Battery Cell Engineer, Trials and Problem Solving (On-site, Liberty, NC)

About This Role

A leading automotive manufacturer is expanding EV battery cell production in Liberty, NC and is hiring a Battery Cell Engineer to lead pre-production trial planning and problem solving (100% onsite). You will lead cross-functional teams, resolve material/product/process issues, run root-cause analysis and recurrence prevention, develop good-process-and-product quality conditions, and advance the systems and procedures used for trials and organizational learning.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning and problem-solving efforts in pre-production trial activity for EV battery cell manufacturing
• Lead cross-functional teams and resolve material, product, and process issues (internal and external)
• Create and implement working/trial plans for confirmation and problem solving using structured problem-solving and Lean practices
• Perform issue identification, root-cause analysis, resolution, and recurrence prevention / continuous improvement across activities and projects
• Provide input to process and equipment plans/specifications for continuous improvement and issue recurrence prevention
• Create detailed technical and summary reports for organizational learning; advance systems and procedures for problem solving and knowledge capture
• Mentor team members on battery knowledge, trial planning and execution, and data analysis

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering or a similar technical field
• 3 plus years of equivalent engineering experience in a manufacturing environment
• Manufacturing production-preparation and schedule/deliverable management (project plan, process/equipment plan, specification, procurement, installation, trial)
• 2 plus years (5 plus preferred) of winding, cell assembly, and electrolyte fill on automotive cells
• Battery cell product, process/equipment, and trial experience; interpreting specifications, drawings, and data with change-point management
• Cross-functional coordination (production engineering, manufacturing, R&D, quality) and senior-leadership reporting
• Able to work onsite in Liberty, NC, travel up to 15% (domestic and international, including Japan), and work overtime up to 25% including weekends and shutdowns
• Preferred: lean / production-system methods; product-and-process simultaneous engineering for new model; data analytics; digital engineering tools; Japanese language

Required Skills

• Battery cell pre-production trial planning and management
• Structured problem solving (root-cause analysis, countermeasure, recurrence prevention)
• Battery cell processes: winding, cell assembly, and electrolyte fill
• Quality confirmation and good-process-and-product condition development
• Cross-functional coordination and senior-leadership reporting
• Specification, drawing, and data interpretation with change-point management
• *Software / tools:* data analytics tools; digital engineering / model-data software; MS Office