EV Battery Manufacturing Engineer

About This Role

A leading automotive EV battery manufacturer is hiring two hands-on Battery Manufacturing Engineers for its Implementation Group, supporting EV battery production setup and new-model launches at its Liberty, North Carolina plant (100% on-site). You will develop process plans and lead equipment procurement, installation, commissioning, pre-production trials, and launch of battery production lines, owning detailed schedules and budgets for an assigned area, working in advanced-cleanliness (clean room) environments, and driving trials to hit safety, quality, and productivity targets. Proven machining and machine-operations experience is essential, along with electronic assembly or battery-related manufacturing background and experience in large-scale, complex operations.

The client is interviewing now and is adding new candidates to the process. If your background fits, we would like to hear from you this week.

Responsibilities

• Develop process plans for battery production lines with direct support from the manager

• Lead equipment procurement, installation planning and execution, commissioning, pre-production trials, and launch of battery production lines

• Lead and/or support equipment trials at vendors prior to shipping and on the floor after installation, ensuring safety, quality, and productivity targets are met

• Work in advanced-cleanliness (clean room) protocols required for the assigned battery manufacturing area

• Perform punch-list identification, root cause analysis, and countermeasure management

• Summarize KPIs, support mass-production handover, and resolve production issues

• Create and maintain detailed schedules and maintain budgets for assigned areas

• Engage cross-functional teams (domestic and international) on open items and key project schedules and milestones

• Collaborate with fellow engineers, the construction management group, technicians, vendors, and general contractors to hit project milestones

• Participate in daily written and verbal reports up to Senior Manager level; complete internal and external training

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering or a similar technical field

• 3 plus years of professional experience in a manufacturing environment (project execution or equipment setup)

• Proven machining and machine-operations experience (critical) and experience with electronic assembly and/or battery-related manufacturing processes

• Experience working in large-scale organizations due to operational complexity

• Production preparation and execution of capital projects, ideally from initial strategy planning to the start of mass production

• Project-management experience with capital investments greater than $0.5M

• Creating and maintaining detailed schedules, including milestone achievement for equipment installation

• Ability to read and interpret 2D drawings (building facilities and process equipment); 2D/3D drafting such as AutoCAD; Microsoft Office proficiency

• Ability to travel up to 25% (domestic; limited international) and work weekends, holidays, and shutdowns (for example July and December)

• Preferred: automotive battery manufacturing; laser welding; Mitsubishi PLC programming and PLC read/interpret/modify; SCADA, MES, and Kepware (or similar)

Required Skills

• Machining and machine operations (hands-on, proven)

• Electronic assembly and/or battery-related manufacturing processes

• Production equipment installation, commissioning, pre-production trials, and launch

• Capital-project execution, planning through start of mass production, with $0.5M+ investment management

• Detailed project scheduling, milestone tracking, and budget control for assigned areas

• Reading and interpreting 2D building/facility and process-equipment drawings

• Root cause analysis, countermeasure management, and KPI summarization for mass-production handover

• Clean-room / advanced-cleanliness protocol work

• Software and platforms: AutoCAD (2D/3D); Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint); PLC (Mitsubishi), SCADA, MES, Kepware (preferred)