Sr. Manufacturing Engineer

Do you want to join a team that's changing the world? Do you have a strong background as a Sr. Manufacturing Engineer? Then we're looking for you! Put your skills to meaningful use, gain unique experience, and work with world-class team members with diverse backgrounds and expertise who share the same vision. Join the PECNA team today!

Sr. Manufacturing Engineer

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Join us at Panasonic Energy as we expand to De Soto, Kansas, where we’re building the world’s largest lithium-ion battery factory. This is an exciting opportunity to grow your career while contributing to the future of electric vehicles. As part of our team, you’ll help push the limits of battery technology, enhancing performance and efficiency in sustainable transportation.

Our state-of-the-art facility, just outside the Kansas City Metro, will be a hub for innovation in green energy solutions. If you're passionate about sustainability and eager to contribute to the electric vehicle revolution, we invite you to be part of our dynamic team. Join us and make a meaningful impact on the future of energy and transportation.

The Senior Manufacturing Engineer is a highly experienced individual contributor recognized as a technical authority within the manufacturing organization. Operating autonomously in a high-volume lithium-ion battery manufacturing environment, this role impacts major programs, systems, and business units by setting engineering direction and driving strategic manufacturing improvements. The Senior Manufacturing Engineer leads large, complex initiatives across processes, equipment, and manufacturing systems; resolves highly complex or ambiguous technical challenges;

and defines long-term technical strategies that improve safety, quality, throughput, and cost. This role serves as a technical leader and mentor, influencing cross-functional teams and leadership through expertise, judgment, and innovation.

• Serves as a recognized subject matter expert across manufacturing processes, equipment systems, automation, or manufacturing integration
• Defines and drives manufacturing engineering strategy for major programs, lines, or systems
• Leads large-scale, complex manufacturing, equipment, or automation initiatives with broad operational impact
• Establishes advanced manufacturing standards, system architectures, and best practices across the organization
• Provides authoritative technical guidance for the most complex manufacturing and equipment challenges
• Evaluates emerging technologies and determines applicability to manufacturing operations
• Provides hands‑on technical support for critical manufacturing or equipment issues when escalation requires senior‑level expertise
• Oversees complex equipment commissioning and startup activities, ensuring functional validation, risk mitigation, and smooth transition to sustained operations

• Solves highly complex, ambiguous, and cross‑system manufacturing challenges requiring advanced judgment and innovation
• Champions strategic continuous improvement initiatives that deliver step‑change improvements in throughput, yield, reliability, safety, and cost
• Defines long‑term process capability, equipment reliability, and manufacturing system optimization strategies
• Applies expert‑level statistical analysis, modeling, and advanced problem‑solving methodologies
• Ensures improvements are scalable, sustainable, and embedded through standardization and governance
• Influences and supports data‑driven manufacturing solutions, including manufacturing execution systems (MES), to enable scalable and sustainable operations