Senior Production Technician II - Contract
About The Position
Sila is a next-generation battery materials company dedicated to powering the world's transition to clean energy. The company engineers and manufactures ground-breaking battery materials to significantly increase the energy density of batteries, while reducing their size and weight, thereby enabling innovation in consumer devices and accelerating the mass adoption of electric cars. The ideal candidate is a self-directed, hands-on production technician with a passion for manufacturing, known for their attention to detail, objectivity, and practicality. They are skilled at communicating complex observations clearly to diverse audiences and possess strong intuition and technical judgment from working with multidisciplinary systems (chemistry, equipment, applications, and metrology). The role requires flexibility to balance speed and refinement, understanding that solutions depend on the big picture. Candidates should have broad hands-on experience in a production environment with complex equipment and processes and champion continuous improvement, always seeking ways to improve Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE).
Requirements
- At least 3 years of hands-on work experience as a Technician in a production environment.
- Ability to evaluate and troubleshoot processes and equipment
- Conscientious, curious, and deliberate approach to problem solving
- Consistent and reliable project completion from executing routine procedures to troubleshooting equipment to continuously improving new applications and methods
- Great communication skills (written and verbal), both with Sila employees and external contractors.
- Demonstrated ability to surface problems constructively
- Ability to work evening shifts and weekends as required
Responsibilities
- Run process recipes to manufacture batches of material via wet-chemistry methods in pilot-scale reactors
- Perform measurements with analytical tools such as microscopes, mechanical testers, precision balances and other analytical methods
- Record work accurately and keep data updated in an online database
- Identify ways to continuously improve the production line
- Work collaboratively with other technicians, engineers, and scientists
- Effectively communicate results to troubleshoot, correct, and prevent issues
- Work safely: keep a clean and safe work environment. Correct unsafe behaviors and report incidents. Understand and respect hazardous materials and processes
Benefits
- Sila’s competitive Total Rewards package that can include benefits, perks, and equity.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
101-250 employees
