EV Battery Manufacturing Engineer

About This Role

A leading automotive EV battery manufacturer is hiring a hands-on Battery Manufacturing Engineer for its Implementation Group, supporting EV battery production setup and new-model launches at its Liberty, NC plant (100% onsite). 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 and working in advanced-cleanliness (clean room) environments. Proven machining/machine-operations experience is essential, along with an electronic-assembly or battery-related manufacturing background and large-scale, complex operations experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop process plans for battery production lines with manager support
• Lead equipment procurement, installation, commissioning, pre-production trials, and launch of battery production lines
• Lead/support equipment trials at vendors and on the floor, ensuring safety, quality, and productivity targets
• Work within advanced-cleanliness (clean room) protocols for the assigned area
• Perform punch-list identification, root cause analysis, and countermeasure management; summarize KPIs for handover
• Create and maintain detailed schedules and budgets; engage cross-functional and international teams

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering or a similar technical field
• 3+ years in a manufacturing environment (project execution or equipment setup)
• Proven machining/machine-operations experience (critical) plus electronic assembly and/or battery-related manufacturing
• Capital-project execution, strategy planning through start of mass production; investments greater than $0.5M
• Read/interpret 2D drawings (facility and process equipment); 2D/3D drafting (AutoCAD); Microsoft Office

Required Skills

• Machining and machine operations (hands-on, proven)
• Electronic assembly and/or battery-related manufacturing processes
• Equipment installation, commissioning, pre-production trials, and launch
• Capital-project execution, planning through SOP, with $0.5M+ investment management
• Detailed scheduling, milestone tracking, budget control; root cause analysis and KPI summarization
• Reading/interpreting 2D building/facility and process-equipment drawings; clean-room protocol work (AutoCAD)