Senior Forensic Engineer
The Vertex Companies LLC
Senior Process Engineer
Form Energy
full-time
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Location: Virginia, West Virginia • 🇺🇸 United States
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Senior
About the role
- Own the development and optimization of novel battery manufacturing technologies
- Prioritize safety across all aspects of manufacturing, ranging from process design to scaled manufacturing
- Collaborate with the product design, R&D, quality, equipment and supply chain teams to translate product requirements into a battery design and manufacturing process that achieve company targets
- Select the right manufacturing methods to make Iron Anodes and/or Air Cathodes and validate recommendations through engineering trials and prototype builds
- Inform multi-million dollar equipment purchasing decisions for high-volume production lines
- Commission and own novel processes in a fast-paced prototype manufacturing environment
- Support multiple electrode manufacturing efforts and collaborate cross-functionally
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in a fast-paced manufacturing or production environment, ideally in process engineering, NPI, or scale–up
- Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent
- Hands-on experience with small to medium to large equipment and a desire to roll up your sleeves and fill the gaps where necessary
- Demonstrated expertise in process engineering principles such as, Root Cause Analysis, PFMEA, SPC, and quality management systems for process optimization and improvement
- Lived experience using statistical methods to make process development decisions (using JMP, Minitab or equivalent)
- Experience owning manufacturing processes and showing accountability for their safety, quality, throughput, yield, and overall success
- Excellent documentation, communication, and organizational skills
- Ability to work onsite from the listed work location
