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Lead Quality Engineer

Summary

Forge Nano Inc. is a fast-growing materials company with a focus on manufacturing nano-scale coatings across a wide range of markets including Li-Ion Batteries. Forge Nano is seeking a Lead Quality Engineer to join their Energy Storage Design and Manufacturing Team. This position will focus on the cathode process day to day operation of Forge Nano's 1 MWh Battery Prototyping Line.

The Lead Quality Engineer should be prepared to work in a fast-paced development and prototyping environment. The role requires a detailed oriented individual who is comfortable working with an interdisciplinary team of scientists, technicians, and engineers. The Lead Quality Engineer will report to the Lead Equipment Engineer.

Experience with Li-ion cell production scale up, Li-ion industrial manufacturing processes are both desirable skillsets, but not requirements.

Skills and Responsibilities

The Lead Quality Engineer may be responsible for tasks and skills such as (non-exhaustive) :

• Lead the Quality efforts of the Battery Prototype Line, including mentoring a junior engineer
• Perform MSA work including Calibrations, GR&R, Tool-Matching, Limits of Detection
• Assist Process team with creating, executing, and analyzing DOEs
• Assist with analyzing production run outputs using t-tests, confidence intervals, etc.
• Lead root cause analysis on cell data to improve equipment settings / parameters
• Assist with creating, updating, and controlling SOPs, PFDs, Control Plans, Spec Matrices
• Qualify current and new suppliers for incoming raw materials
• Inspect and analyze samples from each process and ensure they remain in specification
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to scale cell technologies from lab to prototype line
• Implement safety and quality procedures throughout the prototyping process
• Build data collection and visualization tools using Power BI, Power Automate, Power Apps

Required Experience and Qualifications

Work Environment

Work will predominately occur in dry-room and clean-room manufacturing environments. The employee will be required to wear all appropriate safety equipment including but not limited to eye protection, gloves, steel toe shoes, lab coat. Strict adherence to corporate and / or plant policies, rules and regulations in these areas is required. Forge Nano follows all recommended COVID-19 safety protocols and accepted candidates must be willing to adhere to these policies.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The employee will regularly work near moving mechanical parts. The noise level in the work environment is moderate. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, use hands to handle or feel, reach with hands and arms.

Travel

Occasional travel may be required for training or collaboration with other facilities, but it is not a regular requirement of the position.

Compensation / Benefits

Forge Nano is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.