
- Maintain a safe work environment and manage hazardous waste and cleaning areas
- Perform preventative maintenance and calibrations on equipment
- Document materials and processes accurately and update data sheets
- Adapt to evolving manufacturing processes while maintaining detailed records
Requirements
- Previous team management experience of 5 years or more in a manufacturing or laboratory environment.
- Experience working in an environment that requires strong attention to detail and precision, with consistent and thorough documentation and adherence to standard operating procedures.
- Experience handling hazardous materials and waste management for lab space.
- Ability to work in a dry room and a glove box for extended periods of time.
- Ability to stand or sit for long periods of time and perform hand-intensive repetitive tasks.
- Above-average fine manual dexterity and visual acuity.
- Strong interpersonal and organizational skills and experience working with team members to overcome technical challenges.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills to logically convey ideas and thought processes.
- Experience with powder process and machine operations including powder mixing, synthesis process, sieving, and classification, or experience with roll-to-roll processes and machines such as slot die, gravure, comma coating, calendering, and slitting, or experience handling powders, solvents, and various types of mixers.
- Experience with battery cell assembly processes such as stamping, stacking, JR winding, ultrasonic welding, and pouch sealing.
- Previous glovebox and dry room experience.
- Previous chemical manufacturing experience.
- Familiarity with analytical tools such as SEM, XRD, TGA, FTIR, DSC, and TGA.
- Experience working in a fast-paced lab or manufacturing environment requiring high accuracy execution of processes or experiments.
- Basic knowledge of chemistry, including understanding of acids, bases, pH, and associated risks.
- Ability to produce various battery components including powders, electrodes, and assemblies.
- Ability to produce prototype and sample battery cells, supporting prototype cell manufacturing and sample cell production.
- Ability to manage raw material and component inventory and create purchasing plans.
- Ability to characterize cell materials using analytical techniques such as SEM, XRD, TGA, EIS, and CV, and provide feedback on characterization results.
- Ability to identify areas of process and machine improvement and work with process engineering teams to enhance process capability.
- Ability to establish and maintain a safe work environment, including managing hazardous waste and parts cleaning areas in collaboration with EH&S managers.
- Experience performing frequent preventative maintenance and calibrations on equipment to ensure optimal operation.
- Ability to complete material documentation accurately and in a timely manner with detailed notes and updated data sheets.
- Familiarity with analytical tools such as SEM, XRD, TGA, FTIR, DSC, and TGA.
- Educational background in Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field (BA/BS preferred).
- Minimum of 5 years of work experience in a fast-paced lab or manufacturing environment requiring high accuracy in process or experiment execution.
- Basic understanding of chemistry, including the difference between acids and bases, pH, and associated risks.
Benefits & Perks
Compensation/salary range (not specified)
Work schedule: Monday to Friday
Work environment perks: State-of-the-art headquarters and pilot line facility, safety work environment, organization and cleanliness of laboratory spaces, ability to work in a dry room and glove box, handling hazardous materials and waste management
Additional benefits: Opportunities for hands-on work in a fast-paced environment, potential for relocation assistance
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