Member of Technical Staff, Process Engineer (Job #AB-0624)
About The Position
QuantumScape is developing solid-state lithium-metal battery technology designed to improve energy density, charging speed, and safety. The Process Engineer develops, optimizes, and coordinates production processes and drives continuous improvement in production volume, yield, and performance. The role applies lean manufacturing principles to process flows and production-line configuration while following safety guidelines. The position designs tests using moderately complex hardware, collects and analyzes data, and generates reports to support root cause analysis of engineering challenges. It leads efforts to improve critical-to-quality metrics, manufacturing uptime, equipment reliability, product reliability, and production yield. The engineer collaborates with cross-functional teams to introduce moderately complex processes into production, prepares technical and operational documentation, and trains team members while ensuring training compliance.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field, plus 2 years of experience in process engineering, manufacturing engineering, product development, quality engineering, battery manufacturing, or a combination thereof; alternatively, a Master’s degree or equivalent in one of these fields may be accepted in lieu of the Bachelor’s degree and 2 years of experience.
- Two years of experience with manufacturing processes, or any experience with a Master’s degree.
- One year of experience with manufacturing scale-up and new process introduction, or any experience with a Master’s degree.
- One year of experience with process engineering fundamentals, including SPC, DOE, data analysis, and data acquisition, or any experience with a Master’s degree.
- One year of experience working in a product manufacturing environment, or any experience with a Master’s degree.
- One year of experience with electrochemistry, ceramics, or batteries, or any experience with a Master’s degree.
- Six months of experience with process operations using HMI, SCADA, or MES, or any experience with a Master’s degree.
Responsibilities
- Develop, optimize, and coordinate production processes.
- Drive continuous improvement to increase production volume, yield, and performance.
- Apply lean manufacturing principles to process flows and production-line configuration while adhering to safety guidelines.
- Design tests using moderately complex hardware, collect and analyze data, and generate reports for root cause analysis of engineering challenges.
- Lead activities to improve critical-to-quality metrics, manufacturing uptime, and equipment reliability.
- Apply statistical analysis to increase product reliability and production yield.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to introduce moderately complex processes into production.
- Compile reports, standard operating procedures, process flow charts, and process specifications.
- Train team members and ensure training compliance.
Benefits
- Annual bonus
- RSU/equity package
- Employee-paid health care
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
- Other benefits
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Job Type
Full-time
