Engineering Manager

Join Panasonic Energy Corporation of North America

Are you an ambitious engineer with a strong background as an Engineering Manager? Panasonic Energy Corporation of North America (PECNA) is seeking leaders to join the world's largest lithium-ion battery initiative. With superior battery designs and the fastest manufacturing lines in the world, Panasonic is producing millions of batteries per day at the Gigafactory to support Tesla's electric vehicle and energy storage businesses.

Join us in this ongoing full-scale effort to electrify our society.

Essential Duties:

• Managing others and being responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of the Manufacturing Engineering team.
• Carrying out supervisory responsibilities including interviewing, hiring, and training new employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints; and resolving problems following the company's established policies and procedures.
• Conducting research to develop new and improved battery manufacturing processes.
• Designing, planning layout, and overseeing workers engaged in constructing, controlling, and improving equipment to carry out battery manufacturing processes on commercial scale.
• Analyzing operating procedures and equipment/machinery functions to reduce processing time and cost.
• Designing and planning measurement and control systems for manufacturing processes based on data collected in laboratory experiments and pilot plant operations.
• Determining the most effective arrangement of unit operations by exercising judgement to compromise between process requirements, economic evaluation, operator effectiveness, and physical and health hazards.
• Establishing procedures for operators and technicians to use in the manufacturing processes for the manufacturing of Li-ion cells.
• Performing tests and taking measurements throughout stages of production to determine degree of control over process variables.
• Applying principles of chemical engineering to solve environmental problems.

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Requirements:

To ensure the health and safety in the workplace and for the protection of our employees, wearing PPE is a requirement for some roles at PECNA and may include equipment such as a full Tyvek suit, safety shoes, gloves, safety glasses, face mask, bump cap, and a full hazmat suit that includes a respirator.

Qualifications:

Education:

• Basic:
  Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Materials Engineering, or related discipline.
• Preferred: M.S. or Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Materials Engineering, or related discipline.

Essential

Qualifications:

• Panasonic Energy of North America does not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position.
• Evidence of exceptional ability.
• 8+ years of engineering experience in areas such as manufacturing, product development, design, or other area.
• 5+ years of leadership experience.
• Strong analytic and decision-making abilities.
• Able to influence others to move towards a common goal.
• Self-motivation and resourcefulness are required.
• Able to manage multiple concurrent tasks in a fast-paced environment, effectively prioritize work, and deliver quality results.
• Intuitive, adaptable, creative, and collaborative with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Must have working-level knowledge of the English language, including reading, writing and speaking English.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong experience with electrochemistry and electrochemical analysis preferred.
• Previous experience with Industrial data analysis or Manufacturing Execution System (MES).
• Experience in a high-volume manufacturing environment (1M+ units per day) such as batteries or electronic devices.
• Familiarity with six sigma methodologies and tools.
• Strong data analysis skills with tools such as JMP, Minitab, Python, or MATLAB are highly desired.
• Experience with battery production or R&D

Physical Demands:

• Sit: 20%
• Walk: 50%
• Stand: 20%
• Lift: 10%
• Required Lifting and Carrying:
• Up to 10 lbs.:
  Frequent
• Up to 20 lbs.:
  Frequent
• Up to 35 lbs.:
  Frequen…