Manufacturing Process Engineer, Electrified Energy StorageStart with the mission
Battery manufacturing rewards discipline and punishes improvisation. Tiny process slips compound into major quality escapes; early instability drains margins. Your mission is to engineer safe, efficient, and repeatable assembly processes so scale is predictable and customers can rely on every module and pack we ship.
Your impact
- Engineer end-to-end assembly: Architect and document complete manufacturing flows for battery modules and packs, defining sequence and work content to meet quality, takt, and safety/ergonomics.
- Codify the work: Build visual, precise standard work and instructions tied to drawings/BOMs, current revisions, and approved changesand train the team.
- Equip the line: Specify, install, commission, and sustain tools, fixtures, inspection/test equipment, and material handling aids; validate equipment readiness and settings.
- Stabilize ramps: Support initial launch, volume ramp, and new variant introductions; act fast on process issues, bottlenecks, or downtime with corrective actions.
- Control variation: Define in-process checks, error-proofing (poka-yoke), and capability/control plans; drive root cause analysis and CAPA with Quality.
- Bridge design to build: Evaluate manufacturability impacts from engineering changes, update processes/instructions, and support pilot builds for smooth NPI transitions.
- Relentlessly improve: Deliver gains in yield, cycle time, labor efficiency, and scrap/rework by applying lean methods and improving flow.
- Protect people: Ensure EHS compliance and safe work practices; identify and mitigate ergonomic and safety risks across assembly and material handling.
- Make it measurable: Maintain accurate process definitions, equipment settings, and change histories; report process metrics that guide operations.
Where you sit and who you team with
- Reporting line: Director of Manufacturing
- Cross-functional partners: Production Supervisors and Operators; Product Engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, Thermal); Product Integration; Quality; EHS
- Core emphasis: Manufacturing process design, on-line support, and CI
Life on the floor
- Be present on the linetroubleshoot equipment and process issues
- Refresh and release documentation as changes occur
- Join improvement events; help balance stations and staffing
- Coordinate tightly with engineering and quality to maintain stability
What you will deliver
- Process flows and layouts
- Standard work and operator instructions
- Tooling and equipment specifications
- Continuous improvement plans and results
- Inputs to production readiness and launch reviews
Authority and constraints
- Authority to define and enhance manufacturing processes
- No authority over product design choices
- Duty to promptly escalate safety, quality, or capacity risks
How we’ll gauge success
- Stable, repeatable processes
- Higher first-pass yield and fewer defects
- Throughput aligned with takt-time targets
- Less downtime and rework
- Effective NPI handoffs
Core capabilities
- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
- 5 Why root cause analysis
- Process Engineering
- Machine setup for production runs
- Process development
- Corrective and preventive actions (CAPA)
- Cycle time optimization
- Line launch
- Production line setup
