Electrode Process Engineer, Battery Development

GM; Warren (MI); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

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Job summary

General Motors is seeking a Process Engineer to support electrode manufacturing at the Wallace Battery Development Center. The role focuses on developing, optimizing, and executing electrode slurry mixing processes for next-generation battery cells.

You will work with product, materials, QA, and manufacturing teams to scale pilot-scale processes into production, ensuring process controls, safety, and documentation are maintained throughout development and deployment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science, or a closely related technical field.
• Three or more years hands-on process engineering experience in a lab, pilot plant, or manufacturing environment.
• Direct experience with slurry mixing, chemical formulation, wet chemistry, or related materials-processing operations.
• Strong understanding of chemical processing fundamentals, material interactions, and process controls.
• Experience documenting and executing manufacturing processes, recipes, or SOPs.
• Demonstrated problem-solving using structured methodologies (8D, DMAIC, A3).
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills; capable of cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize electrode slurry mixing processes for advanced battery materials.
• Create and execute detailed mixing recipes with parameters, sequencing, and temperatures.
• Perform slurry characterization including viscosity, solids content, particle size, and coating tests.
• Investigate deviations and quality concerns; implement corrective actions.
• Collaborate with product, materials, QA, operations, and maintenance teams to scale up processes.
• Maintain accurate process records and technical documentation per GM standards.
• Support continuous improvement focused on yield, capability, and throughput.

Skills

Chemical engineering

Process engineering

Slurry mixing

Formulation

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Documentation

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher in Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Materials Science, or related field

Job description

General Motors is seeking a Process Engineer to support electrode manufacturing at the Wallace Battery Development Center. The role focuses on developing, optimizing, and executing electrode slurry mixing processes for next-generation battery cells.

You will work with product, materials, QA, and manufacturing teams to scale pilot-scale processes into production, ensuring process controls, safety, and documentation are maintained throughout development and deployment.