Manufacturing Engineer III

Overview

Do you want to join a team that’s changing the world? Do you have a strong background as a Manufacturing Engineer III? Then we’re looking for you Put your skills to meaningful use, gain unique experience, and work with world‑class team members with diverse backgrounds and expertise who share the same vision. Join the PECNA team today

Responsibilities

Manufacturing Engineer III

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Job Summary

Panasonic Energy Corporation of North America (PECNA) is seeking ambitious engineers to lead the world’s largest lithium ion battery initiative. With superior battery designs and the fastest manufacturing lines in the world, Panasonic is producing millions of batteries per day at the Gigafactory to support Tesla’s electric vehicle and energy storage businesses. Panasonic invites you to join us in this ongoing full‑scale effort to electrify our society. At PECNA, engineers quickly become experts in the fundamentals of lithium‑ion cell technology and work to integrate that understanding with high speed, automated manufacturing methods to produce the highest performance and highest quality lithium ion batteries.

Essential Duties

• Being a part of Panasonic’s Manufacturing Engineering team. The Manufacturing Engineering team is responsible for supporting Panasonic’s battery production to ensure our world‑class production is running smoothly and without issue. In addition, we continually seek to improve our process by means of productivity, quality, cost, and other metrics.
• Provides engineering support related to daily production including on floor troubleshooting involving mechanical and electrical equipment by performing analysis and experiments.
• Analyze production data to reduce defect date of mechanical and electromechanical production equipment using various computer systems.
• Works to optimize OEE (Overall Equipment Efficiency) to increase productivity and reduce defect and loss.
• Troubleshooting real time production problems to maintain production and reduce defects.
• Monitoring and auditing manufacturing processes to ensure product specifications and standards are achieved.
• Lead a team of engineers on more complex troubleshooting problems and designs.
• Ability to comprehend, produce, and review CAD and Solidworks drawings.
• Applying technical knowledge to develop clear and standard work instructions, SOP’s and troubleshooting guides.
• Project manage the rollout and implementation of new permanent countermeasures into production lines.
• Create and present equipment changes to upper management for CAPEX and Change Management approvals.
• Implementing and supporting manufacturing industrial automation.
• Working with engineering/maintenance teams to develop permanent countermeasures to common problems in daily manufacturing. Can relate to productivity, quality, loss, safety, etc.

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Requirements

• To ensure the health and safety in the workplace and for the protection of our employees, wearing PPE is a possibility and may include equipment such as a full Tyvek suit, safety shoes, gloves, safety glasses, face mask, bump cap, and a full hazmat suit that includes a respirator.

The foregoing description is not intended and should not be construed to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills and efforts or work conditions associated with the job. It is intended to be an accurate reflection of the general nature and level of the job.

Qualifications

Requirements - Required and/or Preferred

Education

• Basic/Required:
  • High School diploma or GED
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering preferred
• Preferred:
  • Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or similar discipline.

Essential Qualifications

• 5+ years of engineering experience in a high‑volume manufacturing environment.
• Evidence of exceptional ability. Panasonic follows a culture of full‑cycle engineering where members will have full responsibility and accountability for their projects from start to finish. We are looking for the best of