Electrode Process Engineer
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Install, validate and launch battery electrode production equipment including calendaring and laser cutting lines
Worth knowing
Why it is interesting. Greenfield EV battery plant build-out — own equipment from procurement through launch, with 25% overtime and international travel potential.
Might not be for you. Contract role with weekend and shutdown work (July/December), 25% travel, and no fresh graduates considered.
Adjacent materials roleExperience with battery electrode processes; slot die coating, roll-to-roll processing, calendaring machines used with foil
- Seniority
- Mid-level
- Work
- On-site
- Type
- Contract
- Degree
- BS
- Experience
- 5+ yrs
- Industry
- Automotive
- Role
- Process Engineering
Role details
Kaygen, Inc. a diverse award-winning global business services and technology solutions partner with Global Fortune 500 companies.
Title: Engineer
Location: Liberty, NC
Duration: 12 Months 100% onsite M-F role in TBMNC.
Travel: 25% within the US and may be internationally but not seen in the near future.
Overtime - 25%
Interview Process: 60 Mins STAR Video Interview via MS Teams.
Must have
- Understanding of calendaring machines used with foil, paper, and steel.
- Experience in laser cutting and laser welding for foil and metal sheets.
- Basic knowledge of battery systems.
- Hands-on experience in assembly operations is mandatory.
- Exposure to manufacturing or production environments is required.
- Fresh graduates will not be considered and candidates from unrelated industries are excluded.
Ideal Profiles
- Experience in calendaring processes.
- Hands-on expertise in laser cutting and/or laser welding.
Good Profiles
Experience with battery electrode processes.
Acceptable Profiles
Over 10 years of manufacturing experience.
Experience with calendaring or rolling machines.
Requirements
Qualifications/ What you bring (Must Haves)
- Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Engineering or similar technical field with 5+ years of equivalent work experience in an engineering role
- Experience with production preparation of Battery, Electronics or Chemical manufacturing equipment, including procurement, validation, installation, pre-production trials and launch (3 years Required, 5 years Preferred)
- Experience creating process plans and machine specifications using lean manufacturing principles.
- Experience leading capital projects, including creating and maintaining detailed schedules, budgetary control, and KPI-based progress reporting (3 years Required, 5 years Preferred).
- Experience with AutoCAD, CATIA, Creo or similar, including the ability to read and interpret and modify 2D and 3D technical drawings.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel & PowerPoint. (intermediate or above)
- Ability to business travel, both domestic and international, up to 25%.
- Ability to work weekends and shutdowns such as July and December.
Bonus if you have (Preferred)
- Advanced Engineering degree, higher than Bachelor’s.
- Our Client Production Engineering experience, NAMC and/or TMNA.
- Experience directing structured trials of manufacturing equipment to assess and achieve compliance with design, performance, and product quality criteria.
- Experience with battery manufacturing, such as electrochemistry, slot die coating, roll-to-roll processing, laser cutting equipment, vision inspection systems.
- Experience with industrial controls and/or industrial networks, PLC logic programming, Mitsubishi and/or Omron PLCs, MES systems, including experience investigating and troubleshooting issues.
- TBP completion through Panel.
- Japanese language ability.
KAYGEN is an award-winning global business, providing top talent for technology-based solutions and staffing services for over 23 years. We specialize in providing high-volume contingent staffing, direct hire staffing and project based solutions to companies worldwide ranging from startups to Fortune 500 and Managed Service Providers (MSP) across a wide variety of industries. For more information please visit us at www.kaygen.com
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