Equipment Electrical Engineer

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

Job Description

Northvolt has an exciting job possibility for an engineer specialised in the field of Electrical Engineering to join our Industrial Automation team in Skellefteå.

You will be contributing in building one of the first European Battery Gigafactories. Which will play an important role in the design and development of large-scale battery factories and help in the transformation to a carbon free society.

In this role, you are responsible for reviewing and inspecting electrical systems in new and existing equipment through independent work and collaboration within the teams and with suppliers. In order to guarantee a highly automated production process for both process control and material handling.

The work includes participation in the whole lifecycle of electrical design projects in mainly Low Voltage machines and equipment. Together with the equipment supplier, you will be responsible for: selection of electrical device manufacturers, design review, documentation revision, factory acceptance tests (FAT), installation supervision, commissioning and site acceptance tests (SAT).

In general, you have extensive experience in the field and have been driving large, innovative, and challenging projects with very high demand on accuracy and scale.

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

Junior/Mid-Level/Senior opportunities available.

Full time employment, fixed salary.

Application and CV must be submitted in English.

Skills & Requirements

We believe that you have :

• Bachelor or master's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent.
• Experience in design and review of electrical systems, control cabinets, safety circuits.
• Knowledge about rules and directives (CE, MD, LVD, EMC, EN 60204-1).
• Knowledge about machine safety (EN ISO 13849-1/-2, EN 61800-5-2).
• Hands-on experience from work with production equipment.
• Experience with E-Plan and technical documentation.
• Excellent English written and oral skills.

Bonus points for:

• Experience in manufacturing industry.
• Fluency in other languages (Japanese, Swedish, Chinese, Korean).
• Experience working with servo drives and motion technology.

Please note that candidates considered for employment with NV may be subject to a mandatory background check process.

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.