Manager – Mechanical Quality Control

Northvolt has an exciting job offer for a Manager – Mechanical Quality Control to join our Västerås team.
In joining us you will play an important part from the very start in developing a new generation of large-scale European battery factories. Northvolt will play an important role in the transformation to a carbon-free society, and this is your opportunity to take part in leading those efforts and help drive us to success.
As manager of the mechanical quality control laboratory, you will lead a team of engineers and technicians performing mechanical inspections and developing materials characterisation techniques for mechanical components and sub-products from our various battery cell production lines. You will be responsible for managing the team, drive technical topics as well as be involved in hands-on production investigations related to our mechanical sub-products and processes when laboratory support is needed. In this role, we expect you to have an analytical mindset and a hands-on approach to your tasks. You enjoy diving into different topics and resolving bottlenecks, listening, and sharing knowledge across the team to build up competence, and you can effectively collaborate across group boundaries (Production Technology, R&D, Supplier Quality, Logistics, etc.) to continuously improve our mechanical characterisation and testing capabilities in the laboratory.
Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Responsible for all mechanical process quality control inspections and materials characterisations of sub-products and mechanical components from our different production lines.
Continuously drive to improve process quality control process flows as well as be hands-on and collaborate across teams to address bottlenecks, investigate and resolve issues and improve the team’s workflows.
Responsible to manage a team of technicians and engineers, ensure enough team members are trained to perform inspections, good people and leadership skills, challenges and helps both junior and senior team members to grow and develop in their role.
Drive technical projects, MSA and validation studies, as well as participate in searching, validating and implementing new characterisation methods and technologies together with engineers/chemists within the team.
Have a data driven approach and analytical mindset, insist on answers and solutions that can be substantiated by data and/or engineering tests, avoiding the trap of finding a root cause driven by timelines instead of science.

Qualifications/education/experience
MSc in a related field (Industrial Engineering, Materials Science/Engineering, Mechanical/Chemical Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, etc.)
At least 2+ years of industry experience working on topics and tasks related to materials characterisation, quality inspections, process quality controls in an R&D or production environment.
At least 2+ years of leadership experience.
Strong experience with SPC, FMEA, Quality troubleshooting tools and problem-solving methodologies.
Proven track record in statistical and measurement system analysis (MSA) or validation studies in a laboratory or production environment.
Specific knowledge of quality management systems, e.g. ISO 9001, IATF16949, TQM as well as Lean and six sigma.
Experience from automotive business or as a supplier to automotive business is an advantage together with experience of SC CC for components and what it means for quality controls and PPAP.

We are looking for a candidate that:
Has an analytical mindset and eye for detail
Promoting and requiring facts and data to drive decision making in the organisation
Strong communication skills with all the key stakeholders and experts in a wide variety of technical disciplines
Proactive, strong-minded, quick thinker and assertive
Passionate and purpose driven
Has a can-do attitude and an entrepreneurial spirit
And most importantly is a team player!

Apply with CV in English or your complete LinkedIn profile.
Full time employment, fixed salary.
Planned starting date is ASAP.