Job Description
This role involves leading pilot-scale battery manufacturing operations, overseeing prototype development, process optimization, and transitioning next-generation battery technologies from R&D to mass production, while managing customer programs and cross-functional teams in a high-tech environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and manage pilot-scale cell manufacturing and prototype execution for various cell designs.
- Establish pilot lines, define SOPs, and oversee QA/QC processes for production and testing.
- Manage the technology scale-up process to prepare R&D battery concepts for mass production.
- Serve as Product Execution Director for technical customer programs, ensuring delivery of validated battery components and systems.
- Drive the NPI process and apply quality assurance methodologies like DFMEA and DVP&R.
- Develop and maintain relationships with OEM organizations to understand product application and service needs.
- Provide cross-functional leadership to bridge gaps between R&D, Manufacturing, and Quality teams.
Requirements
- Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or a closely related field.
- Deep experience at a senior level in pilot-scale cell manufacturing, prototype development, or technical operations management, taking the lead on new projects globally.
- Core expertise in Lithium-ion, Solid-state, and Li-metal battery chemistry and the manufacturing processes associated with them.
- Expertise in NPI processes, process optimization, and hands-on experience in SOP definition, scale-up, and quality control.
- Direct experience managing technical customer program management and setting technical roadmaps with external clients.
- Proficiency in using DFMEA (Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) and DVP R (Design Verification Plan and Report) methodologies in a high-tech manufacturing environment.
Benefits & Perks
Highly competitive salary
Robust benefits package including comprehensive health coverage
Attractive equity stock options program
Opportunity to contribute to meaningful scientific projects with broad public impact
Work in a dynamic, collaborative, and innovative environment
Significant opportunities for professional growth and career development
Access to state-of-the-art facilities and proprietary technologies
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