Senior Process Quality Specialist

• Applications are considered on a rolling basis
• On-site

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Senior Process Quality Specialist for Electrode, Stacking, Cell Assembly or Formation and Ageing in battery cell manufacturing to join us in our mission to contribute to a greener future. The role is a part of our excellent Quality Team based in Skelleftea. By joining us, you will be a key player in initiating, driving and supporting problem solving as well as improvement projects in his process scope and contribute to building one of the first large scale European battery factories.

About the job The Senior Process Quality Specialist is part of the Quality team and is responsible for providing knowledge and guidance in his field of expertise, drives and supports problem solving of complex issues and improvement projects.

About the team You will be joining the Quality organization of Northvolt Ett based in Skelleftea

Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Provide expert technology and quality knowledge of manufacturing processes and products
• Creation of Control plan with participation in FMEA analysis. Facilitate continuous updating of PFMEAs by working in multidisciplinary teams with process engineering, R&D etc.
• Monitoring and analysis of complex data with the help of statistical process control tools
• Monitoring and analysis of internal and external quality issues, drive problem solving and root cause analysis
• Propose and/or drive quality improvement and optimization projects utilizing six sigma methodology
• Transfer actions and lessons learned between products and production lines. Integrate external lessons into preventive or corrective actions.
• Quality stakeholder in change management•Train production and process quality employees and support development of production documentation, e.g. work instructions
• Be part of equipment commissioning team and deliver acceptance testing and qualification milestones of new process equipment and installation of additional production lines. Quality stakeholder in process and product gate reviews.
• any other duties and responsibilities required to deliver on company objectives

Northvolt is an equal opportunity employer. We're a diverse group of individuals, united by a common mission, who recognise that while our actions as individuals have a role to play in driving Northvolt towards its goals, we always seek to move forward as a team. We offer you an open and welcoming atmosphere where we win as a team – and fail as a team. Northvolt is growing at the speed of light and we are a strong believer in internal career development. For us it’s important to look at your skills and potential, please refrain form including your picture and age with your application to help us with this.

Apply with CV in english or your complete LinkedIn profile.

Full time employment, fixed salary. Planned starting date is asap.

Skills & Requirements

We believe that you have :

• MSc degree in Chemistry/Manufacturing/Engineering
• 5+ years of relevant work experience in similar role within high volume assembly/production, e.g. battery, automotive, pharma
• 3+ years of relevant knowledge and detailed work experience with Electrode, stacking, and cell assembly or Formation & Ageing manufacturing processes
• Proven knowledge about FMEA, Control Plan, PPAP, SPC, MSA, Data analysis with statistical tools, drawings and special characteristics
• Expert in problem solving process, 8D, 5Why, Ishikawa, Pareto.
• Knowledge of quality requirements and standards of the automotive industry (IATF 16949, VDA standards)
• Has experience in working in a multicultural environment (e.g. working in international teams, international projects etc)
• Knowledgeable in statistics, statistical software, software product development and data analysis
• Fluent in technical English, written and verbal, Swedish knowledge is a plus
• Excellent attention to detail

About the company

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.