Senior Manager, Battery Manufacturing Engineering

Storm4; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Storm4 is seeking a Senior Manager of Manufacturing Engineering to lead the scale-up from pilot to high-volume commercial production for next-generation energy storage technologies.

You will build and develop the manufacturing engineering organization, partner with R&D, operations, and external partners, and drive manufacturing excellence, process optimization, and automation strategy across production lines.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in manufacturing engineering or related environments.
• 3+ years leading engineering teams.
• Experience in battery manufacturing or related environments.
• Hands-on with equipment, tooling, automation, and scale-up.
• Proven track record in line commissioning and ramp-up.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of manufacturing and process engineers supporting production scale-up initiatives.
• Own manufacturing process, equipment, and tooling development from pilot through commercial-scale operations.
• Drive design-for-manufacturability initiatives with R&D and product development teams.
• Establish equipment reliability, preventive maintenance, and operational excellence programs.
• Optimize production processes to improve yield, throughput, quality, cycle time, and costs.
• Apply data-driven methodologies including SPC, DOE, PFMEA, and process capability analysis.

Skills

Manufacturing engineering

Process engineering

Industrial manufacturing

Leadership

Project management

Data-driven improvement

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering / Chemical Engineering / Industrial Engineering

Tools

Manufacturing equipment

Automation systems

SPC/DOE/PFMEA

MES/ERP

FAT/SAT

Job description

Storm4 is seeking a Senior Manager of Manufacturing Engineering to lead the scale-up from pilot to high-volume commercial production for next-generation energy storage technologies.

You will build and develop the manufacturing engineering organization, partner with R&D, operations, and external partners, and drive manufacturing excellence, process optimization, and automation strategy across production lines.