Senior Battery Formation Process Engineer

General Motors; Warren (MI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

General Motors’ Advanced Cell Process Team seeks a Senior Electrochemical Process Engineer to design and scale battery cell formation processes at GM Wallace Battery Cell Innovation Center. You will partner with R&D, Product Engineering, Manufacturing, and Operations to translate cell requirements into scalable formation processes and tooling.

You will lead development activities for material interactions, evaluate advanced chemistries, and drive continuous improvement through data analysis and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrochemical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, or Material Engineering.
• Experience with electrochemical analysis techniques (CV, EIS, HPPC, DCIR).
• 5+ years in process development for electrochemical systems.
• 3+ years hands-on battery cell formation equipment experience.
• 3+ years leading cross-functional engineering teams.
• Familiarity with statistical tools such as Minitab, JMP, or Q-Das.
• Ability to travel domestically (10-15%).

Responsibilities

• Lead development activities on battery cell material interactions with formation processes.
• Collaborate with Product Engineering to ensure formation-friendly cell designs.
• Coordinate with R&D to align chemistries roadmap with formation feasibility.
• Translate requirements into scalable formation BOP/BOE.
• Develop in-house formation processes and tooling to improve quality.
• Evaluate new formation technologies to boost throughput and energy efficiency.
• Support formation equipment hardware/software troubleshooting.
• Communicate progress, risks, and plans to leadership.
• Lead continuous improvement through PDCA and documentation.
• Analyze first time quality data and apply DOE/DFSS techniques.

Skills

Electrochemical Engineering

Process Development

Formation Equipment

Battery Formation Equipment

Statistical Analysis

Cross-functional Collaboration

Project Management

GD&T Knowledge

Travel Ability

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrochemical Engineering

Master's degree in Electrochemical Engineering (preferred)

Tools

Minitab

Q-Das

JMP

Job description

General Motors’ Advanced Cell Process Team seeks a Senior Electrochemical Process Engineer to design and scale battery cell formation processes at GM Wallace Battery Cell Innovation Center. You will partner with R&D, Product Engineering, Manufacturing, and Operations to translate cell requirements into scalable formation processes and tooling.

You will lead development activities for material interactions, evaluate advanced chemistries, and drive continuous improvement through data analysis and