Senior Launch Engineer - Calendaring

Agratas – A Tata Enterprise; Bridgwater; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare

Car allowance

Company bonus

Enhanced parental leave policy

Total wellbeing support

Job summary

Agratas – A Tata Enterprise is seeking a Senior Launch Engineer in Bridgwater, England to provide technical support for lithium-ion battery manufacturing. This pivotal role focuses on optimizing die design and coating processes to ensure high-quality production standards.

Ideal candidates will have hands-on experience in electrode coating and die design, along with a relevant engineering qualification. The position includes evolving benefits like private healthcare, bonuses, and a commitment to work-life balance.

Qualifications

• Deep hands-on experience in lithium-ion battery electrode processes.
• Proven expertise in electrode coating and die design processes.
• Experience launching new battery production lines or gigafactories.

Responsibilities

• Provide launch and ramp-up technical support for manufacturing processes.
• Collaborate with equipment suppliers and quality teams to stabilize operations.
• Diagnose and resolve coating defects in precision electrode coating.

Skills

Experience in lithium-ion battery electrode processes

Understanding of electrode coating processes

Experience in yield improvement methodologies

Expertise in PFMEA and DOE

Education

Qualifications in Chemical Engineering

Qualifications in Materials Science

Qualifications in Chemistry

Job description

What You’ll Do

An exciting new opportunity has become available for a Senior Launch Engineer (Die Design and Coating) within our PMO team. Report to the Head of Launch Integration, the Senior Launch Engineer provides launch and ramp‑up technical support for a number of manufacturing processes within our Electrode area. The role supports Global Manufacturing Engineering by defining robust, scalable processes that ensure die performance, coating accuracy, coating stability, and high‑yield production at takt. Acting as the technical escalation point during new line launches, this SME collaborates closely with equipment suppliers, manufacturing, quality, and assembly teams to stabilise operations from pilot through SOP ramp. For this specific role, we’re looking for a Die Design & Coating Technology SME who serves as a key technical specialist in precision electrode coating and die design for NMC prismatic lithium‑ion battery manufacturing, enabling stable, high‑quality coating performance during factory launch and ramp. This role focuses on diagnosing and resolving coating defects such as thickness variation, streaking, edge defects, and coating instability while supporting optimisation of die design, coating parameters and process windows to meet areal loading, adhesion and downstream performance requirements.

Who We Are

Agratas is a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Sons. We design, develop and manufacture high‑quality, high‑performance, sustainable batteries for the mobility and energy sectors. We are a scale‑up business with a start‑up mentality and the backing of a well‑established parent company. The UK business headquarters is in the Midlands and we are currently building a battery manufacturing facility in Bridgwater, Somerset.

What You’ll Bring

• Deep hands‑on experience in lithium‑ion battery electrode processes.
• Proven expertise and understanding of electrode coating and die design processes.
• Experience supporting pilot lines, new production launches and high‑volume manufacturing ramps.
• Experience in yield improvement, SPC, PFMEA, DOE and RCCA methodologies.
• Experience launching new battery production lines or gigafactories (desirable).
• Direct experience with automotive NMC or other prismatic cells (desirable).
• Qualifications in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science or Chemistry.

What You’ll Get

As a new company, our reward scheme is constantly evolving. We continue to review the market to deliver a competitive benefits package, which currently includes private healthcare, car allowance, company bonus, enhanced parental leave policy and a cash allowance to boost your benefits. We are a flexible business that is committed to promoting work‑life balance, partnering with Yulife to provide our team members with total wellbeing support. You’ll work in a rapidly scaling‑up environment as a subsidiary of the multinational corporation, Tata Sons, to help build the UK’s biggest battery manufacturing facility and make your mark in a new organisation.

Agratas is a place to be authentically you. At Agratas we strongly believe that people are at their best when they feel supported and happy in their workplace. To that end we continue to cultivate a diverse workforce which protects the individuality of each team member. We therefore warmly welcome applicants from any race, gender, sexuality and ability. If you have a preference in how your suitability is assessed for this role or require any reasonable adjustments, please let the Talent Acquisition team know.