Cell & Process Engineering Intern

Panasonic • Sparks, NV

116d

About The Position

Panasonic Energy is seeking ambitious engineers to lead 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. Panasonic invites you to join us in this ongoing full-scale effort to electrify our society. At Panasonic Energy engineers quickly become experts in the fundamentals of lithium-ion cell technology and work to integrate that understanding with high speed, automated manufacturing methods to produce the highest performance and highest quality lithium ion batteries.

Requirements

• Completion of at least two years of full-time enrollment in a Bachelor's degree program in Chemical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or similar discipline.
• Must be currently enrolled as a fulltime student at an accredited four-year college or university.
• GPA of 3.2 or higher.
• Must be able to perform machine and process troubleshooting and apply root cause analysis.
• Should be flexible with the working environment and be able to perform job duties between manufacturing floor and office/desk.
• Must possess engineering skills (process development/improvement, troubleshooting, data analysis, tolerancing).
• Capable of identifying critical process parameters.
• Knowledge of FTA, FMEA, etc.
• Strong team working skills with other employees at all levels of an organization.
• Self-starter who works well independently and an outstanding ability to follow up with minimal direction.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with six sigma methodologies and tools.
• Some experience interfacing to databases, information management and reporting applications used for MES/SCADA systems.
• Some data analysis skills with tools such as JMP, Minitab, Python, MATLAB.
• Some knowledge of electrochemistry and ability to apply principles.

Responsibilities

• Being a part of Panasonic's Cell and Process Engineering (CPE) team.
• Supporting Panasonic's battery production to ensure world-class production is running smoothly.
• Devising battery cell manufacturing process improvement for mass production lines.
• Defining and changing cell specifications.
• Introducing new materials and cell technologies into mass production.
• Conducting development work for new and existing production lines to improve cell process on safety, quality and productivity.
• Working closely with other team members to increase understanding of failure modes, performance and life expectancy of cell products.
• Demonstrating solid troubleshooting skills and ability to solve unknown problems.
• Analyzing operating procedures and functions of equipment and machinery to reduce time and cost of assembly manufacturing processes.

Benefits

• Full-time paid summer internship.
• Opportunity to work at the Gigafactory in Reno, NV.
• Experience in a leading lithium-ion battery production environment.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Industry: Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree