Quality Manager – Battery Cell Development Center

Job Description

Onsite: This position requires an employee to be on-site on a full-time basis

The Role 

The Quality Manager is responsible for establishing and maintaining the quality management systems that ensures the reliability, safety, and performance of cells produced in a development center environment. This role is central to enabling successful product/process development and qualified cells. The ideal candidate will bring a strong foundation in quality engineering, systems thinking, and cross-functional collaboration, with a deep understanding of battery cell manufacturing and development operations for ramp up. 

What You’ll Do 

Quality System Development & Ownership 

• Architect and implement a fit-for-purpose Quality Management System (QMS) for battery cell development center operations to accommodate a high degree of agility.  

• Define and maintain quality policies, procedures, and documentation aligned with internal and external standards (document, control, training, audits, traceability, etc.) 

• Establish and manage systems for non-conformance reporting, corrective and preventive actions (CAPA), and continuous improvement. 

• Prepare the organization for internal and external audits, including customer, regulatory, and certification audits. 

• Ensure integration of quality systems with MES, ERP, and data analytics platforms to enable real-time monitoring and reporting. 

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Process & Product Quality 

• Define and maintain quality policies, procedures, and documentation aligned internal and external standards (ISO standards included) 

• Develop inspection criteria and control plans for incoming materials, in-process steps, and final cell inspection/control for all cell builds. Define the criteria for varying phases/types of builds.  

• Collaborate with Engineering, suppliers, JVs, etc. to establish process capability targets, control parameters, validation and feedback loops for wide range of cell development/build operations. 

• Partner on DOE builds and process changes ensuring learnings feed into formal changes/control plans. 

• Ensure compliance with cleanliness standards critical to cell manufacturing, including particle control, moisture limits, and contamination protocols in dry rooms and clean zones. 

• Support equipment qualification and process validation activities, including IQ/OQ/PQ documentation. 

• Have firsthand knowledge of/track state-of-the-art station-wide tolerances, scrap rates/yield for the different cell build processes and have familiarity with prevalent standards for cell-level requirements. 

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Data & Analytics 

• Monitor and report on key quality metrics including defects, scrap, yield, etc. 

• Lead structured problem-solving efforts using tools such as DOE and FMEA focused on continuous improvement of the product/process. 

• Build dashboards and reporting tools to visualize quality performance and drive decision-making. Report out data results and next steps for issue resolution.  

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