Job Description
The role involves leading a multidisciplinary engineering team in designing, building, and improving advanced battery materials processing and testing equipment, while supporting research and development efforts to innovate in clean energy technologies.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide leadership and technical guidance to a team of engineers and technicians designing and building materials processing and battery testing equipment.
- Contribute to system design from concept through operational support, including mechanical, electrical, and software components.
- Review and approve key design and safety documentation, including design reviews, process diagrams, and test plans.
- Support troubleshooting and continuous improvement of existing tools and processes.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve performance metrics, process reliability, quality, and uptime.
- Organize, document, and communicate technical work and design decisions effectively.
- Plan and execute projects accurately, ensuring timely delivery and efficiency improvements.
Requirements
- A B.S. or M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Controls Engineering, or a related discipline.
- 15 years of work experience post B.S. and experience in a startup environment.
- Demonstrated excellence at building and leading technical teams.
- Experience managing team members to emphasize their strengths and support their professional development.
- Ability to fine-tune your own approach to suit different styles on your team.
- Proactiveness in anticipating and responding to staffing gaps.
- Demonstrated collaborative problem solving helping people share knowledge, resources, and strategies in order to solve ever-harder technical problems.
- Great communication skills, including the ability to surface problems constructively and get buy-in for proposed solutions.
- Strong mechanical design fundamentals.
- Experience in design and fabrication of complex assemblies, CAD software, and component sourcing.
- Intuition for the right balance of flexibility versus robustness in designs.
- Expertise with lab or industrial automation platforms.
- Programming experience in C, C++, Python, .NET, MATLAB, or IEC 61131 PLC automation preferred.
- Basic familiarity with software engineering best practices, and experience with lab industrial electronics.
- Experience in R D laboratory settings with time pressure, open-ended technical problems, and substantial managerial autonomy.
- Ability to prioritize among a wide range of problems, both self-identified and as identified by others.
- A well-practiced ability to bring the right amount of structure to your team’s projects.
Benefits & Perks
Compensation/salary range: $211,000 to $276,640
Work environment perks: On-site work, use of personal protective equipment, movement within facilities, climbing stairs and ladders, operating office equipment
Any additional benefits: Part of a competitive Total Rewards package that can include benefits, perks, and equity
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