Principal Laser Process Engineer

Responsibilities

• Develop and sustain laser-based processes that achieves product and process performance goals through understanding of process and equipment design and solid understanding of laser-material interactions.
• Devise process yield and UPH improvements plans based on fundamentals of laser-material interaction chemistry and physics.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams of process engineers, mechanical engineers, and test engineers to develop process and tooling for next generation cell designs that is capable for large scale manufacturing.
• Decide, and down-select individual cell components that enable final product performance and reliability requirement.
• Design and run well-designed experiments based on DOE methodologies on Enovix test vehicles to meet company technology roadmap.
• Analyze and summarize performance metrics via data analysis tools such as JMP.
• Develop SPC for critical process parameters and establish Process Capability (Cpk) and Develop the Power BI dashboards.
• Quality mindset carry out with continue improvement and identifying potential causes and proactivity developing the solutions.
• Perform FMEA and root cause analysis when necessary to achieve design and product goals.
• Create and amend the laser cad drawing for the final product requirements.
• Create and execute on project plans and drive projects to completion on schedule.
• Deliver final product, data driven analyses on schedule and effectively communicate the results to various stakeholders.
• Create and maintain Work Instructions, OCAP, FMEA and Control Plan documents as per QMS requirement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Control Engineering, Automation Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or related discipline field required (10+ years of work experience and/or Master’s and Ph. D preferred).
• Working experience in any automation processing techniques. Preference given to individuals with specific knowledge of laser processing of anode/cathode materials used in Li-ion battery manufacturing.
• Solid understanding of laser operating principles and laser-material interactions.
• Demonstrated capability to effectively analyze process data and extract/summarize meaningful information.
• Demonstrated technical program management skills such as meeting deadlines and milestones as well as excellent communication skills such as summarizing data and writing reports
• Willingness to travel as needed.
• Self-motivated and demonstrated ability to work independently and as part of cross-functional teams to solve complex multi-disciplinary problems required.
• Familiarity with SPC, DOE, FMEA and 8D methodologies required.
• Demonstrated creative and critical thinking ability and attention to detail highly desired.
• Proven track-record of process integration in the scale-up of R&D processes to high-volume manufacturing desired.
• Good interpersonal skills.