Electrode Manufacturing Engineer (F/M)

About Automotive Cells Company - ACC
Join us and be a pioneer for a green transport revolution.
Automotive Cells Company (ACC) is one of Europe’s newest and most exciting high-tech companies. Backed by Saft-Total, Stellantis-Opel and Mercedes-Benz, ACC is set to power the future of the automotive industry by innovating in battery technology.
 
We aim to produce sustainable, affordable, high-capacity, longer-life batteries as a cleaner alternative to current energy sources. We create an R&D center and new state-of-the art facility in France (New Aquitaine), with gigafactories to be built in France, Germany and Italy. 
We need a range of skilled and agile people to bring our vision to life, especially in the areas of industrialization, mechanical design, testing/prototyping and any other function of a new-born company. If you’re looking to take your career further than you imagined, if you’re passionate about creating cleaner transport, we’d like to hear from you.
Accelerating sustainable mobility for all.

Reporting to the Innovation Process Engineer, your role will be to identify new manufacturing processes for lithium batteries, to develop and industrialize new processes up to TRL6 (industrial prototype).

As an Innovation Process Engineer you should be familiar with the following tasks :

• To design and develop innovative electrode manufacturing processes, including solvent free process for SSB.
• To define equipment/process specifications to manufacture new electrode generations.
• To organize and run equipment test for electrode manufacturing, in order to validate the innovative process on scale 1 parts.
• To demonstrate the process economic added value at a Gigafactory scale and to assist the industrialization teams to implement it.
• To create and develop a network including suppliers, academic institutions and laboratories in order to help running full scale trials.
• To scout new technologies/equipment proposed by competitors and equipment suppliers.
• To carry out a technological survey dealing with the Lithium ion battery processes and related fields that can be extrapolated to batteries manufacturing.
• To participate to the IP activities by drafting and filing patents applications.

Know How

• Expertise in mixing (batch/continuous) and calendaring
• Experience in electrode manufacturing for SSB
• Experience in deposition processes on films and foils
• Product & Process approach
• Skills on on-line measurement, equipment design, Process development methodology (PFMEA, Functional analysis)

Experience
10 years in a process innovation position in industry (battery/electrode manufacturing, packaging, coil coating processing,…)

Qualification
Master/ Engineer type in Chemical engineering/Chemical processing/Plastic industry

Key behaviours
Accountability, innovative spirit, high energy, team player

Some extra skills which could make a difference

• An experience in the battery industry is a strong plus
• An experience for an equipment supplier will also be considered (calendering machine, extrusion, lamination).

Our Advantages and Perks: new premises, parking spaces reserved for carpoolers, possibility of recharging your electric car on reserved spaces in our parking lot.

Other perks and advantages include : Janitorial services, telecommuting, complementary retirement (subject to a salary threshold), osteopathy sessions, company restaurant, meal and also vegetables/fruits baskets delivery service.
You also benefit from access to our Sports & Culture association, sports subsidy, conferences, etc.
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