Process Engineer - Specialist Formation & Ageing - Battery Cells

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Greenville, SC, US, 29673

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Regular

Job Type: Full-Time

Ener Sys is a global leader in stored energy solutions for industrial applications. We have over thirty manufacturing and assembly plants worldwide servicing over 10,000 customers in more than 100 countries. Worldwide headquarters are located in Reading, PA, USA with regional headquarters in Europe and Asia. We complement our extensive line of Motive Power and Energy Systems with a full range of integrated services and systems.

With sales and service locations throughout the world, and over 100 years of battery experience, Ener Sys is the power/full solution for stored DC power products.

The Specialist, Formation & Ageing
- Battery Cells will support the development, optimization, industrialization, and support of formation, ageing, grading, and end-of-line processes used in cylindrical lithium-ion battery cell manufacturing. This role plays a critical part in ensuring cell performance, safety, reliability, yield, and production efficiency through the establishment of robust and scalable manufacturing processes.
You will work closely with process engineering, cell development, production, quality, maintenance, automation, EHS, and equipment suppliers to establish robust formation and ageing processes from pilot scale through equipment qualification, process validation, and high-volume manufacturing.

• Develop, optimize, and sustain formation, ageing, grading, and end-of-line manufacturing processes for cylindrical lithium-ion battery cells.
• Define, validate, and maintain formation recipes, including charge/discharge parameters, voltage limits, current limits, rest periods, cycle sequencing, and safety controls.
• Establish and optimize ageing strategies, including stabilization criteria, self-discharge screening, open-circuit voltage monitoring, leakage detection, and grading methodologies.
• Analyze process and test data including voltage curves, current response, capacity results, DCIR measurements, temperature profiles, OCV drift, and process performance indicators.
• Implement process improvements that enhance product quality, manufacturing yield, throughput, cycle times, operational efficiency, and cost performance.
• Support equipment selection, supplier technical reviews, Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT), Site Acceptance Testing (SAT), installation, commissioning, qualification, and production startup activities.
• Develop process documentation, manufacturing standards, work instructions, control plans, alarm limits, process windows, and escalation procedures.
• Collaborate with automation, MES, data engineering, and quality teams to ensure effective traceability, recipe management, process control, and data integrity.
• Investigate and resolve process deviations, equipment issues, quality concerns, safety events, and abnormal cell performance.
• Partner with cell development, electrode manufacturing, cell assembly, electrolyte filling, quality, and product engineering teams to understand upstream process impacts on cell behavior and performance.
• Apply structured problem-solving methodologies, including Root Cause Analysis, 8D, Design of Experiments (DoE), SPC, Ishikawa, Process Capability Analysis, and Lean Manufacturing principles.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable safety, environmental, quality, electrical, fire protection, and battery manufacturing standards.
• Participate in continuous improvement initiatives supporting operational excellence and manufacturing readiness.

• Bachelor's degree in…