Coating Engineer M/F

Verkor; Bourbourg; Presencial; EUR 60.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Lunch vouchers

50% of local transportation costs

Industry-leading healthcare

Opportunities to network with world‑sp

Descripción de la vacante

Verkor in Dunkirk, France is seeking a Coating Engineer to drive the coating and drying processes for electrode production at our gigafactory ramp‑up. You will own supplier interactions, test new coating tech, and push automation to reduce costs while ensuring quality.

You will collaborate with product engineering to optimize electrode designs and support SOPs during ramp-up, enabling a scalable, high‑quality production launch.

Formación

• MS in Chemical/Mechanical/Electrical Engineering or similar discipline.

Responsabilidades

• Support the teams during SOP and ramp-up activities.
• Collaborating with the product engineering team to optimize the coating process for the electrode design.
• Improving coating by increasing the level of process automation, which will save capital and operating costs.
• Testing and validating state-of-the-art technologies for use in the coating process.
• During operation, you will complete root cause investigations into defects in the coating process.

Conocimientos

Slot-die coating

Drying processes

Fluid mechanics

Piping design

Fluid measurement

Roll-to-roll sensors

Beta-ray sensors

X-ray sensors

Ultrasonic sensors

Laser inspection

Vision inspection

Battery manufacturing

Python

Matlab

Minitab

Educación

M.S. in Engineering

Descripción del empleo

Verkor is a French industrial company aiming to pioneer low-carbon battery manufacturing in France. With the backing of prominent industrial companies such asRenault Group, Plastic Omnium and Schneider Electric,Verkor intends to electrify the future of European mobility.

With over 1100 experts from 53 different countries, our endeavor is to unite exceptional global talent to bring this ambitious and innovative project to life. Our strong and agile international team continues to grow and adapt to new challenges. Based in Grenoble and Dunkirk (France), we have started operations our Verkor Innovation Centre (R&D centre and 4.0 pilot line) which is now fully running and operational.

We now focus on enabling the successful start of production of our Gigafactory in Dunkirk (France). With this facility, our ambition is to ramp-up mass production of low carbon lithium ion batteries to facilitate the decarbonization of European mobility.

We have an exciting opportunity as Coating Engineer in our Process Team. In this role, you will be responsible for the processes of coating and drying electrodes.

As such, you are responsible for the systems related to Electrode processes at our gigafactory in Dunkirk, France. You will have the opportunity to participate in the launching of our gigafactory and its ramp-up!

Responsibilities

• Support the teams during SOP and ramp-up activities.
• Collaborating with the product engineering team to optimize the coating process for the electrode design.
• Improving coating by increasing the level of process automation, which will save capital and operating costs.
• Testing and validating state-of-the-art technologies for use in the coating process.
• During operation, you will complete root cause investigations into defects in the coating process.

Requirements - Qualifications and skills

• M.S. in Chemical/Mechanical/ElectricalEngineering or similar discipline.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience working with slot die coating and drying processes.
• Expert knowledge of single & dual-slot die coating systems, fluid mechanics, piping design, and fluid measurement techniques.
• Experience with sensors for roll-to-roll web processes, such as beta-ray, x-ray, ultrasonic, laser, and vision inspection.
• Experience in manufacturing environment, particularly with coating width (up to 1400mm) product.
• Experience in battery manufacturing.
• Strong statistical and data analysis skills with tools e.g. Python, Matlab, and Minitab.

Why join us?

Strong company spirit and culture settle down around our 4 values:

Contribution

We promote personal initiative and give everyone the means to contribute to the company's success.

Communication

We're committed to transparent communication: we say what we think, and we mean what we say.

Team Spirit

Everyone, in their role, is an ambassador for the company. At Verkor, success is most definitely a team sport!

Commitment

We're all working towards a common goal: a sustainable future, which we're building one step at a time.

Attractive work conditions*

• - Stimulating work environment: pleasant offices, multicultural and motivated team
• - Lunch vouchers
• - 50% of local transportation costs financed
• - Industry-leading healthcare
• - Opportunities to network and connect with worldwide experts

For more info on the company, please visit us at www.verkor.com

*all positions are open to individuals possessing a Recognition of the Status of Disabled Worker (RQTH)