Advanced Battery Manufacturing Engineer

Apple

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Advanced Battery Manufacturing Engineering team is responsible for the development and implementation of key production process and quality in a high volume environment for Apple batteries. In this highly visible role, you will have direct frequent communication and collaboration with Apple Product Design, Cell Engineering, Safety, Reliability, Material Development Engineering and worldwide suppliers.

Requirements

Minimum 5 years of experience in Operations Engineering, Manufacturing Quality, and Process Development.
Direct experience in manufacturing process design, review, buy-off, and quality audit.
Direct experience in battery development, design, and qualification.
Experience understanding Lean Six Sigma methodology, including Design of Experiments, Statistical Process Control, and Gage R&R.
Experience with battery cell manufacturing processes (Coating, Calendaring, Stacking, Winding, etc.).
Experience in battery cell critical raw material (cathode/anode/electrolyte/separator) manufacturing processes and quality.
MS/MEng in Material Science, Physics, Chemistry, or equivalent.
Must be willing and able to travel.

Nice To Haves

PhD in Material Science, Physics, Chemistry, or equivalent is a plus.
Experience in massive data analysis, coding and machine learning would be a plus.

Responsibilities

Review battery material designs, specifications and provide Design for Manufacturing feedback to Apple Material Development Engineering based on process capability and quality within the supply chain.
Plan, propose, and lead Design of Experiments (DOE) activities to produce timely and accurate analyses used to drive design, process development, and supply chain decisions.
Assess the suitability of a fabrication and/or assembly strategy or technology for a given battery material design.
Plan validation exercises to demonstrate initial feasibility as well as manufacturing capability.
Analyze results to provide technical recommendations.
Review progress of development activities at supplier locations and serve as point of escalation for critical process related issues.
Collaborate with suppliers to deliver process flow mapping, FMEA, equipment/metrology, implementation schedules and validation activities prior to Engineering builds.
Collaborate with suppliers to establish manufacturing Process and Quality Control Plans, for early detection of issues and to ensure consistent quality is achieved.
Drive project technical and operational issues related to process, equipment, quality , metrology ,etc. during NPI phase to enable delivery of a mature manufacturing process that achieves design compliance into Mass Production.
Assess supplier readiness to support build events and production ramp.
Identify potential execution issues and provide recommendations for risk mitigation to management.
Drive production process improvements, including robotics and automation, to reduce labor and maximize quality.