Position: As the Senior Manager of Equipment Engineering, you will lead the equipment engineering function to support both our current pilot operations and our future high-volume manufacturing expansion. You will be responsible for two critical phases: maximizing the uptime and capability of our existing 4MWh pilot line, and leading the equipment planning, vendor sourcing, and facility layout design for our upcoming 100MWh+ production line (covering electrode, assembly, and formation).
Core Responsibilities
- Stabilization & Maintenance (Current 4MWh Line)
Comprehensive Maintenance Ownership: Establish and oversee structured Preventive, and Breakdown Maintenance. Ensure minimal equipment downtime.
- Vendor Management & Support: Manage relationships with equipment vendors, and drive vendors to provide maximum technical and troubleshooting support.
- Supporting production with system: Apply advanced smart factory technologies, such as Fault Detection and Classification (FDC), to monitor equipment health and predict failures. Integrate essential equipment-side solutions including Manufacturing Execution System (MES) connectivity to track production data.
- Equipment Optimization: Identify hardware bottlenecks and implement engineering modifications to improve OEE, yield, and throughput.
- Production Line Expansion (100MWh+ Scale)
- Capacity Planning & Layout Design: Calculate and plan baseline equipment CAPA based on the target cell specifications. Design the comprehensive plant layout, including material flow, automated equipment placement, and necessary environmental/dry room facilities.
- Equipment Spec Design: Build a robust global vendor pool for electrode, assembly, and formation/aging equipment. Draft highly detailed equipment technical specifications and Request for Quotes (RFQs) to the vendors.
- Equipment Sourcing & Evaluation: Manage the bidding process, conduct rigorous technical comparisons between different equipment vendors, and lead global Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) and Site Acceptance Testing (SAT).
- Installation & Commissioning: Lead the physical installation and commissioning of all machinery. Ensure strict compliance with US occupational health and safety standards (e.g., OSHA, UL field evaluations, and Local AHJ codes) to guarantee a safe working environment for operators.
- Leadership & Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Collaborative Scale-up: Work closely with cell development, production team, and process technology team to align the equipment expansion roadmap with Coreshell's strategic commercialization timelines.
- Process Development Support: Actively collaborate with process process technology team and translate new process requirements into reliable equipment hardware modifications.
Required Experience & Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor's degree in engineering (Mechanical or Electrical engineering is plus).
- Experience: 5+ years of experience in manufacturing equipment engineering (Lithium-ion battery industry highly preferred).
- Direct experience launching greenfield factories, executing FAT/SAT, and managing equipment scaling programs.
- Proven experience in designing equipment technical specifications based on final product and process requirements.
- Experience in equipment maintenance frameworks (PM, CBM, BM) and systematic tools like FDC, MES, or other smart factory systems.
- Proficiency in CAD software (AutoCAD, SolidWorks) for factory layout.
- Familiarity with US safety regulations (OSHA, UL, AHJ codes) and operator health standards.
Soft Skills:
- A proactive "hands-on" troubleshooter who leads from the shop floor.
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills to manage global equipment suppliers and extract maximum support.
Location & Benefits: San Leandro, CA. Full-time. $160,000-185,000. Salary and equity options dependent on experience. Dental, vision, healthcare and 401(k) benefits are included. Applications will be screened as received.
