Senior Advanced Battery Cell Engineer – Cell Assembly Processes

Job Description

On-site: This role is categorized as onsite. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to Wallace Battery Cell Innovation Center in Warren Michigan on a full-time basis.

At General Motors our product teams are redefining mobility. Through a human-centered design process we create vehicles and experiences that are designed not just to be seen but to be felt. Were turning todays impossible into tomorrows standard from breakthrough hardware and battery systems to intuitive design intelligent software and next-generation safety and entertainment features.

Every day our products move millions of people as we aim to make driving safer smarter and more connected shaping the future of transportation on a global scale.

The Role:
This role is an exciting opportunity to join the Advanced Battery Cell Engineering team at the Wallace Battery Cell Innovation Center (WBCIC). The WBCIC is GMs engineering and pilot-development facility for designing building and validating next-generation battery cells and manufacturing processes. The Senior Advanced Battery Cell Engineer will work with advanced battery chemistries and cell formats contribute to cell and component design and partner with build engineers technicians and cross-functional teams to develop and mature next-generation prismatic cell processes.

The ideal candidate is passionate about automotive battery cell technologies comfortable working directly on equipment and hardware and able to move between hands-on execution and technical leadership. You will be responsible for setting up and running trials analyzing results resolving issues documenting learnings and presenting recommendations to internal and external audiences.

This is a hands-on engineering role with work in our advanced laboratory and pilot-manufacturing environments. You will personally plan and execute cell build process trials equipment evaluations and failure investigations. You will work directly with cell-assembly equipment fixtures tooling materials instrumentation and automation to turn advanced cell concepts into repeatable processes.

What Youll Do:

• Lead advanced battery cell build process development projects within blanking stacking welding packaging and related assembly operations for next-generation prismatic cells.

• Plan set up run and document cell builds experiments process trials and equipment evaluations in laboratory dry-room and pilot-line environments.

• Work directly with equipment fixtures tooling controls automation materials and instrumentation to troubleshoot issues and improve process performance.

• Partner with technicians to establish practical work methods and ensure processes are safe consistent and repeatable.

• Lead targeted development studies and trials to evaluate process parameters material interactions equipment performance and the impact of cell build conditions on cell quality and performance.
• Develop cell-build strategies for new architectures materials and assembly concepts emphasizing robustness weld integrity stack quality dimensional control and manufacturability.
• Define development-phase process requirements engineering guidelines work instructions equipment concepts tooling controls automation and success criteria.
• Build strategic project plans that support advanced cell engineering objectives process maturation equipment readiness and the introduction of new cell build approaches.

• Stay informed on emerging battery manufacturing technologies and industry trends in cell stacking welding automation and advanced assembly and apply relevant insights to internal development goals.

• Communicate technical updates and recommendations clearly to stakeholders summarize key learnings and escalate critical risks capability gaps equipment issues or integration concerns that may affect timing or outcomes.

Your Skills & Abilities (Required Qualifications):

• Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering Material Science Chemistry or other related Science Degree
• 5 years of experience in battery cells battery manufacturing advanced manufacturing or a closely related field
• Experience developing or improving manufacturing processes using structured experimentation data analysis and root-cause problem solving

• Demonstrated experience personally executing process-development work on equipment at a build station in a laboratory or in a pilot-line environment

• Ability to create and interpret process requirements equipment concepts technical reports and validation plans
• Persuasive communication and presentation skills

What Can Give You a Competitive Edge (Preferred Qualifications):

• Masters Degree PhD or other advanced certifications
• Hands-on experience with battery cell assembly and manufacturing
• Experience with battery cell blanking stacking welding packaging equipment bring-up commissioning or process qualification.
• Experience with automation machine vision robotics PLC-controlled equipment or data acquisition systems
• Exposure to manufacturing quality systems and structured problem-solving methods
• Understanding of working in dry-rooms clean manufacturing or controlled-environment operations

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