We are looking for a Manager of Battery Manufacturing Engineering to build the team and the manufacturing systems that produce battery assemblies for our next-generation robotics products. These are compact, high-energy battery packs that must be safe, light and reliable, with tight packaging of cells, interconnects, thermal management, sensing and battery management electronics. You will lead a team of manufacturing engineers and own battery manufacturing end to end, partnering with design engineering from early concept. You will define the manufacturing line, develop the equipment technologies and processes it needs, and own the roadmap through deployment of safe, robust, high-volume automated lines.
Key job responsibilities
- Hire, develop and lead a team of manufacturing engineers, setting clear goals, priorities and career growth for each person.
- Own the battery manufacturing roadmap, staffing plan and capital budget, aligning them with product and program milestones.
- Lead DFM, DFA and design-for-test reviews from initial concept, shaping cell, module and pack architecture for safe, automated assembly.
- Ideate and deliver battery manufacturing systems from proof of concept to automation at scale, defining assembly sequence, station design, line balancing and layout.
- Lead the development of new equipment technologies and bring key battery processes to maturity, including cell handling and sorting, interconnect welding, adhesive and thermal interface dispensing, potting, sealing and fastening.
- Co-define and deploy quality and safety controls (incoming cell inspection, in-process inspection, leak, isolation and electrical end-of-line test, and cell-level traceability) with design, test, quality and safety engineering.
- Find and evaluate equipment suppliers and integrators, and retire the highest-risk processes early through concept studies, experiments, feasibility trials and proof-of-concept builds. Own equipment specification, buy-off and start of production.
- Own line performance through production handoff, proving capability through metrics such as safety, first-pass yield, rate and cost.
- Set team standards for DFM/DFA reviews, process development, line design and safe battery handling, storage and shipping.
