Lead Automation Engineer

Northvolt has an exciting job offer for a Lead Automation Engineer to join our passionate team in Stockholm.
In joining us you will play an important part from the very start in building one of the first large scale European battery factories. Northvolt will play an important role in the transformation to a carbon free society. In this role you will be a part of Northvolt Battery Systems that offers a range of building blocks, packs and racks as well as complete scalable systems to support our customer battery business needs.
As a Lead Automation Engineering you will be working intimately with the industrialisation and manufacturing teams to design and implement a highly automated production process both in terms of production process control, material handling and robotics.
Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Develop and optimize new and existing automation processes.
Characterize existing processes by defining critical process parameters, establish required process controls and process validation plans.
Lead and participate in equipment and process design reviews with equipment suppliers to integrate state of the art fastening technologies into our manufacturing processes.
The end-to-end delivery of automated manufacturing production lines and equipment, from initial concept to prototyping and mass production.

The person we are looking for is strongly goal oriented, curious and eager to learn. You will get the chance to have a real impact on our success story in Sweden (to start with) and see the results of your work. Our organization requires and values great self-discipline and a natural talent to make things happen. Experience and interest in manufacturing industry is a plus.
Apply with English CV and your complete LinkedIn profile.
Skills & Requirements
Education/Experience
Degree in Electronics, Mechatronics, Software Engineering or similar
5+ years of experience within Industrial Automation in automated manufacturing environments such as: automotive, semiconductors, pharmaceutical, medical devices etc.

Specific Skills/Abilities
Excellent English written and oral skills
Knowledge of version control systems
Understanding of different layers of Automation Pyramid