Electrode Process Engineer

Kaygen, Inc. a diverse award-winning global business services and technology solutions partner with Global Fortune 500 companies.

Title: Engineer

Location: Liberty, NC

Duration: 12 Months 100% onsite M-F role in TBMNC.

Travel: 25% within the US and may be internationally but not seen in the near future.

Overtime - 25%

Interview Process: 60 Mins STAR Video Interview via MS Teams.

Must have:

• Understanding of calendaring machines used with foil, paper, and steel.
• Experience in laser cutting and laser welding for foil and metal sheets.
• Basic knowledge of battery systems.
• Hands-on experience in assembly operations is mandatory.
• Exposure to manufacturing or production environments is required.
• Fresh graduates will not be considered and candidates from unrelated industries are excluded.

Ideal Profiles:

• Experience in calendaring processes.
• Hands-on expertise in laser cutting and/or laser welding.

Good Profiles:

Experience with battery electrode processes.

Acceptable Profiles:

Over 10 years of manufacturing experience.

Experience with calendaring or rolling machines.

Requirements:

Qualifications/ What you bring (Must Haves):

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Engineering or similar technical field with 5+ years of equivalent work experience in an engineering role
• Experience with production preparation of Battery, Electronics or Chemical manufacturing equipment, including procurement, validation, installation, pre-production trials and launch (3 years Required, 5 years Preferred)
• Experience creating process plans and machine specifications using lean manufacturing principles.
• Experience leading capital projects, including creating and maintaining detailed schedules, budgetary control, and KPI-based progress reporting (3 years Required, 5 years Preferred).
• Experience with AutoCAD, CATIA, Creo or similar, including the ability to read and interpret and modify 2D and 3D technical drawings.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel & PowerPoint. (intermediate or above)
• Ability to business travel, both domestic and international, up to 25%.
• Ability to work weekends and shutdowns such as July and December.

Bonus if you have (Preferred):

• Advanced Engineering degree, higher than Bachelor’s.
• Our Client Production Engineering experience, NAMC and/or TMNA.
• Experience directing structured trials of manufacturing equipment to assess and achieve compliance with design, performance, and product quality criteria.
• Experience with battery manufacturing, such as electrochemistry, slot die coating, roll-to-roll processing, laser cutting equipment, vision inspection systems.
• Experience with industrial controls and/or industrial networks, PLC logic programming, Mitsubishi and/or Omron PLCs, MES systems, including experience investigating and troubleshooting issues.
• TBP completion through Panel.
• Japanese language ability.

KAYGEN is an award-winning global business, providing top talent for technology-based solutions and staffing services for over 23 years. We specialize in providing high-volume contingent staffing, direct hire staffing and project based solutions to companies worldwide ranging from startups to Fortune 500 and Managed Service Providers (MSP) across a wide variety of industries. For more information please visit us at