Process Engineer

Northvolt has exciting job offers for Process Engineers to initially join our bold project team in Skellefteå, where we start production in 2021/2022.

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.

The Process Engineer will be experts in one or several defined process areas which includes deep knowledge in process design, equipment handling, maintenance planning and control design etc. You will play an important role to interface equipment suppliers and to collaborate with Northvolt factory design teams to efficiently integrate the equipment into the process.

The process team will primarily and initially support the Construction, Environmental, Supply-Chain and R&D teams to create a world class production of li-ion battery cells.

In general you have a long experience in the field and have been driving large, innovative and challenging improvement projects in the area of yield, cost, quality, or efficiency.

Specifically, you have a deep understanding of working and cooperating with Lean, Production, Maintenance, IT, Automation, and Facility team.

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

- Sustain and improve process yield
- Provide technical support as necessary
- Establish process metrics and goals
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Develop and issue process designs

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Manage and train process engineering team

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Lead the improvement projects and update the progress weekly in the factory

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Finalize the process windows and DFMEA with R&D and QA team

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Qualify the alternative raw material with R&D team and Supply Chain


The persons we are looking for are team players, 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 natural talent to make things happen.

Apply with CV and cover letter or your complete LinkedIn profile.

Full-time employment, fixed salary.

The planned starting date for the Process Engineers is as soon as possible in Stockholm/Västerås and then transfer to Skellefteå.
Education/Experience

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BSc or MSc degree in Physics/Chemistry/ManufacturingEngineering

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3+ years of relevant work experience within high volume production engineering in a related field

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Six sigma training with green belt certificate

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Familiar with DOE and SPC

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Familiar with DFMEA and QA troubleshooting tools

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Successful track record of leading process improvement projects in a production factory

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Experience from scaling production in a fast-growing environment ideally in the Battery, Food, Pharma, Paper & Pulp, Semiconductor, Electrochemical or similar industry

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Curious, technically educated, and preferably with a strong business background

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Experience and interest in the manufacturing industry is a plus


Specific Skills/Abilities

- Excellent English written and oral skills, Swedish is a plus
- Highly organized and result-driven
- An eye for detail
- Proactive and goes beyond expectations
- Exceptionally good negotiation and problem-solving skills
- Has a "can-do" attitude and an entrepreneurial spirit
- Ability to work under high pressure and tight deadlines, excellent time management
- Ability to work well with others in a team environment, as well as independently
- Ability to work in a high profile and often high pressured international environment
- Qualities that we cherish are flexibility, sense of quality, friendliness, motivation to take on new challenges, grit and a sense of humour
- Passionate & purpose-driven


Northvolt makes green batteries for a blue planet. Affordable cells and high-quality battery systems. All manufactured with a record-low carbon footprint. Purposely built to provide Europe with the opportunity to switch to renewable energy – efficiently and entirely.

To accomplish this, we do things differently. We design, manufacture, and recycle everything under one roof. We even build our own factories. All this is incredibly challenging and requires us to think in unconventional ways. We’re constantly experimenting, learning and adapting to make batteries so great – they will one day make oil history.

Northvolt is growing fast. We’re staffing our international office in Stockholm, our R&D facility, Northvolt Labs, in Västerås, as well as our Gdansk facility for production of battery systems. We're also hiring for our gigafactory Northvolt Ett in Skellefteå, Sweden. We want to work with smart individuals from all disciplines. Strong individuals that truly want to make a positive impact on the future. Those of us already on board share a passion for our mission. We’re prepared to work hard in pursuit of excellence. We enjoy the ride and our main drive is to make a difference for real. As a team, we’re dedicated to thinking new, working hard and having fun.