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Sustain and improve R&D battery assembly and testing processes: implement quality control (SPC, inspections, RCAs), lead continuous improvement using Lean/Six Sigma, mentor technicians, maintain process documentation, integrate new equipment, and generate data-driven performance reports.

Lead a team of engineers in designing and building innovative battery materials and testing equipment, ensuring project success and team development.

Design, execute, and analyze pouch full-cell experiments across slurry, coating, electrolyte, and cell integration. Perform failure analysis, apply data/statistical methods and modeling, develop new test techniques, communicate results to stakeholders, and support customer-facing data packages while collaborating cross-functionally to commercialize next-generation lithium-ion batteries.

Lead R&D and scale-up of electrode materials for lithium-ion batteries. Investigate roles of active materials, binders, and additives; design and qualify electrodes; apply data analysis and modeling; develop test methods; communicate results across teams and with partners; ensure lab safety and support prototype-to-production scale-up.

Manage quality systems across battery production, ensure compliance with safety standards, and lead root cause investigations while collaborating with engineering teams.

Develop bespoke software solutions to enhance battery data management and user interaction. Collaborate with various teams to optimize workflows and ensure data integrity through advanced architecture and visualization.

Lead and coach teams on process safety for pilot and commercial battery material production. Conduct PHAs (HAZOP, HAZID, LOPA, QRA), review engineering designs, develop standards, perform risk assessments, manage incident investigations and MOC reviews, and implement mitigation plans to ensure regulatory and internal compliance.

Lead mechanical design and development of manufacturing-scale reactor equipment, perform FEA/thermal/fluid analysis, create detailed engineering packages, drive safety-by-design and PSM activities, manage vendor/fabricator coordination and FAT/installation, and mentor junior engineers to ensure manufacturability, reliability, and compliance.

Design and develop manufacturing-scale reactors translating R&D concepts to capital projects. Perform FEA, thermal and fluid modeling; create equipment layouts, drawings, datasheets, and specs. Manage vendor/fabricator coordination, FAT, installation verification, and maintain compliant engineering documentation while prioritizing safety, manufacturability, reliability, and maintainability.

Design, implement, and document process control and instrumentation systems for production-scale materials equipment. Develop control strategies, P&IDs, cause-and-effect matrices, SIL/IPL verification, alarms, and HMIs. Participate in HAZOPs and safety reviews, source instrumentation and vendors, assist with hardware and code commissioning, and gather end-user feedback to refine controls and share best practices.